Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daniel Becker , director of the global warming programme of the US environmental group , the Sierra Club , declared that : " The United States helped make this conference a failure . |
| 2 | But this one currently doing the rounds did make us chuckle : |
| 3 | Erm in relation to the er modification in the plan which er the deposit plan which put these two sites er out of the greenbelt , er Mr did make representations . |
| 4 | We found the machine was fairly comfortable to use for long periods , but the high body did make it slightly awkward to control in tight corners . |
| 5 | In saying that though Robert Martin did make it difficult for you . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the Spanish Civil War did make a difference for the conference condemned the non-intervention policy adopted by the major powers , for it was being flouted by Italians , Germans and Russians , and recommended that the Spanish republican government should be allowed to buy arms . |
| 7 | Her Majesty 's dogs did make a bit of a dent in the corgi image when one of them bit the Queen 's hand during a fight last year , but like King Charles the second and his spaniels , the Queen is inseparable from her corgis . |
| 8 | A small number of studies did make use of observational methods , but a high proportion of these also included supplementary interview data " to bolster their conclusions " . |
| 9 | But I did make it and the colour did make a difference in a way I did n't expect . |
| 10 | Soon the story of the scandalous exhibition was all over Paris and , ironically , the unlooked for publicity did make his work more saleable — although when Zborowski offered Jacques Lipchitz four nudes from the show for five hundred francs , he refused . |
| 11 | The provision of free secondary education did make it possible for many children to get more easily the education they desired . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll have to remember that , ’ Fabia commented cheerfully , and , oddly , felt no end uplifted when Vendelin Gajdusek 's smile did make it . |
| 13 | But , ‘ Yes , of course , ’ she gave in graciously , and was rewarded when his smile did make it . |
| 14 | I mean the Marxism was the motivation just as it was for the Chinese but er I do n't think the Russian revolution remained Marxist revolution for very long But the achievement of revolution did make it possible for the success of revolution to be seen by the Chinese because it had already been achieved . |
| 15 | His pen-and-ink drawings provided Minton with unrelieved amusement , as Lyttelton has recalled : Humphrey Lyttelton 's presence at Camberwell helped make it a centre for the beginnings of ‘ trad ’ , a jazz revival which replaced ‘ the polite and effete noise which had hitherto passed for genuine jazz ’ with a new vitality and energy . |
| 16 | ‘ Just a few people did make that mistake . |
| 17 | None the less , the South Western Board was clearly in financial difficulties , and in 1954 the Central Authority did make a subvention of £250000 from central reserves , with the possibility of further help five years later , hoping that the Board would now make reasonable charges to its consumers to cover expenditure . |
| 18 | Not only is the method not scientific but , to the extent that Marx did make certain historical prophecies which can be related to empirical evidence over long periods of time , these can be examined and by and large they have not proved to be valid . |
| 19 | The rioters did make the occasional foray , but north of the Santa Monica Freeway the thin blue line swiftly grew thicker . |
| 20 | Only two of the sixteen believers in the Bible accounts agreed that spirits could visit us during dreams although it is crucial to the sense of these accounts that God did make Himself known to individuals during dreams , and actually visited them in their dreams . |
| 21 | A young man in his late teens by the time of the council of Whitby and the son of the reigning king in Bernicia by Eanflaed , daughter of Eadwine , Ecgfrith was almost certainly in a position to attract support not only among the Bernicians but also among the Deirans in the territory of Ealhfrith , and in the last years of his reign Oswiu did make him sub-king of Deira . |
| 22 | Bitter correspondence in July and August failed to resolve the dispute although Smith & Jones did make a without prejudice offer of £500 ( in respect of the two deliveries which were made on time without damaged goods ) to settle the matter . |
| 23 | The son of Topsider did make up a lot of ground in the closing stages , but by then it was far too late . |
| 24 | We saw too that however mistaken its basic assumptions might seem , this pattern of thought did make sense . |
| 25 | A harmless grass snake , I concluded , although I must admit that the proximity of the Reptile Centre did make me a touch more circumspect than usual as I made for the summit . |
| 26 | ( The Supply of Goods ( Implied Terms ) Act 1973 , which introduced statutory control over exclusion clauses in sale contracts did make certain clauses " void " , and there are provisions making contract terms " void " in other legislation , such as the Consumer Credit Act 1974 . ) |
| 27 | It is probable that Sheffield did make a start , for a fresh lease was issued to him on 5 December 1806 for the remaining 18 years of his term by Lady Anne Frederica Elizabeth le Fleming — Sir Michael had died . |
| 28 | ‘ Roman did make love to you while I was spending his money , did n't he ? ’ |
| 29 | Now Botswana could not cut itself off from South Africa during the long years of apartheid but Botswana did make clear that it opposed apartheid and voiced this very strongly and much to the annoyance often of the South African government . |
| 30 | At Bristol and Liverpool slavers did make up significant proportions of the merchant fleets . |