Example sentences of "and [vb past] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presented with such explicitly racist material and asked to make intellectual sense of it , most people 's reactions are likely to be anchored to positions in which they have an emotional and material stake . |
| 2 | So the transmitter made its debut in sporting terms — and failed to make much impact with the golfing fraternity . |
| 3 | Halley claims that Sonnabend are disorganised and failed to make suitable contact with collectors and museums interested in his work . |
| 4 | The Committee proposed to raise the maximum penalty for this offence to five years , but limited its recommendation to cases where D actively deceives V and failed to make any provision for cases where D takes advantage of a known mistake . |
| 5 | Grammar explanations and practice exercises are rigorously signposted and cross-referenced to make sure students can find their way around the book . |
| 6 | Sometimes I caught the Feldwebel looking wistfully out of the window at a dilapidated horse and cart or an old man on a bicycle but he controlled himself and tried to make polite conversation . |
| 7 | Madame then settled back in her seat and fell into a deep sleep for the rest of the journey , full of good food and wine , and liqueurs , while Ellie stared back out of the window and tried to make some sense of all that had just been said , and all that had just happened . |
| 8 | The mere fact of being on the streets , ill-clothed and ill-fed makes such children criminals in the eyes of the police , and easy targets for death squads . |
| 9 | ‘ On reporting , ’ he recalled , ‘ I was given a piece of steel ( distorted ) , a hacksaw , a file and a square and told to make two sides square , which I quickly did . ’ |
| 10 | Every upward inch was fought for — I pressed , kicked and squirmed to make upward progress . |
| 11 | The Doctor had reached the summit of yet another bleak ridge , and turned to make this announcement to Francis and the Counsellors , who were toiling upwards towards him in the face of a wind full of dust and hailstones . |
| 12 | That night in my areesh , wrapped warmly in my blankets , the wind rose again and began to make odd wind sounds as it pushed through the fencing . |
| 13 | The skimmed milk was fed to pigs but the Rowlands eventually decided it could be used more profitably and began to make low-fat yogurt and cottage cheese . |
| 14 | The squirrel was sleeping when she entered , but he woke instantly and began making agitated noises , obviously indignant at his captivity . |
| 15 | Mitchell bought it for $250 , and began making regular acquisitions of ancient American gold through dealers , auctions , and private collectors in New York , Zurich and London . |
| 16 | If the Regent and the cavalry could be brought back , and urged to make some sort of attack , or at least the threat of attack , Edward would have other things to think about than hanging hostages . |
| 17 | I stuck two papers together and started to make another joint . |
| 18 | He leant over the table and started to make another fish cake . |
| 19 | But he was incensed ; he came alongside me and started making all sorts of threatening gestures . |
| 20 | Peter Yeo , who had been watching his partners , realized that he and Tim were not carrying the other two and decided to make another effort . |
| 21 | She was good at sewing , and managed to make some clothes for me in the thinnest material available . |
| 22 | So , we can expect conflict and , and did make this point , but we need to underline it , because it 's very important . |
| 23 | At a banquet held in his honour in the Chinese capital Beijing , his host , Lu Ping , Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of China 's State Council , referred to Wilson as " our old friend " who , over the years , had made unremitting efforts to promote mutual trust and co-operation between the UK and China on the Hong Kong issue , on the basis of the Sino-British Joint Declaration , and had made useful contributions to the stability and prosperity of Hong Kong . |
| 24 | Lacking adequate finance , information and technical expertise , and saddled with a piece of legislation riddled with loopholes and contradictions , the Institute was faced with an impossible task and had made little headway by the time the political climate changed in autumn 1933 . |
| 25 | We found that in the long term a little under a third of the participating teachers had been significantly influenced by what they had heard and seen and had made major changes in their classroom practice as a result . |
| 26 | Her parents had had the sense to realise how unhappy she was , and had made alternative arrangements . |
| 27 | He had spent most of the day talking to the people of the exiled Court and had made copious notes . |
| 28 | She has been recuperating from the shoulder wound at the Steadman-Hawkins Clinic and had made enough progress to prompt speculation that she might , after all , be fit to defend her French Open title . |
| 29 | Ulster 's Lord Chief Justice Hutton said Christie had carefully planned the murder and had made sustained efforts to evade being caught , showing that her ‘ residual mental responsibility was very considerable . ’ . |
| 30 | He had become a political exile in France in October 1990 , and had made public statements to the effect that he would not return to Albania until democracy had been restored there [ see p. 37792 ] . |