Example sentences of "he [verb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But Rodrigo was not like other mercenaries ; he made it clear that he required nothing for himself . |
| 32 | 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 ’ . |
| 33 | He came round to find a hostile Maltese crowd around him , but when he made it clear that he was English the mood changed . |
| 34 | 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 ? |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | 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 ’ . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | 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 ) . |
| 39 | The farmer did n't actually refuse to take Mister Johnny but he made it clear he did n't really want him . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | 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 " . |
| 42 | He made it clear that they must carry out orders ‘ exactly ’ . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | He made it clear he could never acknowledge my existence to his family and I did n't expect him to . |
| 45 | Harrison did n't exactly avoid us , but he made it clear that we were not to hang around his neck . |
| 46 | 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 . ’ |
| 47 | In turn he made it clear that the directors wanted an opportunity to participate in whatever business they ended up in and that there was a realistic profits incentive . |
| 48 | He made it clear that he stayed at La Tour Monchauzet because the vines needed him — and because he was sure that one day — somehow — Isabelle would return to him , and he had to be here — waiting . ’ |
| 49 | Blood-stained trousers indicated that Putt had suffered other injuries and he made it clear that he was unable to walk . |
| 50 | He made it clear that he will represent the industry in his own way . |
| 51 | When my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister opened the debate , he made it clear that he had sensed right the mood of the House and of the British people . |
| 52 | Also on Jan. 5 Todorov broadcast on nationwide state television an appeal for an end to the protests , but he made it clear that the Dec. 29 resolution would not be rescinded . |
| 53 | He made it clear that he had " no specific proposals " beyond " the wish of the international community for a peaceful solution " , and conceded on Jan. 14 that the talks had been " polite but unfortunately unsuccessful " . |
| 54 | While Bush welcomed Yeltsin 's visit he made it clear in public remarks that relations with the new Russian leader would not be allowed to undermine " official relations " with Gorbachev . |
| 55 | Innocent was adamant that Lupold was unacceptable and he made it clear in June 1205 , at first secretly and later publicly , that Philip would have to drop Lupold as negotiator . |
| 56 | And he made it clear that he was n't talking about regular reallocation of senior positions in the Church . |
| 57 | He made it clear that he thought a minority Labour government would have no right to a dissolution if it was rapidly defeated in the Commons . |
| 58 | In the House of Lords on 30 January 1700 , when the Tory Archbishop of York , John Sharp , defended traditional Anglican doctrines of non-resistance and passive obedience , he made it clear that the authority which must be obeyed was the law of the land . |
| 59 | Furthermore , in a discussion filled with oblique references to the O'Keeffe that Stieglitz had revealed in his photographs of her , he made it clear that he agreed with Stieglitz that O'Keeffe 's paintings were revelations of the female sexual nature : |
| 60 | He made it clear he had no intention of harming anyone else . |