Example sentences of "he make a few " in BNC.

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1 On reaching the peg which had stopped my fall , he made a few trial attempts with the skyhook , just to find out how it worked .
2 For Tremayne , though he made a few self-deprecating jokes about it , the event gave proof of the substance of his life , much like the biography .
3 He made a few passes and the castle diminished and shrank , as you see it now , and he made a pass or two more and it was walled with glass as you see .
4 He made a few enquiries and was able to track down the thieves .
5 He made a few records under the name of Joe Ritchie .
6 He made a few gamey remarks to his first Hollywood leading lady , Olivia de Havilland , and she announced to the world that he was ‘ a coarse-grained man with a coarse-grained charm and a talent not completely developed ’ .
7 He made a few political speeches , mainly in his father 's constituency .
8 Nevertheless he made a few feints out of sheer exuberance , suggested a turn with his hips , moved at right-angles to his forward path with no loss of speed , changed step three times in successive strides , kicking hard on the last change and accelerating away in the joy of being able to run for ever .
9 I mean , he made a few comments a but nothing that anybody could tell .
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