Example sentences of "had made a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | IBM had made a few changes ( very small ) and entitled it PCDOS ( because it ran their PCs , strangely enough ! ) |
2 | Now , for a second great war , she found herself in a country which was not her own ; although she had made a few friends , it was not at all like living among her own people . |
3 | He had made a few calls , but could n't have chosen a worse time to be setting up a casual liaison . |
4 | Only once the others had become used to her , once she had made a few allies , would she risk stirring up so sensitive a subject . |
5 | None of the questions highlighted above by Bukharin can be abstracted from state policies in a Soviet type economy , even that of the mid-1920s , therefore once one had made a few generalisations about the need to transfer surplus from the private sector to the state sector of the economy , all else came down to precise policies which are not self-regulating but consciously decided upon . |
6 | The realization that he was the mouse came instinctively , quickly followed by the slightly ludicrous observation that someone had made a gigantic balls-up . |