Example sentences of "had be [verb] make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1953–54 the figure of 2,982 , down from 3,151 in the previous year , dismayed the District Secretary , especially since branches had been asked to make a drive to recruit new members in Jubilee Year , 1953 . |
| 2 | Mr Clarke unknowingly stole the thunder of Douglas Hurd , the Home Secretary , who had been intending to make a veiled public appeal for more cash for the police services in the law and order debate . |
| 3 | Inside it had been converted to make a dozen study bedrooms with shared facilities and a self contained warden 's flat , painted a bland cream throughout and carpeted with the tough fibre matting that was a feature of all the student halls and houses . |
| 4 | One " secret witness " , subsequently identified as a German of Iraqi origin , recanted his testimony during the trial and claimed that he had been forced to make a false testimony under duress . |
| 5 | Odd , he reflected , that now she had been forced to make a straight denial , he had lost his confidence . |
| 6 | The scheme had to be halted because the collector had been forced to make a charge . |
| 7 | He had been ordered to make a tactical withdrawal . |
| 8 | Part of the senior side had been landscaped to make an attractive outdoor work area with wooden table and benches made in the workshop . |