Example sentences of "make the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Taunton Vale , the Sun Life West League champions , made the long journey north to meet Brooklands with high hopes of regaining the National League place they lost last season .
2 He had expended himself so much for the people Eva made the long journey to his funeral as a mark of respect .
3 JOE McCall ( Stephens ) made the long journey from Dublin for the opening round of the UCF 's ATB Mountainbike League , sponsored by the Cycle Shop Lisburn , at Tardree Forest Park .
4 Oxford United 's fans , more than fifteen hundred of them made the long journey to Tranmere on Saturday to support their team .
5 THE first Mormon migrants made the long trek west to what would become Utah in the 1840s to escape religious and political persecution .
6 I made the long trip with my boys but the unit told me I should not be there .
7 A team of 123 competitors and 22 officials made the long trip after much media criticism of the small size of the original allocation of places , particularly for athletics .
8 But there was no semblance of a fluke about the result — it was the fastest Gold Cup ever run — and as Norton 's Coin made the long walk past the stands to the winner 's enclosure he started to receive the reception he deserved .
9 In the following year the Poles of 300 and 301 Squadrons bombed Berlin , as did the Russians , but it was not until 1942 that the first of the four-engined ‘ heavies ’ made the long flight to this target .
10 Some of it was clearly new to them , and er , they made the right responses .
11 If the right hon. Gentleman begins to listen to what many employers elsewhere in Europe are saying , he will learn that they recognise that we made the right decisions .
12 And it surely is som something that the people of Wiltshire can be glad that they made the right decisions in May , that they have n't got that administration ,
13 Perhaps H. G. Wells made the right choice when he cast octopus-like animals in the role of intelligent alien invaders in The War of the Worlds .
14 ‘ I can see I made the right choice , ’ James said .
15 History has shown that he made the right choice .
16 ‘ You really do think I made the right choice ? ’ she asked anxiously .
17 LEADING scorer Paul Wilkinson , who saw a move to Blackburn collapse last year , yesterday insisted : ‘ I made the right choice in joining Middlesbrough when I left Watford . ’
18 And , as he enters the last week of a career which spans more than 30 years , he knows he made the right choice .
19 Toulon coach Jean-Claude Balatore made the right assessment ; while Biarritz had the men to hold their own in the line-out , neither Ondarts nor his mate Condom — despite their impressive international records — had the stomach for a ferocious challenge up front .
20 ‘ I 'll have a lot of time to go back over the past in the coming years , I suppose , wonder whether I made the right choices at the right time . ’
21 If any wonder whether they made the right decision to come home and marry a British man , Dolly Howard who danced round the world had the wittiest appreciation of the difference between the continental men and the boys back home :
22 It may be that you receive praise for a piece of work well done , and suddenly you feel that you made the right decision to leave the family home and strike out on your own .
23 Anfield 's record-breaking striker is certain that neither Blackburn Rovers ' financial clout nor their present League position can ever console the Scot that he made the right decision on that dramatic day in February 1991 .
24 ‘ I think we made the right decision , but it is a grey area .
25 With Marlboro 's backing , McLaren made the right decision : Hunt could continue to be himself .
26 Obviously , I think he made the right decision . ’
27 I do n't think I made the right decision , I know I did . ’
28 The 24-year-old star could have left in the summer but insisted : ‘ I know I made the right decision to stay . ’
29 He added : ‘ I 'm happy I made the right decision to go back .
30 ‘ I have changed my appearance considerably since I was with the Black June but it seems I made the right decision after all . ’
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