Example sentences of "they [vb past] made [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was determined to let the clan see they 'd made no mistake in choosing him , and was off on a round of visits to all the main families , to impress them with his strength and intelligence , good sense and good humour . |
| 2 | They 'd made a vow , you see , all that time ago … |
| 3 | I spent the whole of my first year waiting to be tapped on the shoulder and told they 'd made a mistake . |
| 4 | Then there was another one , outside the church , they 'd made a hole for a man to sit in there , and he used to sell papers . |
| 5 | They 'd made a mistake . |
| 6 | I think it 's very instructive that er H B F did n't deny that they 'd made a mistake on this number and just talking about old people , er the fact is that eighty five percent of deaths in the county occur to people aged over sixty five . |
| 7 | But then why would Mao in nineteen forty five say that how that they 'd made a major concession to land to the tiller but that this is a correct one and they 're going to , that land reform has to be taken in stages and they 're going to first of all reduce rent and , I mean er |
| 8 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
| 9 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
| 10 | I knew they 'd made a lot of money . |
| 11 | Oh so they 'd made a mistake . |
| 12 | There they 'd lit a fire and cooked the rice , but before starting to eat they 'd made an offering to Ban Bhāi , god of the forest , asking permission to plunder his lands . |
| 13 | The engines roared and gushed , and Star Eye were on their way to the city , substantially richer than before they 'd made the diversion . |
| 14 | They 'd hesitated for almost a year before they 'd made the move , finally spurred along by the fact that they 'd grown sick of talking about it . |
| 15 | For this reason when the head teacher eventually excluded John permanently from school because of his behaviour the EP accepted that the school were acting reasonably in the circumstances and that they had made every effort with John . |
| 16 | She had confidently expected to convalesce with her brother and his wife , but they had made no offer , indeed nothing but excuses . |
| 17 | They had made no checks with the families ' doctors . |
| 18 | General Motors of America believed they had made a major breakthrough into the British market in 1985 when they persuaded Foster Yeoman to buy four specially constructed 3,300hp locomotives to haul heavy stone traffic from their Merehead quarry to locations in the South East . |
| 19 | People from other lineages might not know of these particular marriages , but they had similar marriages of their own , similar reminders in their own genealogies that they had made a special and enduring peace with other lineages . |
| 20 | Evidence that they had made a sound choice came with the £36 bill for the 6,000 mile service . |
| 21 | Pushing it towards the door they could hardly contain their excitement until Endill stopped in his tracks , realising they had made a terrible mistake . |
| 22 | The police soon traced the couple 's movements and found they had made a number of telephone calls to Paris . |
| 23 | Each time , so far , they had made a little farther . |
| 24 | Within two months they had made a first attempt to get a suitable building site — part of the field in which the new Presbyterian School was to be built . |
| 25 | One look was sufficient to make them realise they had made a dreadful mistake . |
| 26 | I felt like Plain Jane , and Dustin felt they had made a mistake in choosing him for the film in the first place . |
| 27 | By 1990 turnover had increased to £150,000 and they had made a profit of £32,000 . |
| 28 | They had made a mistake , that was all , and sent it to his son . |
| 29 | But they had made a pleasant enough scene , one with which she felt she ought to be able to identify . |
| 30 | In January this year , the Legal Aid Board decided they had made a mistake , and withdrew legal aid . |