Example sentences of "i made the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I made the description so precise I would always find some reason to reject each and every candidate . |
| 2 | After I made the cut I folded back the turf ( still using the spade ) and saw the nest . |
| 3 | In the daytimes I made the flat secure against all creatures . |
| 4 | My story is similar to Annie 's in that I made the same mistake and thought of my granddaughter as a substitute child . |
| 5 | I made the long trip with my boys but the unit told me I should not be there . |
| 6 | In mid-August I made the great mistake of seeking a four-day break from London to stay with friends in France . |
| 7 | ‘ I made the cage for my mice . ’ |
| 8 | I made the appointment and took the dog home . |
| 9 | I 'm so much happier since I made the decision . |
| 10 | There was a time years ago when I made the odd item of clothing and I have started designing stuff again now . |
| 11 | I made the toast . |
| 12 | I can not imagine how I made the mistake of putting a patient 's medical card in with my last note to you . |
| 13 | Later , during the December cold snap , when I thought the clothes were finished , I made the mistake of switching to my warmest trousers . |
| 14 | When I came home on leave I used to meet them in Crawford 's Oak Hall in Princes Street , and now I made the usual arrangement . |
| 15 | When finally I made the summit , my throat parched , my thigh muscles trembling , the herb woman was waiting . |
| 16 | So it was that in indicating my reasons for preferring the West Country for my motoring , instead of leaving it at mentioning several of the alluring details as conveyed by Mrs Symons 's volume , I made the error of declaring that a former housekeeper of Darlington Hall was resident in that region . |
| 17 | In earlier chapters I made the assumption that there was no problem , because individual reproduction was equivalent to gene survival . |
| 18 | I made the choice at random , the sole criterion being that a book had to have come from a library and have a recognisable sign of its origin . |
| 19 | When two men tried to break into my kitchen via a skylight window at midnight while I was at home , I made the grave error of dialling 999 . |
| 20 | I made the mistake of telling two non-hill-walking friends that they could easily manage Creag Meagaidh . |
| 21 | ‘ Really , it was a game in which I made the rules : always being the one to decide whether or not we 'd make love when we met . |
| 22 | When they left , however , and I made the decision to stay , I knew it might be hard for me but I knew also that I was doing the right thing . |
| 23 | Back in New York I stayed at the Park Central Hotel ( now the Park Sheraton ) where I made the acquaintance of a young American actor called Tom Sanders . |
| 24 | It was on one of these occasions I made the acquaintance of Lawren Harris , the Canadian painter whose family fortune came from the Massey-Harris farm implement organisation . |
| 25 | I made the whole thing up from the start |
| 26 | I made the final , along with Buster and a big local star , Drew McMaster . |
| 27 | After going a couple of hundred yards over open ground , the road entered very thick forest , and here I made the men walk in front while I brought up the rear . |
| 28 | Katharine and I made the journey to the Catherston Stud , just outside Brockenhurst in Hampshire , together . |
| 29 | ‘ I made the camp , ’ grumbled Henry , rather like a sad child . |
| 30 | Jennifer Batten told me when I made the typically British talk-about-the-weather opening gambit to our transatlantic ‘ phone conversation . |