Example sentences of "they [vb past] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He had seized the opportunity while they dined to make another copy of a revolutionary tract calling for an end to French rule .
2 In the early 1980s they learnt to make concentrated powders .
3 They 'd made thirty-five pence last year , she said , which was considered good .
4 Detectives leading the hunt for Mrs Campbell 's killers said today they 'd made vital progress .
5 Detectives leading the hunt for Mrs Campbell 's killers said today they 'd made vital progress .
6 Well and they 'd made little buns .
7 After 6 months of specialist treatment here at the National Spinal Injuries Unit , doctors said they 'd made miraculous progress .
8 And in the course of time they began to make simple documentaries erm which would be something say the study of Pekin , if you happened to go there , or Italy if you happened to go , any country that to which you could go , you went and you made not just newsreels but also erm documentary studies of these films , of these places .
9 But I do n't re think they realize what they were doing when they started making that flower border round , it 's going to be a never ending job .
10 Two doctors from a local department of public health were so concerned about an outbreak of gastroenteritis in a primary school , they decided to make further investigation .
11 They decided to make piezonuclear fusion their primary aim with detection of gamma rays ( by a sodium iodide detector ) and neutrons both on the menu .
12 Although they were not avowedly political , they did make political pronouncements and had a ‘ privilege of approaching the Throne ’ which , by the end of the nineteenth century , had lapsed through disuse .
13 When they did make extensive use of it for coinage , however , the high zinc and low iron content of the coins indicates that they must have used metallic zinc rather than cementation .
14 Out there in peaceful Vancouver , going about our ordinary daily tasks , even though they did make sizeable contributions to the war effort , there were some of us who felt we were not doing enough , and some of us who wanted to get into ‘ the action ’ .
15 However , they did make important contributions to the education of local residents involved in the problems of vandalism , lack of recreational facilities and housing .
16 For several hours they appeared to make little progress ; they were traversing a barren region of fine sand and yellowish clay , broken only by a few stunted , prickly bushes .
17 They had made exaggerated claims about their membership size , among other shortcomings , the NEC said .
18 The scale of the defeat was laid firmly at the doors of several established players , who failed to turn out because they had made other arrangements on the basis that the match would fall victim to the frost .
19 They had made one album , which had failed , partly , it was felt within the company , because they had thrown away the chance of a prestigious tour , supporting Talking Heads , by their novel plan to simply switch on their machines and tape-recorders and then sit in the auditorium with the audience and watch the show themselves .
20 They had made two attempts to bomb United States military trains in Lower Saxony in 1987 and 1988 .
21 In mid-October a breakthrough seemed imminent after senior trade officials from Canada , the EC , Japan and the USA , meeting in Ontario on Oct. 17-18 , claimed that they had made substantial progress in resolving the deadlock ( responsible for the suspension of an earlier round of talks between US and EC officials in Brussels on Oct. 11-12 ) .
22 To the crew it was a routine trip and one they had made many times before by night .
23 They had made many Hollywood films here .
24 They had made good time .
25 In 192 ( 71 per cent ) cases , DNs were solely responsible for current treatment ; in a further 26 ( 10 per cent ) , they had made joint treatment decisions with the GP and/or consultant , so the DN was wholly or partly responsible for 81 per cent of treatment decisions : Table 3 lists DN responses .
26 Had the time come to forget the promise they had made each other , the guarantee they had given never to meet or speak ?
27 No doubt they had made considerable preparations before the news came of the cancellation ; it is hoped that they were not inconvenienced too much .
28 This improved the performance of the combine-harvester slightly ; but it was not until they had made serrated edges on all the knives that the loss of grain lessened appreciably .
29 the probation service held their own inquiry to see if they had made any mistakes .
30 It was over a week since the children had been removed , and both police and the Social Work Department had said they had made independent investigations which had led to their decision to take such drastic action .
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