Example sentences of "made a few [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made a few political speeches , mainly in his father 's constituency . |
| 2 | Stephen made a few moderate reservations about England in his own soft voice , which was audible over the hubbub like some supersonic protest . |
| 3 | Behind Cleo 's chair , Wakelate made a few pitiful noises of social discomfort that Cleo ignored . |
| 4 | Mitch turned his beer can on the table , made a few new rings . |
| 5 | er because I said I , I only phone Marion once a month and phone mum probably about once a fortnight , I do n't like to leave it any longer and erm and I said I know I made a few extra calls over Christmas , but I said I really do n't know . |
| 6 | Beeny made a few good saves — a draw was probably the fairest result . |
| 7 | For Tremayne , though he made a few self-deprecating jokes about it , the event gave proof of the substance of his life , much like the biography . |
| 8 | ‘ Rain , after I rang you this morning I made a few more enquiries and then went and told Barbara she was to come with me . ’ |
| 9 | He turned and made a few fast strokes in pursuit , and swam into a current of colder water that snaked across the bay and washed round him . |
| 10 | But , even if it WAS all his fault … on the whole he is playing excellent and made a few vital interceptions ( Soton for one ) . |
| 11 | He made a few gamey remarks to his first Hollywood leading lady , Olivia de Havilland , and she announced to the world that he was ‘ a coarse-grained man with a coarse-grained charm and a talent not completely developed ’ . |
| 12 | Thinking that he wanted to watch it because he thought it was funny , Bob made a few humorous remarks at the expense of the characters on the screen . |