Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | point of order , the point that I made make it on this side is that we are not against the expenditure . |
| 2 | I did not threaten to resign but I did make it clear that I would not endorse changes I could not justify . |
| 3 | And once she was sure I would n't — because I did make it clear , you know , that I had no intention of doing more than agreeing to the legal business — she felt safe again . ’ |
| 4 | I did n't do so , but I did make another suggestion . |
| 5 | And yes , I did make gingerbread men with currants for their eyes , did n't you ? ’ |
| 6 | However , I did make a slip , which Mr Summers points out : total government revenue is about £40m , of which fisheries licence revenue is £25m . |
| 7 | I did make a big mistake there , though . |
| 8 | Hard to explain the conflict in our acquaintance , but perhaps I had an instinctive feeling that she , in fact , wanted me to go to bed with her , and she knew I would n't — because if I did make love to her , it would be a victory for her and a defeat for me . |
| 9 | But I did make for the baize door a little more quickly than on my way in , and in the semi-darkness stumbled over one of the wellingtons , kicking it half-way across the floor . |
| 10 | But I did make it and the colour did make a difference in a way I did n't expect . |
| 11 | When I say existed for ten years , er I I did make a slight mistake in that for ten years erm the village . |
| 12 | In my sixth year I did make myself a smaller canoe , but I did not try to escape in it . |
| 13 | Anyway , all I can say is , I did make some notes somewhere , I think I put them in my pocket , or maybe ( silence ) . |
| 14 | I did make an appointment at the local family planning clinic . |
| 15 | I did make a bit of fuss about it and the nurse told me to stop moaning . |
| 16 | " I did make you happy , did n't I ? " |
| 17 | I did make my escape from Roundhay — by a route taken by many of my contemporaries : higher education . |
| 18 | I did make it to the LSE eventually and , a dozen love affairs and three broken engagements later , into marriage . |
| 19 | We have er found that to be the case there is a downward trend , but I do make the point , and I did make the point to the inspectors notwithstanding that , all of our respecting officers bar those that were doing the training of course do produce a higher work output per individual than most of our peers up and down the country and we have statis statistical evidence to support that . |
| 20 | Paula explains : ‘ I did make a conscious decision about ten years ago . |
| 21 | That 's true , I did make the breakfast . |
| 22 | I did make a note by the way for that . |
| 23 | Well I did make |
| 24 | Yes , we do need to fight and I did make reference that we need not just to organize and cooperate with other public sector workers , but we actually need to build a campaign with the users of the services . |
| 25 | Well there 's one which I did make ; erm we have a dreadful housing situation in Oxford , and I do n't think Phyllis and I would disagree that it 's appalling and erm a lot of it 's outside our control . |
| 26 | I did make the point that Mr Maxwell 's company wants co-operation on the eastern edge of the City , vis-á-vis their football stadium , and we ought to have some co-operation on the western edge of the City where all these houses are boarded up and empty , bought at double the market value , and I made that point publicly . |
| 27 | The period between the end of the twelfth century and the middle of the thirteenth saw several crucial innovations in weaponry and armour which helped make the medieval knight what he was always intended to be : a superb fighting machine . |
| 28 | By that time I had some history of being involved in socialist politics , which helped make sense of the external world , and a dawning recognition that there was also an inner world to be explored and that the psyche could n't just be dealt with by an effort of will . |
| 29 | More than two-thirds of those workstations which did make it into that market were Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcstations . |
| 30 | The duchess , who helped make Bea 's purple robes , will be there to watch , and Prince Andrew is also expected to go . |