Example sentences of "he [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , due to his lack of perception , he made an incorrect conclusion . |
| 2 | Again he made an early break and sustained it throughout the four-lap race . |
| 3 | A forceful , clean striker , he made an unbeaten 94 in a defeat by Essex in May — a result which was to have a significant bearing on the championship — and soon afterwards scored a maiden century against Kent . |
| 4 | I do n't think he made an outstanding contribution to chemistry — rather in the Thatcher mould . |
| 5 | Eight months earlier he made an abortive attempt for the title , then held by the Frenchman Franck Nicotra , only to be stopped for the first time in his professional career . |
| 6 | He made an exaggerated bow . |
| 7 | He made an interlocutory order in the terms sought and directed a further hearing on full evidence . |
| 8 | As it happens , he made an inspired choice . |
| 9 | As chairman of the IAPS in 1908 , and again in 1921 , he made an inspired plea for a wider cultivation of a liberal humanism by all teachers of youth , actively encouraging originality in boys and affording them every opportunity to discover and develop their own interest and genius . |
| 10 | He made an impassioned appeal to the party to reconsider its break with the CPSU , but at a press conference on Jan. 16 Brazauskas declared that Gorbachev 's visit to Lithuania had not changed the aims of the CPL . |
| 11 | He made an immediate advance by growing the mould on a medium consisting only of simple salts and glucose , instead of the broth which Fleming had used . |
| 12 | He made an immediate impact here , missing just three Southern League matches in his first season and being selected to represent the Southern League against the Football League at Stamford Bridge in April . |
| 13 | He made an immediate impression and by 4 December 1640 was on the first committee . |
| 14 | In 1988 he made an unsuccessful attempt to challenge Mr Hattersley for the deputy leadership . |
| 15 | In 1893 he made an unsuccessful attempt to solve the coal industry 's economic and labour difficulties by proposing the amalgamation of collieries into a massive semi-public enterprise monitored by the Board of Trade , which would control output , fix prices , pay fair wages , and establish a miners ' welfare fund . |
| 16 | He made an absolute mastery of hiding himself behind the personalities he created . ’ |
| 17 | He made an absolute Bollocks of the job down the road here at Bradford Shitty , and he was one of the most unpopular players at Elland road during the ‘ golden era ’ . |
| 18 | He made an irritable gesture of flapping his cloak to shake off the water . |
| 19 | He made an emotional scene on the day she signed and told her that , if she did not sign , the company would be bankrupt and her son John would lose his home . |
| 20 | Although initially Bush remained largely aloof from this negative campaign against Clinton , he made an emotional speech to a convention of the National Guard in Salt Lake City , Utah , on Sept. 15 in which he obliquely touched on the draft record of his opponent by questioning Clinton 's credentials as a future commander-in-chief of the US military . |
| 21 | In 1796 he made an ineffectual bid to reform and virtually abolish the game laws . |
| 22 | He made an ineffectual grab for the book , but his heart was n't really in it . |
| 23 | There was surprise expressed when Downey was included in the semi-final line-up but he made an invaluable contribution in the second half through his positional sense and slick distribution . |
| 24 | Baldwin had a profound distaste for those who had made money out of the war and in 1919 he made an anonymous donation of part of his wealth to the nation as his personal sacrifice ; Neville Chamberlain was greatly affected by the death of his cousin Norman and determined that such sacrifice should not be wasted . |
| 25 | He made an exciting ‘ discovery ’ at Wellingborough . |
| 26 | In May and June he made an important and successful series of speeches throughout the country , laying down a social reform policy for a future Conservative Government . |
| 27 | He made an important intervention when he counted the number of people present . |
| 28 | He got some excellent work from the children and he made an important point with regard to the level of conceptual development which is possible with this age-group . |
| 29 | He made an Open pass at the young man only to meet with a rebuff . |
| 30 | Of which he made an holy alliance . |