Example sentences of "it [vb past] made a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pointed out that when the council was barred from making further payments on the transactions , it had made a profit . |
| 2 | Clifford Howard commented on how Hollywood could ignore all criticisms as ‘ mere wind ’ and ‘ envy ’ for it had made a success of its own business and it had displayed ‘ a Yankee genius for sensing the taste of the public and giving the world what it wants ’ . |
| 3 | In the second half of last year , it had made a loss of £1m , and broke even in the first half of 1992 . |
| 4 | This view had clear implications for the state as actor , but the events of the 1960s showed that it had made a false assumption . |
| 5 | His unconventionality , his unorthodoxy and his accent all helped the party to feel that it had made a step forward : " the dawn of the new regime " . |
| 6 | The African colony to which he returned was regarded by the British government as ‘ advanced ’ — in African terms — which meant that it had made a start on the road to self-government ; however , the Colonial Office reckoned that the goal was still distant . |
| 7 | Of course , it had made a bloody marvellous spectacle — not to mention £125,000 for doing absolutely nothing — but ‘ the boys ’ were growing increasingly restive at having their records , and themselves , banned . |
| 8 | But then the weather changed and although things were given and flowering it was cold and windy and it seemed strange there should be all that blossom , wrong like , as if it had made a mistake and popped up at the wrong time — that was because I had felt the warmth of those few nice days . |
| 9 | It acted as a retreat house and training centre for people attached to the Society of Saint Sylvester but , under Racy 's leadership , it had made a name for itself specialising in an area of the church 's work which Theodora thought was undervalued . |
| 10 | Why initially did the stock market react favourably to the increased dividend declared by Lloyds Bank after it had made a loss of 224 million in the financial year 1986–87 ? |