Example sentences of "had make [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Jim and Tina had made up a foursome with Jean Hay and Bruce Mackenzie .
2 Cross-examined by Bert Kerrigan , QC , for Murray , Mr Mackie denied that he had made up a pack of lies because he held a grudge against his former boss .
3 I had made up a sort of flattened octopus-like creature , with electrically lit eyes , which we stretched out onto a frame and placed in a shallow trough of water so that it was only just submerged .
4 Miss Southworth said the woman had made up the story to friends and was then forced to go through with it , after complaints were made to the police .
5 However , the countess was later charged with perverting the course of justice after police became convinced she had made up the story .
6 ‘ I think so , ’ answered Mildred , though in fact she had made up the tale on the spur of the moment and it had somehow got rather out of hand .
7 Backbenchers mostly made the same points that they had made over a year earlier .
8 Smitten by war , the plains of Kyrenia were barren , and the sponge-divers of the Karpass had made barely a living .
9 Heffers reported that customers had made absolutely no comment on the matter .
10 Before their marriage he had made quite a hobby of photography .
11 He had started Supersight and had made quite an impact on an already highly competitive market with some clubs and putters which were a shade too gimmicky for me , but were tailor-made for the average club golfer , who will buy anything if it is ‘ guaranteed to add fifteen yards to your drive ’ .
12 This continued for eight days or nine , till the companions of the Cid had made ready every thing for their departure , as he had commanded .
13 So it did n't necessarily mean that you get a squad of riveters that would stayed together all the time , erm for various reasons , as I say they may have been , unfortunately some of them might even die and therefore you had to make up the squad again
14 and like I thought , I had to make up an excuse why I went out !
15 When the guard was told that no one had moved from their seats he became very worried because he said he had to make out a report to British Rail as to the cause of the delay and he then said , ‘ I 'll have to put it down to person or persons unknown ’ .
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