Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this one currently doing the rounds did make us chuckle : |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 " . |
| 4 | The rioters did make the occasional foray , but north of the Santa Monica Freeway the thin blue line swiftly grew thicker . |
| 5 | ( 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 . ) |
| 6 | At Bristol and Liverpool slavers did make up significant proportions of the merchant fleets . |
| 7 | A few mono copies of the album with the deleted cuts did make it out of the factory but no stereo version was believed to have been pressed until early this year , when the only known copy was advertised for auction by Strider Records of New York . |
| 8 | The children did make changes in vocabulary , substituting " changed " for " alternated " for example , and they also changed syntax , preferring a main clause , " When the wool had been cleaned and combed " to " The raw wool having been cleaned and combed " . |
| 9 | Although definitions of ‘ poverty ’ and adequate nutrition were ( and are ) debatable , the accumulation of these findings did make an impression and convinced more people of the need for family allowances , particularly when viewed against the background of a declining population at home and the pro-natalist policies of our competitors abroad . |