Example sentences of "had made [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worse still , after she had made a little money from the publication of a pamphlet containing her beastly poems about him , she commissioned a rubber dress from ‘ her designer ’ . |
| 2 | John had made a few 1st Division appearances with Charlton , but undoubtedly the climax of his career came when he captained Palace to promotion to that premier division of world soccer at the end of 1968–69 — and then maintained his high level of performance by helping to keep the Palace in the top flight for the two remaining seasons in which he stayed with the club . |
| 3 | None of the questions highlighted above by Bukharin can be abstracted from state policies in a Soviet type economy , even that of the mid-1920s , therefore once one had made a few generalisations about the need to transfer surplus from the private sector to the state sector of the economy , all else came down to precise policies which are not self-regulating but consciously decided upon . |
| 4 | He had made a few calls , but could n't have chosen a worse time to be setting up a casual liaison . |
| 5 | Now , for a second great war , she found herself in a country which was not her own ; although she had made a few friends , it was not at all like living among her own people . |
| 6 | Only once the others had become used to her , once she had made a few allies , would she risk stirring up so sensitive a subject . |
| 7 | IBM had made a few changes ( very small ) and entitled it PCDOS ( because it ran their PCs , strangely enough ! ) |
| 8 | Because Luke Calder had made a few passing comments about her usual attire of pin-neat suits and blouses ? |
| 9 | Tommaso 's gaze flickered over her , appraisingly , and he had made no such reckoning of Caterina , as Davide grasped . |
| 10 | Byles J. thought that he had not because he had made no such request . |
| 11 | He had made no more than half a dozen strides towards the heart of the encampment when Owen called him back suddenly , in a sharp , changed voice ; and when he looked back in surprise : |
| 12 | At the same time he found it interesting that prison had made the former district governor more passionate about the cause championed by Akhenaten . |
| 13 | Then , like a shoal of fish moving within a net , Rose and the girls started to clear the table , to brush away crumbs , to wash , to dry , to return each thing to its own place , all done with a muted energy ; whispers , jokes , little scolding asides — ‘ No , that goes in the other place ’ or reminisce how they had made the same mistake before in order to soften any harshness in the scold , bending low in apologetic laughter . |
| 14 | William 's navy had failed dismally in not intercepting James 's convoy on its way from Brest in March and now the Comte de Châteaurenault [ or Château Renault ] had made the same voyage unchallenged , only being brought to battle on Wednesday 1 May 1689 , as he prepared to leave his anchorage . |
| 15 | In a rare act of editorial humility , the paper acknowledged that it had made the same mistake itself . |
| 16 | Earlier he had made the same gesture , in the car when she was afraid of the storm , the sky rolling over on itself , hanging over the wheatfields . |
| 17 | His first impression of Galvone had been of a mobster , but Newman had met other reasonably honest Americans holding high positions who had made the same initial impression . |
| 18 | Edward had made the same objection . |
| 19 | It seemed that Fen had made the same resolution . |
| 20 | He told his fellow prisoners of an attack on a colonial settlement where the creatures had made the same noises just before they raided and massacred the colonists . |
| 21 | Her watch had stopped and she was n't sure exactly what time it was , but she was willing to bet Fen had made the most of his opportunities . |
| 22 | A woman who had made the most of what she 'd got , and done her best to be content . |