Example sentences of "had [vb pp] make a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asked whether he thought Mr McNeill had intended to make a racist comment , Mr Maan said that after listening to him he felt it had been an error of judgment and that Mr McNeill had not meant to offend anybody . |
| 2 | Asked whether he thought Mr McNeill had intended to make a racist comment , Mr Maan said that after listening to him he felt it had been an error of judgment and that Mr McNeill had not meant to offend anybody . |
| 3 | Here the last of the French had regrouped to make a final stand before the inevitable retreat . |
| 4 | The Party had decided to make a decisive break with the " reformist " Labour movement . |
| 5 | Hoping he had decided to make a clean sweep and tell Marc everything , Sarella waited to hear what he had to say . |
| 6 | She had needed to make a real effort to get up today at all . |
| 7 | He had agreed to make a financial contribution of $50,000 from the family trust to help finance a social club to be named after him . |
| 8 | After a 12 per cent cut this year , the government had pledged to make a further 15 per cent cut next year . |
| 9 | I had wanted to make a beautiful man , but the face of the creature was horrible . |
| 10 | Colonel Neame had hoped to make a quick dash to the peak . |
| 11 | Yesterday Ian Walker , prosecuting , said Thompson had admitted making a threatening call to his ex-wife at Eppleby and misusing the 999 system when interviewed by police . |
| 12 | To that commonsense objection , the government and its lawyers had tried to make a convincing response . |
| 13 | In the early days , I had tried to make a few suggestions about what the FO could be doing . |