Example sentences of "he [adv] made [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There was terrible friction between the two of them ; they obviously argued badly , Mark was having problems of one sort and another , and Luke Denner … ’ she gave a harsh laugh ‘ … well , he … he just made life hard , did n't give Mark a chance , any help . |
| 2 | The article sent the leading RISC analyst Andrew Allison to his keyboard where he promptly made hash of its arguments . |
| 3 | She tried phoning him with a variety of invitations she felt he would n't refuse , but he always made excuses for not meeting her . |
| 4 | His sister 's connections in the publishing world meant that he quickly made contacts . |
| 5 | He quickly made arrangements for another priest to conduct the funeral . |
| 6 | WHEN Albert Hanson became secretary at the Albion social club in 1989 , he quickly made news for his new marketing idea to promote the concert room weekdays . |
| 7 | He thinks that if he is only slavish enough in his service of the old hag , the beautiful girl to whom he once made love will come back to him : |
| 8 | Here he also made alum and sulphuric acid by the lead chamber process . |
| 9 | He also had a keen grasp of steam locomotive matters and was responsible for introducing suburban passenger locomotives in 1945 , in which year he also made proposals for the first LMS ( and British ) main-line diesel-electric locomotives , which were finally introduced under his successor H. G. Ivatt two years later . |
| 10 | He also made history as the first judicial nominee to be confirmed without the recommendation of the Senate judiciary committee , which held confirmation hearings on Sept. 10-27 , but deadlocked seven to seven when it finally voted on the motion to recommend the nomination , and then voted 13 to one to pass along the nomination to the entire Senate with no recommendation . |
| 11 | He also made bullion balances for the Bank of England , the East India Company , and other establishments . |
| 12 | He also made pieces for Tsar Peter the Great , and one of his apprentices , Benjamin Scott , later settled in Russia . |
| 13 | Very occasionally he also made designs to be carried out by others — and if acting in an architect 's supervisory capacity only he would charge the 5 per cent fee which was normal at the time — while at Ditchley he was , remarkably , employed as both ‘ surveyor ’ , receiving his 5 per cent , and mason contractor . |
| 14 | He also made Hatfield House a centre of taste and culture , patronizing the painters George Geldrop and Peter Lely [ qq.v. ] , the musicians Henry Oxford and Nicholas Lanier [ q.v. ] , and the gardener John Tradescant the elder [ q.v . ] . |
| 15 | But he also made use of tunes from bourgeois sources — and transformed their meanings in the process . |
| 16 | He also made translations from Turkish to Latin . |
| 17 | He had come to Addis Ababa as correspondent for the Graphic and he later made use of the occasion to parody what he had seen in Black Mischief and other books . |
| 18 | Finniston admits that being plunged into the deep end of commercial decisions he inevitably made mistakes in the early stages , although he is not prepared to take the blame entirely . |
| 19 | He simply made fun of Piggy 's looks and his ‘ ass-mar ’ . |
| 20 | He even made toast . " |
| 21 | Old Van Leer left nothing to chance : not only did he plan his own funeral , he even made Wim rehearse a funeral oration , which he did with his usual brio . |
| 22 | But , his career with the DHSS was never eclipsed by athletics and he consciously made exams and promotion prime targets . |
| 23 | On entering the asylum involuntarily , he voluntarily made vows of poverty , Chastity and Obedience . |
| 24 | He cleverly made use of the lowering fuel weight and bedding in of new tyres , to outwit his British challengers , Hawthorn and Collins . |
| 25 | But he never made changes solely for their publicity value . |
| 26 | If Colt knew , then he 'd be back , but it looks like he never made contact from the day he disappeared , so he wo n't know . |
| 27 | I thought he was drunk , but he never made sound or move . |