Example sentences of "we [vb past] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I think I must come back with the fact that I have n't denied we made made a mistake . |
| 2 | Jennifer , of Dewsbury , Yorks , said : ‘ As soon as we divorced we both realised we 'd made a mistake . ’ |
| 3 | I knew we 'd made a mistake as soon as we 'd … we 'd … ’ |
| 4 | We needed to make a statement to Dutch society , a warning that we would n't take similar attacks lying down . |
| 5 | We started making a profit . |
| 6 | Before the Bill came before the House , we decided to make a change so that an authority with very enlightened policies — such as East Northants — which was able to reduce both its community charge and that which the county imposed should be permitted to continue doing so under the council tax . |
| 7 | ‘ We decided to make a commitment and moved down to Malton in North Yorkshire so we could go to Bible College . |
| 8 | ‘ We did make a £3 million offer to Sheffield United for Brian Deane , but they were n't interested . |
| 9 | I know we said make a list , but bloody hell , she 'll filled four sides of foolscap here ! |
| 10 | ‘ I thought we had made a toast . ’ |
| 11 | They thought we had made a fool out of the preacher and were sorry we had n't ducked out the door as they would have done . |
| 12 | It 's unfortunate that yet again the Mercury got it wrong they stated that we had made a decision to close four homes |
| 13 | He simply said something about it 's being his land and Piers told him we had made a mistake and we all rode off as hard as we could because we were bursting with laughter — ’ |
| 14 | it had been a great patrol during which we had made a lot of new friends , carried out a great deal of work en route and broken into completely new territory for the cutters . |
| 15 | We used to do needlework and we had to make a needlework apron in gingham , with lots of pockets for your buttons , and your thread , and your bottle of gin and all that … . |
| 16 | But Mr Hill , who performs exorcist rituals , said : ‘ We had to make a stand . ’ |
| 17 | The flight was very bumpy indeed , and we really wondered whether we would make it to Chengchow , where we had to make a half-hour stop before continuing our journey . |
| 18 | We had to make a hollow in the mud , and we lay there like swallows : we used to long for the dark so we could stand up and straighten our legs . |
| 19 | We had to make a ring out of peanut dough . |
| 20 | Barrow said : ‘ We have only nine signed professionals at the moment so we had to make a start somewhere for the future . |
| 21 | Some of us , some of us tried to make a plea and I hope we will try , still try to make a plea that there should be a significant Roman Catholic er , element within the membership of the World Council of Churches in the future . |