Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] make [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I KNEW that Earl Spencer had made a special provision in his will . |
| 2 | Terence Blacker had made a small bet with himself that he would be the first speaker to mention children 's books : he won . |
| 3 | Defence counsel stated that Adams had made a full admission . |
| 4 | Gorbachev had made an official visit to India in November 1986 , concluding with the signature of a ‘ Delhi Declaration ’ in which both sides pledged themselves to the peaceful resolution of international disputes . |
| 5 | For example , in Nicaragua the United States denied that Nicaragua had made a valid declaration under Article 36 ( 2 ) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice . |
| 6 | Edward had made the necessary signals , and received the necessary instructions . |
| 7 | I knew you were heading for Dublin , knew which hotel , because Donal had made a great point of telling me , and so , when the dinner I was at proved to be as boring and interminable as I had known it would , I left . |
| 8 | Making herself examine this thought , slowly and properly turning it around in her mind , recreating the scene which she could see so vividly of Jasper and Bert with the two I.R.A. , she had to admit that Jasper and Bert had made a bad impression . |
| 9 | Their friends could only feel that death was merciful in the circumstances , especially with war imminent , and that Molly had made the closing months of their lives very happy . |
| 10 | Thomas and Ell seemed to make a good couple . |
| 11 | So Giles decided to make an all-day excursion to a place on the other side of the mountains , about ten miles away . |
| 12 | Scotland had made an encouraging start , never giving the world champions time to settle on the ball . |
| 13 | Scotland had made an encouraging start , never giving the world champions time to settle on the ball . |
| 14 | Moses had made the arduous climb to the top of the mountain , but on the summit he did not experience God himself but a thick cloud of unknowing . ’ |
| 15 | Retiring chairman Phillipa Burrow told the Association 's annual dinner at Torquay that Packard had made a significant contribution , both regionally and nationally , to the Association 's educational , training and personal development issues . |
| 16 | On a good pitch , England struggled after Gooch and Larkins had made a solid start , and 188 for 8 was disappointing . |
| 17 | On July 8 the Russian President Boris Yeltsin had announced at a press conference in Munich after talks with leaders of the Group of Seven ( G-7 ) industrialized countries [ see p. 38990 ] that Russia had made a political decision to withdraw an estimated 130,000 troops from the Baltic states , and that an agreement " on a schedule for the withdrawal of troops for the second half of this year and for 1993 " would be signed " soon " . |
| 18 | But London disliked the condition , which Schuman had made a non-negotiable basis for talks on his Plan , that all member states must accept the principle of supranational co-operation . |
| 19 | In any case , Alida intended to make a clear point of lifting . |
| 20 | Tuathal had made a good job , then , of his ambush . |
| 21 | The game was nearly an hour old before Woods had to make a worthwhile save — from Keane — then Marriott brought off a superb one-handed save to deny Hirst another goal . |
| 22 | Silvia had made a hand-on-heart promise that they would make up all their lost hours this evening and this coming Monday , and Ronni in turn had promised to give her one more chance . |
| 23 | ‘ Mark Morris had to make a good save late on from a snapshot by a defender , but Gary Bennett also had a chance to win the game for us at the end . ’ |
| 24 | Though one of Minton 's and Ayrton 's designs for Macbeth had been included among other Shakespeare illustrations in the December 1942 issue of Penguin New Writing , it was not until 1945 that work by Minton began to make a regular appearance in its pages . |
| 25 | The new strike partnership of Saunders and substitute Dwight Yorke failed to make an immediate impression as Ipswich pressed hard . |
| 26 | Land Travel of Bath admitted making a false statement under the Trade Descriptions Act . |
| 27 | With nothing more to recommend it than its quality , Guinness began to make a friendly invasion of many parts of the globe . |
| 28 | In 1947 Claud decided to make a complete break with his past and they settled near her family home in Youghal in a derelict Georgian mansion belonging to an American policeman which they rented for £150 a year . |
| 29 | Her name was Mrs Tobias and Hugh had met her when he handled her divorce case , successfully , because Mr Tobias had made a determined rush for freedom , scattering alimony lavishly as he went . |
| 30 | In the end , Mr Hurd had to make a joking reference to Mr Clarke 's audacity . |