Example sentences of "[Wh det] he make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Waiting for him was the illuminated Lifeboat tram , on which he made a tour of the Promenade , waving to the crowds and commenting favourably on Blackpool 's modern streamlined trams . |
2 | But when the fever struck in 1756 he was obliged to give up the periodical work by which he made a living in London . |
3 | One of Ted 's first tasks was to pass on his advice about the installation of the starboard inner engine on Sugar , following which he made a sortie to RAF Catterick where several Shackletons at the Fire School there yielded a number of instruments that were compatible to the Lancaster . |
4 | Winston Churchill , relieved of his responsibilities , travelled to the United States of America , in March 1945 , where he made a speech in which he made a statement that was to prove profoundly true . |
5 | And there was a Dutch historian , Reneer in London , who used to give lectures in which he made a point of not knowing any dates , and he would say ‘ The Armada came in ’ , and then there 'd be a little row of girls who 'd call out ‘ Fifteen eighty-eight ’ , and then he 'd say ‘ James the First came to the throne in ’ , and they would call out ‘ Sixteen oh three . ’ |
6 | Also in 1908 audiences could have seen Unemployed and Unemployable in which the central character begins by haranguing a crowd ; he is dragged off by his wife and given a whole range of domestic tasks all of which he makes a mess of ; he accidentally acquires stolen goods and is arrested ; the film ends with this ‘ lounger ’ working at last but in the cells . |