Example sentences of "we made a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forced by tiredness , we made a tricky landing through heavy surf onto the Isle of Kirkibost . |
| 2 | After the meeting Mr Fallon said : ‘ We made a good bit of progress . |
| 3 | On 22 June we made a revised offer of 7.5 per cent for the nurses and 6 per cent for the ancillaries and administrative staff . |
| 4 | Coming out into the main channel , we made a wide U-turn and headed upriver . |
| 5 | After that we made a thorough search of the chapel , its walls , flagstones and altar , but there was nothing . |
| 6 | As we climbed up the canyon we made a great clatter with sticks and stones and old tin cans , announcing our presence to the denizens . |
| 7 | killed whilst CO of No Squadron ) got a few of us together and suggested that we made a time-and-distance run from the seemingly everlasting fires of Rotterdam to the target — a large troop concentration some 35 miles away . |
| 8 | In nineteen ninety two , three , er , we made er , we made a four percent reduction in economic development , a , a , about erm , about fifty thousand pounds . |
| 9 | ‘ We made a real dog 's breakfast of it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We made a terrible mistake when the Time Lords set themselves up as guardians of all space and time , ’ Kopyion replied . |
| 11 | I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves |
| 12 | After lunch , Bernice and I armed ourselves with black plastic dustbin liners and we made a concerted attack on Billy 's room . |
| 13 | We made a small profit on the event which , in the current climate , must be quite good news . |
| 14 | ‘ We made a major assault on German agriculture ’ was the laconic comment of J K Galbraith on the notorious inability of bomber crews to drop their loads anywhere near their urban target . |
| 15 | Our efforts last year were completed when we made a major presentation to the fund at a prize-giving in October . |
| 16 | Brundle said : ‘ I started well , the car felt good and we made a fantastic pit stop . |
| 17 | Now do n't take that too literally , certainly in sub zero temperatures and I think the first of December and to do so would I think er have er maybe with some risk of being in 's phrase stark raving bonkers but by that you may think I mean that I think we made a fair attempt to deal with the three principle issues which have caused so much annoyance to user groups , there 's a backlog in modification orders . |
| 18 | A heavy swell pounded and cascaded over the broken pier at the narrow entrance as we made a hair-raising dash through to keep steerage way . |
| 19 | Nicky has no illusions about organic farming : ‘ We made a few mistakes at the beginning . |
| 20 | Now , although the idea that whenever we see that someone is in pain we make an inference from behaviour to feeling is about as mythical as the idea that at some time in the past we made a Social Contract , the ‘ argument from analogy ’ line of reasoning seems much less implausible here than in the ‘ Afternoon on the Sun ’ case . |
| 21 | We made a last cup of tea on the camping stove and retired midnight . |
| 22 | We made a brief stop at the Convent of Les Filles de Dieu near the port of St Severin . |
| 23 | ‘ We made a conscious decision not to use the horn section this time around , so we could have more space for the guitar . |
| 24 | After the Opera , we made a short trip to the famous Sacher Hotel , where a private room was organised for supper . |
| 25 | We made a token search for it on the way back to the bay , but then he went straight to his boat , and it 's gone , and I 've no idea where to . |
| 26 | We made a numerological error . |
| 27 | Erm we made a little mistake with that one because it was a , a very big area , a lot of houses , and er the Crime Prevention Department as it was then , promised everyone that we 'd visit everyone 's house and , and advise them on their security . |
| 28 | Or we made a little fault with the design . |
| 29 | Oddly enough , I found that I could keep the port wing up for a considerable time and , as I lost flying speed and I came nearer and nearer to the Engineering Wing area , the port wing happily stayed in the air until my speed was very low indeed and then gradually — and I did not think of this — one ( and only one ) of the prop blades gently ploughed into the rather soft earth , My port wing was still in the air , and ever so gently we made a beautiful semi-turn to port . |
| 30 | Also 83 per cent believed that we made a positive contribution to good customer relations . ’ |