Example sentences of "[Wh pn] made a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surrounded by the others who made a protective wall between him and the rest of the passengers , he stood there brushing himself down . |
| 2 | Lérins itself was important in two ways ; first it played a major part in the promotion of monastic ideals in Gaul , and second it trained a succession of bishops who made a substantial impact on the Gallo-Roman , and later Frankish , Church . |
| 3 | Compact and composed full-back who made a superb debut against New Zealand in August , Theo was one of the few successes against Australia . |
| 4 | Boro 's magnificent performance , and the backing of their fans , made it a memorable night , on which they were also denied by the fingertips of Danish international goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel , who made a superb save from Willie Falconer in extra time . |
| 5 | Maureen Ruchardson , who made a similar appearance in the B is for Book exhibition at the Shipley Art Gallery in Gateshead , continues to cook and beat the fibres of local plants to provide us with hand-made paper . |
| 6 | BOB Morton , the man who made a personal fortune of £15m building up and selling companies like Kwik-Fit , Burgess , Hatfield Estates and Norank , is poised to repeat the process . |
| 7 | It would be even more frivolous to mention the editor of Another Paper who made a gallant attempt on the world kebab eating record . |
| 8 | A CANCER victim who made a dying wish for a slice of toast was turned down by hospital staff … because it was not on their menu . |
| 9 | The non-associative nature of the phenomenon was emphasized by Gibson and Gibson ( 1955 ) , who made a firm distinction between their own account and the associative interpretation , which they referred to as ‘ enrichment ’ . |
| 10 | Children who made a successful adjustment and settled in happily with a foster family were devastated when they were subjected to another round of upheaval and insecurity . |
| 11 | The Reds ' third-choice keeper , who made a successful return to senior action , is keeping his fingers crossed that Graeme Souness was impressed enough to select him against Middlesbrough this Saturday . |
| 12 | BIG LEAP * , who made a successful reappearance in a 21-runner field at Doncaster last month , is napped to follow up in today 's Stroud Green Handicap ( 4.10 ) at Newbury . |
| 13 | BRACKNELL Tigers and Livingston are Britain 's survivors in Europe following their wins in the Champions Cup on Thursday night , but the week 's honours went to Oldham Broadway Celtics , who made a glorious exit from the Korac Cup with a 98-91 win over Monaco in France . |
| 14 | Because Miyagi did not stay in Japan for long periods , it was Yamaguchi who made a great headway with his own system of goju-kai . |
| 15 | ( This is how the story is recorded in Luke 13:6–9 , where the fig tree stood for the self-righteous people , such as the Pharisees , who made a great show of their religion but produced few results . |
| 16 | Mr Harley , who made a long statement to me at the time , would doubtless have indicated if the Bawdsey site was ever raided from the sea . |
| 17 | Skipper Holdsworth , who made a stirring comeback from ruptured cruciate knee ligaments like his twin brother , Wimbledon striker Dean , played a captain 's role , heading the first goal from Trevor Putney 's 53rd-minute free kick . |
| 18 | Wardens who made a cautious search of the site were amazed when , minutes after they arrived , the grizzly charged at them , too . |
| 19 | Mr Graham also had words for Seaman , who made a crucial second-half save from Flynn : ‘ He is still the best goalkeeper in the League . |
| 20 | If , however , there is no attempt to copy a pattern , there is often more appreciation of shape in whatever is made — like the four-year-old who made a triangular shape from three strips and correctly named it , whilst another boy ( 3.9 ) named the second shape ( a square ) when he added a fourth strip to the original three . |
| 21 | This principle was carried further by the House of Lords ' decision in Williams and Glyn 's Bank Ltd v Boland [ 1980 ] 2 All ER 408 , which found that a wife who made a financial contribution to the purchase of a house acquires more than an interest in the proceeds of sale : she acquires an interest in the land itself , which can take effect as an overriding interest , in the case of registered land , under the Land Registration Act 1925 , s70(1) ( g ) . |
| 22 | She was followed by Michael Foot who made a strong attack on the Government and ended with the devastating charge that the Falkland Islanders had been betrayed and ‘ the whole responsibility for the betrayal rests with the Government ’ . |
| 23 | Brian Wood was the strong , solid , ever-dependable central defender who made a tremendous contribution to Palace 's promotion to Division Two under Dick Graham in 1963–64 , but who then had the misfortune to suffer a badly broken leg in a third round FA Cup-tie in January 1965 , from which he never fully recovered while with us . |
| 24 | ‘ Julie was a high achiever , who made a tremendous impact on all those she met and had a lot of friends , ’ said Tim . |
| 25 | There was no retrospective talk from the management about the players they had lost , instead they found new players who made a tremendous impact , and Scotland were consequently able to reshape their whole style and pattern of play . |
| 26 | The car ferry to Arran was full of tourists and , being Friday evening , city commuters who made a determined beeline for the bar before the weekend golf louts took all the elbow room . |
| 27 | Pinto , who made a winning debut in Carpi , Portugal , in 1991 , and had led his club Benfica to the European Cup , had always been at the front among a big group early on . |
| 28 | Andre Fabre , who made a succesful Newbury raid with Lion Cavern in last Saturday 's Singer & Friedlander Greenham Stakes , may lift another 2,000 Guineas trial with Steinbeck in today 's European Free Handicap at Newmarket . |
| 29 | He received but scant attention outside his native land for half a century after his death , but then came to be a major force who made a profound impression on both theology and philosophy . |
| 30 | Milne — who made a brief appearance in the game against Wombats — has done a grand job getting sponsorship from , among others , Royal Mail Scotland , while the luminaries he has persuaded to play include Roger Baird , Finlay Calder , Jim Calder , Jim Aitken , Euan Kennedy , Alan Tomes and Jim Renwick . |