Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] made a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So much so that she decided to call the police and give them my registration number , just in case I made a habit of kerb-crawling . |
| 2 | The first voice made a request for permission to use the campsite area for a group of boys during the next school break , and after stopping the machine she made a note of the name and address to which she would send confirmation . |
| 3 | They stopped it see , so I did n't gain anything out of it , me mates at work they made a collection for me in their way . |
| 4 | At work he made a point of answering every letter that crossed his desk ; he told me , ‘ If people take the trouble to write , then the least we can do , as a courtesy , if nothing else , is to give them as complete an answer as possible ’ . |
| 5 | Your husband 's wealth he made a will ? ’ |
| 6 | After his return he made a statement to the UK House of Commons on Oct. 24 , warning that the decision on the use of force was " not one which can be indefinitely shirked " if sanctions were proving ineffectual . |
| 7 | Read the questions ( in case you made a mistake selecting the directory ) and , when you 're sure , select Yes . |
| 8 | Will you let me go again on the basis I made a cock-up the first time round . |
| 9 | During this period he made a parachute descent from a balloon at 10,500 feet to investigate ‘ swinging ’ . |
| 10 | On his recovery he made a pilgrimage to the shrine of Rocamadour in the Quercy . |
| 11 | That day I made a vow to myself that I would return to Athens and run better . |
| 12 | The anger inside her went on boiling and boiling , and as she lay in bed that night she made a decision . |
| 13 | On the platform he made a movement of deference to her , with open hand held out . |
| 14 | ‘ Last week they made a mistake on a prescription label . ’ |
| 15 | On the way to the tomato patch they made a detour to Louis 's workshop to collect some baskets . |
| 16 | When they finally entered the ground they made a dash for the lift . |
| 17 | The greater part of the literature was commissioned from living authors , being either new work for the purpose ( in which case they made a gift of the copyright to the Queen ) , or their own selection from published work . |
| 18 | ‘ I first thought they made a mistake with the test but later I thought it was more anti-American . ’ |
| 19 | But because of their concern they made a direction at the same time as they made the care order . |
| 20 | Later in life he made a trilogy of films about the theatre , of which The Golden Coach is one of the most ravishing . |
| 21 | At the peak it made a fortune — not from building houses or office blocks but from land inflation . |
| 22 | For the west front of the church he made a pair of decorated bronze doors , of which it was judged that ‘ as he surpassed all others in other works , in this work he wonderfully surpassed himself . ’ |
| 23 | Marie 's parents had strong religious views that made her feel very guilty about having sex in their home when she and her husband had to live there for a while : " We did it on the bedroom floor on the wedding night because I would n't use the bed , in case it made a noise . |
| 24 | Close-fitted carpet on a well-lit passageway suggested the occupants were more affluent than the average student could be expected to be , unless of course he made a living from the less commendable pursuits some students were reputed to follow ! |
| 25 | Of course it made a difference . |
| 26 | For this reason I made a cassette of the particular imagery I used and asked Maxine to practise using it ( in combination with the relaxation technique ) for a week before coming to see me again . |
| 27 | It was a day in which the Queen was anxious to leave the past behind and to the end she made a point of meeting Argentinian soldiers who form part of the U N contingent here . |
| 28 | Erm the first thing I 'm , I I would like t t to draw out is that at the end of the year we made a profit of a hundred sixty thousand pounds . |
| 29 | This year they made a trip around Chernobyl . |
| 30 | The Tremaynes preferred their original country seat of Heligan , near Mevagissey , and during the nineteenth century they made a lot of money , which they lavished on the latter , leaving Croan untouched by architectural fashions . |