Example sentences of "he [verb] make a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 After dinner he planned to make a proper start on sorting out the contents of the house .
2 Charles , who had a taste for mechanical devices , commissioned Gionallo Torriano of Cremona to repair it , but owing to corrosion he found that this was impossible and he agreed to make a similar instrument .
3 Terry Long was always a welcome visitor to Selhurst Park , but it was an enormous pleasure to everyone connected with Crystal Palace when he agreed to make a public return here in October 1984 to give recognition to Jim Cannon , who is the one man to have played more games for us than Terry himself did .
4 He invented the morning press conference for the purpose of calling an afternoon press conference to say he expected to make a shattering announcement later in the day . ’
5 Even though the gift was subject to a reservation Mr X must pay tax at half the Sched 1 rates as he has made a chargeable transfer .
6 Had he kicked three more penalties during the Bledisloe Cup series instead of watching them rebound off the posts or miss by a whisker , Fox 's average would have been identical to Hodgkinson 's twenty-eight points from his last two matches amounts to ample proof that he has made a complete recovery from the doldrums of Dublin last October when he spoke of retirement in the immediate aftermath of the All Blacks losing their titles .
7 He has made a great contribution to anchoring the art of architecture to real life , real science and real modernity …
8 He has made a great number of friends here who wish him the best of luck , and hope he plans to make frequent visits back here .
9 Even for those of us who admit that he has made a rational choice on this occasion , it remains surprising that he has benefited so little from experience , that he has never made , or let God or society make for him , any previous decisions on general issues which could be of help to him .
10 During the last five months he has made a strenuous effort to get to know the area and the residents of this constituency of contrasts .
11 Robson , who watched Rocastle last Saturday , said : ‘ He has made a good start to the season .
12 You may also be shown how to guide his arm movements , if he has made a good enough recovery to practise these correctly .
13 The courts are generally concerned only with the question whether the promisor has made a bargain , not with whether he has made a good bargain .
14 He has made a major contribution to public understanding of science through his books , lectures and broadcasts and through the Exploratory .
15 Is the more optimistic forecast to be made of the dutiful immature girl who has some mildly appreciative responses , knows her books and has paid careful attention to what she has been told to think , but who has few independent ideas and writes with neither firmness nor joy ; or of the mature and independent boy , who may not have studied his notes or perhaps his texts so thoroughly , but who has a sense of relevance , whose judgements are valid , who writes with assurance and betrays in his style … that he has made a genuine engagement with the literature he has encountered ?
16 He has made a remarkable recovery and was working last night , addressing the British Musical Society .
17 New Leicestershire 's offer of a two-year contract , starting in 1993 , has been accepted and , in the meantime , he has made a prolific return with them in the one-day competitions .
18 Fleischmann has had some excellent ideas including methods to measure the surface diffraction of X-rays and he has made a detailed study of electrolysis in solutions that do not conduct electricity .
19 ‘ But he 's so brave he has made a wonderful comeback .
20 Keen to integrate the building into everyday life , he has made a diagonal route through it to encourage its use as a short-cut , and has redesigned the square outside , down to recreating the original pattern of Roman paving .
21 For although Piper 's manager Frank Warren thinks Benn believes he has made a big mistake in selecting Piper as a first challenger and does n't fancy the job , I suspect the opposite is true — he may think it is going to be too easy .
22 He has made a big impact this season and gives us a much better chance of succeeding against Stuttgart . ’
23 ‘ I 'm glad to say he has made a full recovery , sir . ’
24 But now he has made a full recovery to the delight of his proud parents , Fred and Denise .
25 DES WALKER knows he has to make a quick impression for his new club , Sampdoria .
26 Now that prices have fallen , as gold prices rose , he stands to make a pretty profit .
27 Something simpler is obviously called for , and Floorplan Plus is an attempt to provide the layman with the tools he needs to make a convincing stab at planning out a house , extension or furniture arrangement .
28 When pointing out that someone keeps quiet because he wants to make a good impression , why not say so ?
29 Tory also makes the other common complaint that the novelist knows less than anyone else what is in fact going on around him — he wants to make a satisfactory pattern , and hardly cares if it corresponds to anything outside his mind .
30 He 'd made a good start but now he was faltering , and the focus of attention was drifting slowly away from him .
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