Example sentences of "[was/were] make a few [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I was put in touch with a local historian who thought that the stone was possibly a Roman altar stone and said that it had been discovered set into the wall of the church when renovations were made a few years ago .
2 erm if people are restored to confidence , feel that they are able to travel , that of course reduces the number of people who are going to stay in this country and have their holidays here , and Stan , if I can come back to you , I mean we it is almost arguing against the point that you were making a few moments ago that , you know , you want people to stay in this country .
3 During such a study , a serendipitous observation was made a few years ago in our laboratory at Bangalore .
4 A similar suggestion was made a few years later by the French scientist the Marquis de Laplace , apparently independently of Michell .
5 After these reconnaissances during October , a final reconnaissance was made a few days before the invasion , by the teams going inshore one night so that each navigator could show the paddlers their canoes ' positions as navigational marks guiding in the assault waves on D-day .
6 ‘ When the draw for the quarter-final was made a few weeks ago , I was delighted at being paired with Derry City ’ he declared .
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