Example sentences of "made a brief " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made a brief , unsuccessful return , but his future was overseas : Lisbon first , and then San Sebastian , where the club 's policy of using only Basque players ( recently broken by the arrival of John Aldridge from Liverpool ) limited his use of the cheque book . |
| 2 | The SD report for the first quarter of 1939 mentioned the speech only in the context of factors influencing the German press to fix attention firmly on foreign policy developments , and made a brief reference to Hitler 's remarks on the ‘ Church problem ’ . |
| 3 | Tremayne made a brief speech of all-round thanks : thanks to the sponsors , to his friends , his staff , his jockeys , to racing itself . |
| 4 | Virginia Bottomley made a brief appearance at the chaotic ‘ Jennifergate ’ press conference , but Central Office has failed to make use of her reassuring presence as the gentler face of Toryism to help soothe public anxieties over the NHS reforms . |
| 5 | PC Laney made a brief note , and then returned to his tour of duty . |
| 6 | Joseph Slatter made a brief and taciturn appearance at Wantage Petty Sessions before Mr H. D. de Vitre . |
| 7 | Meanwhile Morrissey made a brief appearance between the pages of No. 1 when the magazine had the interesting idea of flying Morrissey to Liverpool for a tape recorded chat with Echo & The Bunnymen 's outspoken Ian McCullouch . |
| 8 | Three of de Forbin 's remaining ships made a brief appearance in the Moray Firth , about 45 miles [ 72 km ] east of Inverness , where they landed a foraging party , but with these exceptions not a Frenchman set foot on what , since 1707 , could properly be called British soil . |
| 9 | Tony made a brief call to the harbour authorities , we turned into the north wind and I selected carb air to cold while he raised the water rudders and pumped down take-off flap . |
| 10 | Hall made a brief reply and a policeman had to step in to ensure the exchange remained purely verbal . |
| 11 | Lights on the Thing made a brief star-shaped pattern . |
| 12 | Earlier she had , despite Newman 's warning , made a brief call to INCUBUS headquarters , leaving a message for her boss that she 'd left for England . |
| 13 | She felt sick as she made a brief speech which was delivered in a rapid monotone . |
| 14 | Katherine made a brief expression of annoyance ; this was the third time Lumley had requested fresh stock — she would have to do something about it , and him . |
| 15 | The celebrated comedian who was playing Long John Silver made a brief appearance in a chauffeur-driven car . |
| 16 | Viscount Tonypandy was present and made a brief speech of welcome . |
| 17 | After the lecture Mr John Gray , who is also a Fellow of the NCH 's George Thomas Society , made a brief speech of thanks . |
| 18 | The Mayor of Megève Monsieur Gérard Morand made a brief speech and presented Her Royal Highness with a picture . |
| 19 | Following Oxford he made a brief tour through northern France and the Low Countries . |
| 20 | In February 1865 he made a brief visit to Oxford , where he was introduced to Gerard Manley Hopkins [ q.v. ] , their only meeting in person . |
| 21 | Glancing at his colleague , he made a brief movement with his head , indicating that he too should leave . |
| 22 | Realising she had no chance of winning an argument against the use of first names when they were about to spend several weeks alone at sea together , Polly made a brief gesture of acquiescence . |
| 23 | She made a brief gesture of acceptance . |
| 24 | Hrun counted the bowmen slowly and made a brief calculation . |
| 25 | His mouth made a brief , humourless smile . |
| 26 | She made a brief mental count of the crockery . |
| 27 | About half way back , he made a brief stop and flung the empty gasoline can far into the night . |
| 28 | On May 13 the Pope made a brief stop at the Caribbean island of Curaçao in the Dutch Antilles on his return trip to Rome . |
| 29 | Despite warnings by Quebec separatists to stay out of the province , the Queen made a brief visit to the town of Hull , just inside Quebec , where she encountered a peaceful protest by several hundred Quebec nationalists . |
| 30 | On June 6 President Traore of Mali made a brief visit to Nouakchott and held talks with Taya on issues relating to the dispute with Senegal . |