Example sentences of "she [vb past] make [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She promised to make all the arrangements , including the hiring of as many buses as she could find . |
| 2 | Charming she thought , feeling acutely humiliated , especially as it drove home the fact that she 'd made little or no impact upon this man . |
| 3 | His words went straight to her heart , and she remembered the private wish she 'd made that day , that Nicolo would tell her he loved her . |
| 4 | Only a few hours later and Fabia was wishing with all she had that she had touched wood when she 'd made that statement . |
| 5 | She 'd made all the beds and done her cleaning , and was feeling like some Bovril herself . |
| 6 | All the reading and yet she was n't even sure she 'd made any progress . |
| 7 | So deep in thought had she been that she reached her destination before she 'd made any definite plans about how to proceed . |
| 8 | She decided to make some changes and embarked on a quest which took her to , among other places , an ashram in Wales and a three-week ‘ Relationships Seminar ’ in Hawaii ( price $8,000 ) run by an American called Chuck Spezzano . |
| 9 | I mean I was appalled because she kept making such a lot of mistakes . |
| 10 | Though relieved at the arrangements she had made that day , Harriet could not help feeling chastened ; and when she entered the back gate of Four Winds and heard the inevitable wailing of her grandchild , her mood deepened to despair that she had not brought up her own daughter to be the kind of helpmeet which she was certain Edna Rafferty would be . |
| 11 | It was the third trip she had made that year , leaving husband , sons and job to visit her father . |
| 12 | I was enormously glad she had made that little speech for the mere sight of Erich — the knowledge that a man who worked as a painter in a Ford Taunus factory and was , in his own way , a type-specimen of Atlantic man , with no known connections with the new Ocean , had somehow fetched up on a remote Pacific island — was disturbing the entire thesis I wished to construct . |
| 13 | The landlord was aware of the fact that she had made that application but , notwithstanding that , on 4 December 1989 he applied for execution . |
| 14 | It was not that she lacked sympathy for Sarah ; she had made that plain in her letter to John . |
| 15 | There had been no one there for her when she had made that terrible discovery . |
| 16 | She had made that declaration and that commitment that she would go with her mother-in-law wherever she went that her God , Naomi 's God would be Ruth 's God , and that Naomi 's people , would be Ruth 's people . |
| 17 | She had made all the running , with the present disastrous result . |
| 18 | She laid her coat across a table then stood , not knowing what to do , wondering irritably why she had made such a fuss about coming … |
| 19 | No wonder she had made such a fool of herself by fainting in the middle of Luke 's proposal . |
| 20 | On European flights , she felt no such unease ; she had made such excursions recently on behalf of her college fund-raising activities . |
| 21 | There was a terrible urge within her to just run away and hide , curl up into a tiny ball and forget that she had made such a stupid , stupid mistake by allowing herself to fall in love with someone as ruthless and cold as Luke Denner . |
| 22 | A fortnight after she had made this earth-shattering discovery she was amazed when he stuttered out an invitation to the cinema . |
| 23 | She was still not sure why she had made this arrangement . |
| 24 | She told us that she had made several visits to the London Zoo and so was familiar with the appearance of modern apes . |
| 25 | She tore across the dealing room , then up three flights of stairs , screaming that she had closed Sir Willie , and that she had made several thousand pounds in that one day . |
| 26 | B begins by offering her view as something which should be of interest to the others : " I 'll tell you now " : she had made several previous attempts to interrupt with " let me tell you " . |
| 27 | She had made enough money to maintain Cliff Top as the substantial manor house it had become . |
| 28 | Friends at Camberwell were often impressed by Kylie 's wardrobe and a few realised her secret — she had made most of the outfits herself . |
| 29 | She had made some preparations for their dinner but she did n't object to going out . |
| 30 | Whether it was to share his moment of regret at the passing of time , or to express disillusion with Parkin himself — she had made some comment in the car about how he was one of the few television reporters she knew and respected — Dexter did not know . |