Example sentences of "he had make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | His successful bid was for £190,000 although he had made a higher prior offer which had been turned down . |
| 2 | Gen Schwanitz conceded that he had made a ‘ psychological mistake ’ by ordering the shredding of Stasi files , which had prompted the attacks on police offices . |
| 3 | He had made a fortune out of the slave trade and wanted to spend it on land . |
| 4 | In response to the many toasts from his American colleagues he had made a light-hearted speech at dinner , which belied his deep disappointment at being sent back to the States on a Public Relations assignment . |
| 5 | He was sorry he had made a fool of himself by ringing . |
| 6 | He felt he had made a fool of himself . |
| 7 | Ernie never would admit he had made a mistake with the horse . |
| 8 | He had made a great reputation in Berlin between the wars . |
| 9 | On that occasion he had made a case both for a tutor-organiser to increase provision for trade unionist students and also for one to develop work in the New Towns of Harlow , Stevenage , Hemel Hempstead and Hatfield . |
| 10 | On one occassion he had made a huge crossbow , hoping to throw himself to the mainland , but the elastic snapped , sending him backwards into the school and he had spent two weeks finding his way out . |
| 11 | Then he deliberately looked back to meet her eyes so that she would know that he had made a decision With a slight lift of his shoulders , he accepted his decision . |
| 12 | He had made a point of reading some of his articles last night , and the man knew what he was writing about . |
| 13 | In 1908 he had made a drawing of a table-turning . |
| 14 | He had not for one minute , he said , imagined this could happen and they had even planned to move to Mexico where he was in the process of renovating a house for them ; the bedrooms were complete and he had made a nursery for Michelle 's daughter , China , never to be occupied . |
| 15 | He had made a meticulous drawing of his find and had insisted that she take his handiwork with her to Moscow where it adorned , in turn , dormitory , flat and office . |
| 16 | He had made a will only one month before and when Mr Smith reminded him that the lease of the office premises was due for renewal , he remarked that he would n't be needing them . |
| 17 | As well as his chemical discoveries he had made a reputation for himself from his electrical investigations . |
| 18 | It was not his way to admit that he had made a mistake . |
| 19 | Once he had made a crown of poppies for her hair and a daisy chain for her neck , and she had danced all the way home , feeling like a princess . |
| 20 | In the early part of his career he had made a number of smaller , better films such as The Stripper ( 1963 ) and The Best Man ( 1964 ) , before embarking on bigger and more portentous projects such as The War Lord ( 1965 ) and The Planet of the Apes ( 1967 ) , both with Charlton Heston baring his teeth and chest ; Patton ( 1969 ) , an ambiguous biopic about a modern war lord ( for which he won Best Director Oscar ) ; and Nicholas and Alexandra ( 1971 ) , a tedious and simplistic Tsar-trek . |
| 21 | After he had made a pot of tea they sat near the range and surveyed each other . |
| 22 | He said he had made a full examination of the submissions made to him by the council and by Mrs Kemp . |
| 23 | So much for one reason why William Charles had had the wherewithal to prosper so quickly in his new surroundings ; but there was another , just as vital to his continuing success — he had made a prudent marriage . |
| 24 | He had made a will about 21 years earlier and in it left a legacy of £100 to Mrs Violet Peppercorn . |
| 25 | Under Reg 20 , an employer was to deduct tax at source at the basic rate where he had made a payment to an employee in respect of whom he had not received a code of authorisation , subject to certain conditions . |
| 26 | The solicitor who drafted the will later acknowledged that he had made a mistake . |
| 27 | As he had made a special point of emphasizing ; there was absolutely no room for friendship or personal favours in this business . |
| 28 | One day , soon after he had retired from his legal practice , Hilbert told Lewis he had made a will that was ‘ very much to your advantage ’ . |
| 29 | But when he came to sit opposite her in the dining-room that first evening , he felt he had made a mistake . |
| 30 | For his funeral he had made a list of people he wanted invited ( they did not include any Japanese ) , the lessons he wanted read , the hymns he wanted sung . |