Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The conclusion drawn in the Malleus Maleficarum , the handbook on witchcraft written in 1486 by two Dominican friars , was that this made tears displeasing to the Devil , and he made it impossible for witches to cry so that they would never find repentance . |
| 32 | But Hector , with his booming laugh , was so large and overpowering that he made it worse . |
| 33 | I do n't think it was just because he made it back-to-back wins , either . |
| 34 | I can see he made it tough for you . ’ |
| 35 | Although he did not commit a future Labour government to taking the tunnel into public ownership , he made it clear that he believed it would require a public stake to complete the project . |
| 36 | Mr Buchan is also a conoisseur of socialist folk-singing : he made it clear that he would find it hard to set the policy review to traditional music : ‘ I am a primeval socialist . ’ |
| 37 | But he made it clear that , in these identifications , desire and politics were inseparable . |
| 38 | He felt that , with a wife and child to support , he should be paid what he was worth , and he made it clear that he was not prepared to give in when he thought he had a good case . |
| 39 | After other speeches condemning Ian Paisley , Terence O'Neill rose and delivered a long statement in which he made it clear that he regarded the defeat of Ian Paisley as a central part of his reforming Unionism . |
| 40 | He made it clear that , as well as a commitment from ‘ day one ’ to legislation on proportional representation , followed by a referendum , he would insist on being part of a coalition government with Cabinet posts for his MPs . |
| 41 | When Tommy was interviewed at the time , he made it clear that he was a man with his sights firmly set on the future , and so it is no surprise that in 1991 , Tommy Rodgers is again setting new standards . |
| 42 | He made it clear that at that point a judgement would be taken as to whether the draft treaty was acceptable or not . |
| 43 | He made it clear that the Employment Secretary , Michael Howard , was not prepared to see Community action in the field of industrial relations and that Community legislation should not push up labour costs in such a way as to reduce the ability of business to compete in world markets . |
| 44 | He made it clear that it was for Sir Rufus to determine , and for you to comply . |
| 45 | But Rodrigo was not like other mercenaries ; he made it clear that he required nothing for himself . |
| 46 | Chamberlain was the chairman of the JAC , established by the Board of Trade , but he made it clear that he wanted to see ‘ a separate department of the city 's government , in which the education authority and the Ministry of Labour would cooperate in order to cover all sides of juvenile welfare ’ . |
| 47 | He came round to find a hostile Maltese crowd around him , but when he made it clear that he was English the mood changed . |
| 48 | He made it clear that this was his target when he said yesterday : ‘ Put it this way , if there was a chance of winning the championship and I did n't think I might just do it , then I would n't be normal , would I ? |
| 49 | He made it clear to Verdeţ that some way around his promises would have to be found , but one which would not simply revive the workers ' militancy . |
| 50 | Although he talked about how ‘ we , as communists , essentially intend to work in harmony with nature ’ , he made it clear that this meant ‘ understanding and controlling the laws of nature … to place them at man 's service ’ . |
| 51 | But he made it clear when he arrived in Perth the next day that he disagreed with Marsh 's sacking , an interesting observation given that the players ' code of behaviour specifically states that they are not permitted to comment on selection decisions . |
| 52 | Instead , at a press briefing , he made it clear that he would be looking to private benefactors to come to the rescue in extreme cases , and pointing to the successful purchases of ‘ Portrait of a lady with a squirrel and a starling ’ by Holbein for the National Gallery ( see The Art Newspaper No. 16 , March 1992 , p.1 ) and Canaletto 's ‘ The Old Horse Guards , London , from St James 's Park ’ by Andrew Lloyd-Webber ( see The Art Newspaper No.19 June 1992 , p. 3 ) . |
| 53 | The farmer did n't actually refuse to take Mister Johnny but he made it clear he did n't really want him . |
| 54 | He made it clear to Law that he did not think that Law was well qualified to be leader and that he reserved the right to contest any future vacancy , but Austen was too loyal a man to conspire ; relations were not very friendly , but there was total cooperation . |
| 55 | He made it clear that he was prepared to use the power of the government to its fullest extent to provide what he regarded as everyone 's right — " the right to a comfortable living " . |
| 56 | He made it clear that they must carry out orders ‘ exactly ’ . |
| 57 | He annoyed me , it did n't mean anything to him , and he made it clear in his miserable I'll-take-your-word-for-it way that he did n't really care . |
| 58 | He made it clear he could never acknowledge my existence to his family and I did n't expect him to . |
| 59 | Harrison did n't exactly avoid us , but he made it clear that we were not to hang around his neck . |
| 60 | He made it clear that he would plead guilty to indecent assault but not to rape or attempted rape and he was allowed to do so . ’ |