Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] make [art] " in BNC.

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1 He did not make a fire tonight , nor eat any supper .
2 He did not make a strong impression , ’ says Tony Rex .
3 Mr Skokov has rarely spoken in public ( in his three years in parliament , he did not make a single speech ) , yet he has been one of Russia 's most influential politicians .
4 He did not make a settled return to London until 20 October .
5 When entrusted with government he did not make a mess of it ; if deprived of his rights he would make a much more serious opponent than the Young King .
6 He did not make a great impact beyond his own office .
7 Maybe , it is argued , the Creator does not control the day-to-day succession of evolutionary events ; maybe he did not frame the tiger and the lamb , maybe he did not make a tree , but he did set up the original machinery of replication and replicator power , the original machinery of DNA and protein that made cumulative selection , and hence all of evolution , possible .
8 ‘ He did not fit into Cheltenham and he did not make the right impression , ’ he said .
9 Neville Baggaley 's only regret is that he did not make the change sooner .
10 Cook said that if he did not make the South African team he would seriously consider a return to county cricket .
11 Furthermore , he did not make the mistake of insisting on ideological purity during his nomination campaign ; there was to be no ‘ extremism in the defence of liberty is no vice ’ or ‘ moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue ’ rhetoric from Reagan and no abrasive assaults on the liberals in the party as had occurred in 1964 .
12 He did not make the most auspicious of starts to the season , but , as the year went on , that majestic swing — the envy of almost everyone in golf — was as regal as ever .
13 Yet he did not make the call .
14 It seems he did n't make a will and ifthat 's the case Anna will get his share . ’
15 England-reject Gower said : ‘ He did n't make the team . ’
16 Anybody scheduling an experiment was likely to find himself faced with a lawsuit if he did n't make the environmental impact statement that was required under the National Environmental Policy Act .
17 He 'd lied about so much else , and it was quite clear now why he 'd wanted to know so much about Ryan , where he was , what he 'd done ; he 'd wanted to know how much or how little Ryan had told her so that he did n't make the same mistakes .
18 I tackled the manager , standing warmly in the foyer , as to why he wanted people to die of hypothermia in his precincts , but apparently he did n't make the rules .
19 Unlike other newspaper barons , he has no desire to see his face on the front of his newspapers ; unlike other Hollywood moguls , he does not make the pages of the National Enquirer .
20 The mercantile agent then will not confer good title on X under section 2 of the Factors Act if he does not make the contract of sale with X until after he has returned the goods to their true owner , Beverley Acceptances v. Oakley .
21 He does n't take loads of drugs and sleep around and get his picture taken with other stars , but then again he does n't make a point of not doing those things either — he 's just a regular guy .
22 He does n't make the Commonwealth Final .
23 One back-bench MP summed up the mood of the Scottish parliamentary party , saying : ‘ If he does n't make the grade by the end of the year then there 's no way I 'd vote for him again .
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