Example sentences of "[noun prp] had make a [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 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Scotland had made an encouraging start , never giving the world champions time to settle on the ball . |
| 9 | Scotland had made an encouraging start , never giving the world champions time to settle on the ball . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | IBM had made a few changes ( very small ) and entitled it PCDOS ( because it ran their PCs , strangely enough ! ) |
| 12 | On a good pitch , England struggled after Gooch and Larkins had made a solid start , and 188 for 8 was disappointing . |
| 13 | 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 " . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Tuathal had made a good job , then , of his ambush . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In the end , Mr Hurd had to make a joking reference to Mr Clarke 's audacity . |
| 21 | The patronage of the big man Dander had edged Coffin ahead ( not unnoticed by his friend ) , but then Jordan had made a prudent and happy marriage with the only child of a chief superintendent . |
| 22 | Blanche nodded thoughtfully as though Parkin had made a profound point rather than a cheap jibe at a cuckolded husband . |
| 23 | Callaghan had made a forced landing in a field , but they had seen him get out . |
| 24 | More than a decade previously Northern Ireland Office Minister Stanley Orme had made an impassioned plea to civilian workers here not to quit their jobs after a similar murder . |
| 25 | The paper 's QC , George Carman , told the High Court jury that by taking his family on a free Spanish holiday with Mrs Bauwens during the Gulf crisis , Mr Mellor had made a serious error of judgment . |
| 26 | Because Luke Calder had made a few passing comments about her usual attire of pin-neat suits and blouses ? |
| 27 | In the meantime Kirsty had made a full recovery . |
| 28 | ( France had made a similar request in December 1988 — see p. 36414 . ) |
| 29 | Coton had made a brilliant save from Speed , again demonstrating his great versatility at right-back , to preserve that advantage and the City goalkeeper , voted No 1 in the League by his fellow professionals , went on to make other important stops from Fairclough and Wallace to thwart a predictable Leeds rally early in the second half . |
| 30 | Iraq had made a formal request ( as it had in July — see p. 39026 ) for the easing of the embargo which , it claimed , had caused numerous civilian deaths owing to the lack of essential food and medical supplies . |