Example sentences of "[noun sg] he made [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his return he made common cause with Ben Tillett and others to establish a National Transport Workers ' Federation which had its first conference on 1 June 1911 . |
| 2 | In the process he made many enemies . |
| 3 | Buy by god he made that woman come in there . |
| 4 | China has so far refused to give any clear response to an offer he made last year to open talks on the basis of new proposals . |
| 5 | The Greenlys moved to Clevedon for some time , in which district he made valuable contributions to Pre-Cambrian , Palaeozoic , and Quaternary geology . |
| 6 | THE appointment of Tom Graveney as match referee for next year 's Test and one-day series between West Indies and Pakistan could be blocked because of a comment he made five years ago . |
| 7 | Intel president Andy Grove on the biggest mistake he made last year |
| 8 | And that were the mistake he made last time . |
| 9 | Also in 1875 Townsend made his first tour to the Continent ; throughout his life he made regular visits to Europe , especially to northern Italy , where he developed a lifelong interest in architectural mosaics . |
| 10 | Martin Parr was not a hasty man , but before he went to sleep he made two phone calls . |
| 11 | I know this is a crime , and so does my father , and I think that sometimes he regrets the decision he made seventeen years ago , in his hippy-anarchist days , or whatever they were . |
| 12 | Had he been more self-assertive he might have risen higher in politics , but in his chosen field he made good use of his wealth and talents . |
| 13 | For some complicated reason he made this trip every Sunday evening . |
| 14 | It was the responsibility of the Justices of the forest to see that the Forest rights of the Crown were not usurped , and for this purpose he made frequent use of sworn inquiries by the foresters and verderers and juries of knights and free men of the neighbourhood . |
| 15 | Bob Doig , president of the Scottish Potato Trade Association , made that claim yesterday ; an appeal he made several weeks ago in conjunction with the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland . |
| 16 | In his acceptance speech he made three predictions : ‘ I believe you will see tonight that Britain will have returned strongly to three-party politics again . |
| 17 | Levine , an investment banker at a prestigious Wall Street firm , was alleged to have been involved in insider trading over a period of six years , during which time he made huge profits while trading on the basis of material nonpublic information in the securities of companies . |
| 18 | During that time he made important progress in a number of directions . |
| 19 | As a batsman he made 3,882 runs at a modest average , but showed himself a robust tail-ender when it mattered . |