Example sentences of "he [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He made a loud noise through his cavernous nostrils . |
| 32 | So he made a floating bed . |
| 33 | As he quickly washed off Friday night 's mud , he made a mental note not to take it out on the machine next time he got drunk . |
| 34 | He made a mental note not to be too enthusiastic in front of Selwyn . |
| 35 | He made a mental note to have Maura Ryan checked out . |
| 36 | He made a mental note of the number of coaches and freight cars . |
| 37 | He made a mental note to call her and arrange a time to meet , away from her parents . |
| 38 | It felt like bad acting and he made a mental note . |
| 39 | He made a mental note to check on what the builder had been up to . |
| 40 | Thinking of that , he made a mental note to burn it in the morning . |
| 41 | He made a mental note to find out who was the snorer and who the complainant ; certainly the latter would have a very sound motive for murder . |
| 42 | He made a hollow smile , the smile of the high priest and mandarin through the ages , the smile of the keeper of secrets . |
| 43 | He made a tremendous effort to bring himself back into reality ; his hands shook and he swallowed twice as he tried to speak ; then he passed his right hand , still clutching the telegram , through his dark hair . |
| 44 | Smartly closing the regulator , he made a partial application of the steam brake , paused , released it , paused once again , then when he heard the wagon buffers face up , he made a full brake application . |
| 45 | Although he made a partial recovery in 1926 , he could only conduct the One-Year course at Wells , where he lived . |
| 46 | Silhouetted against the bright sunshine , he made a striking figure indeed . |
| 47 | He made a disgusted noise in the back of his throat and looked away from her . |
| 48 | He made a similar reply to another member who insisted that radio should give better publicity to what MPs said in the House : it was not , he said , the job of his Ministry to build up the reputation of individual MPs . |
| 49 | He made a similar point about a rise in salary for municipal employees : there was no possibility of seriously debating that unless the local Assembly knew what they might otherwise spend the money on , and what the total budget for the municipalities was — and information on both points was not forthcoming . |
| 50 | He made a pathetic attempt at a smile . |
| 51 | Instead , he went to the Gramophone Company 's factory at Hayes , and on 28 April he made a private record of the speech , proposing a toast to the future of the paper . |
| 52 | ’ He made a wordless exclamation and stood up . |
| 53 | He made a guilty grimace of assent . |
| 54 | After a minute or two he made a wide turn and flew towards me once again . |
| 55 | Today he made a humiliating climb down in the Commons and demonstrated that he 'd lost his political touch — that he did n't realise how upset the voters would be if he put 30,000 — going on 100,000 — people out of work . |
| 56 | He made a half-hearted move towards me , but I gave him no encouragement . |
| 57 | He made a half-hearted attempt to brush away my hand . |
| 58 | Such a despair seized him at the sound of his own acceptance that he made a half-hearted attempt even then to deliver himself . |
| 59 | He made a strange point , because he said , as though he justified that attack , that , after all , further bands would not raise any more cash . |
| 60 | He made a strange sound , like that of a wounded animal , dropping his face into the money and swivelling his eyes upwards . |