Example sentences of "they [verb] made a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
| 2 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
| 3 | But then why would Mao in nineteen forty five say that how that they 'd made a major concession to land to the tiller but that this is a correct one and they 're going to , that land reform has to be taken in stages and they 're going to first of all reduce rent and , I mean er |
| 4 | Would they have made a different assessment ? |
| 5 | I mean , it 's a , it 's a wooden prefab type hut , it 's very hardy done , concrete floors , they 've made a good job of it . |
| 6 | And they 've made a good job of tiling have n't they ? |
| 7 | ‘ well , they 've made a bloody mess of that city . ’ |
| 8 | They 've made a great start , but five shots after one round is nothing in this tournament . ’ |
| 9 | and they just say it totally randomly and the last one just the first pers person who says Mornington Crescent is the winner but they 've made a great big sort of fiction as to how why , when it is suitable to say Mornington Crescent |
| 10 | So she went and they 've made a lovely job of it ! |
| 11 | And with the help of breeders all over the world , they 've made a dramatic comeback . |
| 12 | Let's have a look at this , er well they 'd supposedly done weightlifting they 've made , they 've made a few er , they 've seemed to have done some alterations on it so they must have done that one , er wheelchair slalom |
| 13 | Doctors believe they 've made a significant breakthrough in the fight against one of Britain 's fastest growing illnesses . |
| 14 | Now scientists working at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford believe they 've made a significant discovery in how asthma is passed down the family tree . |
| 15 | The early Earth-people had not given up on anything ; they had conquered and explored and invented and they had made a marvellous and memorable world . |
| 16 | Indeed , it was in a mood of celebration rather than panic that the garotters were actually toasted for having ‘ taken upon themselves the duty of upsetting a whole fabric of amiable delusions ’ concerning the reformation of criminals , and further congratulated that through their ‘ inexcusable crime ’ they had made a salutary impact on public opinion and ‘ created a general belief that right and wrong are , after all , essentially distinct ’ . |
| 17 | But they had made a pleasant enough scene , one with which she felt she ought to be able to identify . |
| 18 | Within two months they had made a first attempt to get a suitable building site — part of the field in which the new Presbyterian School was to be built . |
| 19 | General Motors of America believed they had made a major breakthrough into the British market in 1985 when they persuaded Foster Yeoman to buy four specially constructed 3,300hp locomotives to haul heavy stone traffic from their Merehead quarry to locations in the South East . |
| 20 | Pushing it towards the door they could hardly contain their excitement until Endill stopped in his tracks , realising they had made a terrible mistake . |
| 21 | People from other lineages might not know of these particular marriages , but they had similar marriages of their own , similar reminders in their own genealogies that they had made a special and enduring peace with other lineages . |
| 22 | One look was sufficient to make them realise they had made a dreadful mistake . |
| 23 | Coun leader Arthur Taylor told the full council yesterday that they had made a sensible deal with the bus companies which could save the free pass scheme . |
| 24 | Evidence that they had made a sound choice came with the £36 bill for the 6,000 mile service . |
| 25 | Until now they have made a tidy profit from selling re-issued pop hits from the fifties , sixties and seventies . |
| 26 | The Government have capitulated on principle , but they have made a terrible mess of translating the principle into practice . |
| 27 | They have made a strong bid for the 1995 World Cup with only NZ in opposition . |
| 28 | They are all angry , they are desolate , but they have made a rational decision not to be bitter . |
| 29 | They have made a major contribution to staff development by means of short courses and modular programmes in various areas of management education and have developed the Certificate of Management Studies on a significant scale . |
| 30 | ‘ I knew I could beat Robin Reid , who qualified for the Olympics , and I just hope that winning the title will show the selectors they have made a big mistake . ’ |