Example sentences of "he [verb] make [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he has made standing up to the teaching unions his thing . |
| 2 | To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what arrangements he has made to ensure that existing recipients of attendance allowance and mobility allowance receive disability living allowance in April . |
| 3 | In recognition of his contribution to the development of the Association over the years , and in particular the efforts he has made to keep graduates in touch through the Airthrey Journal , James MacGlone will be honoured in July by the award of the honourary degree of Master of Arts . |
| 4 | A wooden scooter he 'd made tipped me over the handlebars on its maiden voyage and he picked it up and smashed it to smithereens against a lamp-post , as if it were a cobra that had just delivered a fatal bite . |
| 5 | But to say as much to this sentimental woman's-magazine lady would be asking for trouble , undoing all the efforts he had made to assure them all of his true warm humanity — emotional lot ! |
| 6 | He could n't rise into that great openness which was only inches above his head where the wind blew free … and especially not with that vow he had made holding him back . |
| 7 | Previously regarded as a champion of glasnost for the controversial 600 Sekund programme in which he frequently had investigated the Soviet criminal underworld and corrupt officials , he had become cast in the role of chief apologist for hardline government policies after broadcasts he had made justifying January 's military crackdown in the Baltic republics . |
| 8 | Initially the king was unsympathetic to Hopton 's petition , claiming that at the material time he had not been acting as a justice owing to a bureaucratic muddle over his appointment , but by December 1290 he had agreed that the money Hopton had already paid towards his fine should count instead towards a fine he had made to secure the wardship of the lands of his late wife . |
| 9 | He had made known his personal opposition to multiparty politics , claiming that the current campaign was little more than a mass protest against the stringencies of the economic recovery plan [ see p. 37523 ] . |
| 10 | He had been through hell in the course of duty ; he had made sacrifices that would be asked of no other human being . |
| 11 | The vote was also influenced by references which he had made relating to the " double nationality " of the Secretary of State for Planning , Lionel Stoléru , who was of Jewish origin , as well as by allegations referring to a " Jewish internationale " and its role in the " creation " of an " anti-national spirit " . |
| 12 | Then the enormous effort that he had to make to move away from her , rolling heavily on to his back and then staring up at the sky . |
| 13 | Unfortunately the commercials company had omitted to provide a Director 's Chair , so he had to make do with a low wall . |
| 14 | He got the porter to buy him aftershave , but they did n't sell his musky expensive brand in Perth so he had to make do with a cheaper one from the tourist shop . |
| 15 | Sometimes he thought that he 'd have liked nothing more than to be like Michael of the tarmac boys , gap-toothed and thick-headed and with no greater concern than that of pissing his money away at a speed roughly equal to that at which he made it , but he had to make do with the hand that he 'd been dealt — thin-skinned and solitary , one of nature 's observers . |
| 16 | ‘ Will I ? ’ asked Pascoe , trying to conceal from himself the effort he had to make to keep up with Dalziel down the corridor . |
| 17 | True , he had to make distracting , bread-winning forays away from it but then , with glad and hastening steps , he returned to the true centre of his life , the children whom he helped to feed and bath and dress and play with , even cook for , in domestic servantless days like these . |
| 18 | At the opposite end of the scale is the barbel , and while he does not require to be outwitted to the same extent as bream , he does make landing him extremely difficult . |