Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] made a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thatcher 's personal adviser Sir Percy Cradock also made a secret visit in December , with as little success . |
| 2 | Provision of a range of safety equipment for Marathon and new Solas standard life jackets for Chevron also made a significant contribution to the company 's business . |
| 3 | On this occasion in Dunvegan he repeated his earlier assertion that Burke never made a good joke . |
| 4 | The 1900 U.21 Champion , Arantxa Sanchez certainly made a successful switch this year by reaching the final of the Ladies singles ! |
| 5 | His right aileron control was severed and he himself was wounded in the head , but Chapman somehow made a remarkable landing , holding the severed end of the aileron wire . |
| 6 | Stewart could argue that it was little more than a playful cuff and Christophi certainly made a real meal of it by falling dramatically to the ground clutching his face . |
| 7 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
| 8 | They were usually billed as the star attraction so John obviously made a good profit out of them but they were still paid at the same rate as all his juveniles , five shillings a week . |