Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] make [pers pn] clear " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not want anyone to think I was a Yahoo , so I tried to make it clear that my habits were very different from theirs . |
| 2 | I tried to make it clear at an early stage my petition is a simple , straightforward one not involved with wildlife management , history or anything else like that , I simply believe that killing animals for fun is morally wrong . |
| 3 | I 'd made it clear that by the time I reached sixteen I wanted out — I could n't get out any sooner because no school in London would have me . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought I 'd made it clear . ’ |
| 5 | No , I assure you of that but , well , for one thing the Elsie I knew made it clear to me that she wished to make a new life for herself , start more or less from scratch . |
| 6 | I did not threaten to resign but I did make it clear that I would not endorse changes I could not justify . |
| 7 | And once she was sure I would n't — because I did make it clear , you know , that I had no intention of doing more than agreeing to the legal business — she felt safe again . ’ |
| 8 | On Jerba I had made it clear that I was not in the market for anything and they left me alone . |
| 9 | I thought that I had made it clear that we did not make a profit on the war . |
| 10 | I went on to say to him that I wished to make it clear that my disquiet did not relate to any particular name , but if in fact the names that I had heard turned out to be a correct report , and he published the List , the List would support legitimate criticism . |
| 11 | Of course , you did make it clear that I had n't disturbed a lovers ’ tryst out there by the lake , so I 'm curious to know what did send you rushing through the grounds in such a state of agitation ? ’ |
| 12 | She was the most efficient secretary he had ever had and it irked him that she had made it clear that , if and when he moved , she would wish to stay at Larksoken . |
| 13 | She had made it clear to the woman that she had strong Nazi sympathies , and often attempted to talk about the war in the desert , but to no avail . |
| 14 | I think you had made it clear that Mr Yeo very much valued her . |
| 15 | We got to get our message back to him , and we got to make it clear . |
| 16 | We thought we 'd made it clear that it was only the MPC ( Multimedia PC ) versions of either card ( that is the SoundBlaster Pro and the Adlib Gold ) gave access to both MID and WAV file playing . |
| 17 | When it , and the Government can produce fifty pieces of legislation affecting local government since nineteen seventy nine , I have n't been here since nineteen seventy nine thankfully , so I have to analyze everything , but they always landed our the ma the major ones and , so for example erm , it was the Local government Unit that produced the initial response of the Poll Tax , what strategy the Council should adopt er , the Council wo n't distance approach , we wanted to make it clear that the Poll Tax was a Government erm , it was a Government initiative and it was being forcedly on us and that was the way , did that effect it , that was a guided and then there was the nineteen eight nine local Government Housing Act , which I 'm sure many of you . |
| 18 | Like as not he would n't even recognize her , and he 'd made it clear she was merely one of a number of girls who accommodated him . |
| 19 | He 'd made it clear enough after all that he did n't expect her to hang about as he had another date . |
| 20 | He 'd made it clear right form the start just how he regarded her — as a brash and brassy nightclub singer , nothing else . |
| 21 | Three times he had made it clear to MacDonald that he did not wish to accept his resignation — on the morning of Sunday 23 August , when he told MacDonald that he would ‘ advise them ( the other two party leaders ) strongly to support ( him ) ’ ; at 10.20 p.m. on the evening of the same day , after the Cabinet meeting , when the King ‘ impressed upon the Prime Minister that he was the only man to lead the country through this crisis and hoped that he would reconsider the situation ’ ; and at the Buckingham Palace conference itself . |
| 22 | He added that he had made it clear to the IoT that the Faculty would be willing to explore co-operation over exams , but the IoT was not interested . |
| 23 | He had made it clear at Beechwood that he believed the paper had to be pop , pop , pop if it was going to sell a million . |
| 24 | The appellant , in evidence during the trial , had insisted that he had made it clear to Mr. Burt that he was not a fully qualified accountant , although he had passed some examinations . |
| 25 | That was one of the aspects of America he did n't like ; and Maria Filippa had agreed , it seemed to him , after he had made it clear . |
| 26 | Announcing his forthcoming retirement in 1988 , he had made it clear that he would remain on hand to step in if necessary . |
| 27 | Innocent had not controlled French aspirations but he had made it clear that he saw himself as the arbiter of Europe and John 's cession of his kingdom in 1213 considerably strengthened the pope 's hand . |
| 28 | First and foremost he had made it clear that the decision in the imperial affair as to who was the " suitable " ( idoneus ) ruler must rest in his hands . |
| 29 | Mr Hyslop said he had made it clear during the 1987 campaign that any political party was free to advertise . |
| 30 | He had to make it clear that he had learnt his lesson on tariff reform , and to do this in a way as compatible as possible with the dignity of an ex-Prime Minister . |