Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he make [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 From 1940 , when he made his first broadcast as a quiz-master in the BBC radio series Ack , Ack , Beer , Beer , he was a constant broadcaster and in 1943 , by then stationed at the Air Ministry in London , he created and wrote with Squadron Leader Richard Murdoch the long-running radio series Much Binding in the Marsh , a take-off of a fictitious RAF station .
2 Next season , when he made his sole first-class century ( 101 against WA at Perth ) , he played in the second Test against South Africa , at Melbourne , and took four wickets .
3 The value of the firm 's shares , which had been 50/ when he made his generous ‘ F.S.T. ’ gesture , fell steadily from 1920 onwards until they reached 3/6 in 1927 and then went down to 1/8 in 1931 .
4 Mr Major will have to share a flight with French Euro Commission president Jacques Delors when he makes his controversial trip to America .
5 He occasionally uses his verbal felicity as a means of protecting his negative face , just as he does when he makes his ethical arguments for turning down Hollar 's request deliberately complex .
6 In 1752 he prepared a catalogue of the contents of his Mill Hill garden and later had this bound with the seventh edition of the Dictionary where he made his own marginal notes on items of interest , including remarkable first flowerings in Britain .
7 He died in the Bridgemans ' house in Teddington , where he made his nuncupative will on or about 27 September 1674 , leaving all his books and his best hat to his brother Philip .
8 He explained why he made his controversial choice : ‘ I believe the number one goal of America 's survival is healing the divisions between black and white . ’
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