Example sentences of "they [vb past] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He had seized the opportunity while they dined to make another copy of a revolutionary tract calling for an end to French rule . |
2 | In the early 1980s they learnt to make concentrated powders . |
3 | They 'd made thirty-five pence last year , she said , which was considered good . |
4 | Detectives leading the hunt for Mrs Campbell 's killers said today they 'd made vital progress . |
5 | Detectives leading the hunt for Mrs Campbell 's killers said today they 'd made vital progress . |
6 | Well and they 'd made little buns . |
7 | After 6 months of specialist treatment here at the National Spinal Injuries Unit , doctors said they 'd made miraculous progress . |
8 | And in the course of time they began to make simple documentaries erm which would be something say the study of Pekin , if you happened to go there , or Italy if you happened to go , any country that to which you could go , you went and you made not just newsreels but also erm documentary studies of these films , of these places . |
9 | But I do n't re think they realize what they were doing when they started making that flower border round , it 's going to be a never ending job . |
10 | Two doctors from a local department of public health were so concerned about an outbreak of gastroenteritis in a primary school , they decided to make further investigation . |
11 | They decided to make piezonuclear fusion their primary aim with detection of gamma rays ( by a sodium iodide detector ) and neutrons both on the menu . |
12 | Although they were not avowedly political , they did make political pronouncements and had a ‘ privilege of approaching the Throne ’ which , by the end of the nineteenth century , had lapsed through disuse . |
13 | When they did make extensive use of it for coinage , however , the high zinc and low iron content of the coins indicates that they must have used metallic zinc rather than cementation . |
14 | Out there in peaceful Vancouver , going about our ordinary daily tasks , even though they did make sizeable contributions to the war effort , there were some of us who felt we were not doing enough , and some of us who wanted to get into ‘ the action ’ . |
15 | However , they did make important contributions to the education of local residents involved in the problems of vandalism , lack of recreational facilities and housing . |
16 | For several hours they appeared to make little progress ; they were traversing a barren region of fine sand and yellowish clay , broken only by a few stunted , prickly bushes . |
17 | They had made exaggerated claims about their membership size , among other shortcomings , the NEC said . |
18 | The scale of the defeat was laid firmly at the doors of several established players , who failed to turn out because they had made other arrangements on the basis that the match would fall victim to the frost . |
19 | They had made one album , which had failed , partly , it was felt within the company , because they had thrown away the chance of a prestigious tour , supporting Talking Heads , by their novel plan to simply switch on their machines and tape-recorders and then sit in the auditorium with the audience and watch the show themselves . |
20 | They had made two attempts to bomb United States military trains in Lower Saxony in 1987 and 1988 . |
21 | In mid-October a breakthrough seemed imminent after senior trade officials from Canada , the EC , Japan and the USA , meeting in Ontario on Oct. 17-18 , claimed that they had made substantial progress in resolving the deadlock ( responsible for the suspension of an earlier round of talks between US and EC officials in Brussels on Oct. 11-12 ) . |
22 | To the crew it was a routine trip and one they had made many times before by night . |
23 | They had made many Hollywood films here . |
24 | They had made good time . |
25 | In 192 ( 71 per cent ) cases , DNs were solely responsible for current treatment ; in a further 26 ( 10 per cent ) , they had made joint treatment decisions with the GP and/or consultant , so the DN was wholly or partly responsible for 81 per cent of treatment decisions : Table 3 lists DN responses . |
26 | Had the time come to forget the promise they had made each other , the guarantee they had given never to meet or speak ? |
27 | No doubt they had made considerable preparations before the news came of the cancellation ; it is hoped that they were not inconvenienced too much . |
28 | This improved the performance of the combine-harvester slightly ; but it was not until they had made serrated edges on all the knives that the loss of grain lessened appreciably . |
29 | the probation service held their own inquiry to see if they had made any mistakes . |
30 | It was over a week since the children had been removed , and both police and the Social Work Department had said they had made independent investigations which had led to their decision to take such drastic action . |