Example sentences of "[pers pn] was make a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For these services , and following a series of travel talks which I wrote and broadcast in the autumn of 1929 , I was made an Honorary Member of the M.J.A.R.A. , and appointed to the executive committee . |
| 2 | I , I do n't know , I certainly would n't rely on just a sales brochure if I was making a major trans |
| 3 | The first time I tried to film mink in the wild was in the spring of 1990 , in mid-Wales , where I was making a 15-minute programme for Channel 4 . |
| 4 | I was making a mature and rational decision . |
| 5 | And indeed , to go for a more precise figure would suggest that I was making a particular point . |
| 6 | She was made an honorary member of the BA in 1987 . |
| 7 | After an hour 's deliberation Bench Chairwoman Hilary Tulloch announced she was making a 2-year supervision order . |
| 8 | She was making a nice neat pile of the stuff she 'd cut down , while she made a right mess of the pathways I 'd so carefully set up . |
| 9 | She was making a frightful noise , but what of it . |
| 10 | She was making a tiny , repetitive sound , a little mew , as if in response to a lover 's touch . |
| 11 | Her mouth slowly stirred under his and Jessamy knew she was making a big , big mistake , but it seemed impossible to stop . |
| 12 | What did occur to Fabia just then was that , given that she was supposed to be the journalist , she was making a dreadful mess of it . |
| 13 | She was making an ineffectual effort to keep herself from trembling . |
| 14 | Saints have mercy , she was making an appalling mess of everything . |
| 15 | She had returned to bed and Belinda could see that she was making an enormous effort to remain calm . |
| 16 | It was made a compulsory subject in the schools , an essential part of the Leaving Certificate , and it was necessary to pass an exam in the language to enter the civil service . |
| 17 | Erm well why would you er get engaged in a , a contest erm with er the three warring factions , because you certainly would n't be able to con confine yourself to one , and since there 's no national interest as such , I know there have been many attempts to link er Bosnia with er peace in the world generally or with world order , in fact there is no threat er this is a civil war , strictly speaking , and th there 's no evidence that it would er sp spill over into a major war unless it was made a major war er by those er with the er forces that exist . |
| 18 | The most blatant example came in 1981 when it was made a criminal contempt punishable with two years ' imprisonment for journalists , after a trial was over , to interview jurors about their deliberations . |
| 19 | Abortion was a common-law crime until 1803 , when it was made a statutory offence . |
| 20 | In the nineteenth century it was Richard Wagner whose extraordinary ambition it was to make a complete artistic environment , in which the arts would blend . |
| 21 | I I 've got a bill to come in from the electrician for his call-out charge he diagnosed that it 's was not an electrical fault and then thought it was an electrical fault by the noise , it was making a fizzing noise but he does n't th he said it 's , it 's the pump the pump is on the way out it needs replacing house is built in nineteen eighty five ! |
| 22 | The German Siemens was in a stronger position in several ways ; in addition to its computer and telecommunications equipment strengths , Siemens in the late 1980S was attempting to catch up with the vertically integrated Japanese electronics companies ; it was making a major chip effort , with use by the German car industry especially in mind . |
| 23 | By adopting the Scottish term , Free Church , instead of Nonconformist , the movement was showing that it was making a new start with an eye to the twentieth , not to the nineteenth or even eighteenth century . |
| 24 | It was making a mewling sound . |
| 25 | He was made a great pet of by Edouard 's manservant , George , and by his cook . |
| 26 | He was made a trusty and the other prisoners got on well with him . |
| 27 | The father-of-three became chairman of the Bar Council in 1972 and three years later he was made a High Court Judge and was immediately appointed to the Chancery Division . |
| 28 | And so these two brothers , they both got back on , but unfortunately er Les , he was made a full time official of the miners , when he retired , full time official of the miners union . |
| 29 | In 1965 he was made an honorary fellow of the Australasian College of Surgeons and became president of the International College of Surgeons . |
| 30 | In 1882 he was made an honorary fellow of Jesus College , Cambridge . |