Example sentences of "[vb past] made a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were all aware we 'd made a total cock-up . |
| 2 | Michael , when he was at s When he was at school , he won a scholarship to university , when he got to the university he said as if he 'd made a great discovery . |
| 3 | She 'd made a helpless gesture with one beautifully manicured hand . |
| 4 | ‘ At first I was prepared to think you 'd made a genuine mistake — that you 'd got the wrong boat . ’ |
| 5 | But then why would Mao in nineteen forty five say that how that they 'd made a major concession to land to the tiller but that this is a correct one and they 're going to , that land reform has to be taken in stages and they 're going to first of all reduce rent and , I mean er |
| 6 | It was a movement she 'd made a million times before , yet as soon as her fingers came into contact with his thick , silky hair she felt a jolt as though an electric current had shot right through her , making her start back in surprise . |
| 7 | In fact , he 'd made a real scene about it yesterday . |
| 8 | The one with the fine stripes looked slightly flashier , but he 'd made a better ironing job of the plain one . |
| 9 | I remember before that the wind changed pretty suddenly from southwest to nearer west I think and I 'd made a new hen house I thought indestructible . |
| 10 | He 'd made a regular spaghetti junction of his potato . |
| 11 | So you 'd made a verbal contract over the phone with a lady who you found living on the premises so you had every right to believe that she owned the furniture . |
| 12 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
| 13 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
| 14 | He 'd made a super little dart across the line of Forest defenders . |
| 15 | She was feeling as if she 'd made a long , exhausting hike instead of just the kilometre or so that she 'd actually walked , but it was n't a bad feeling . |
| 16 | He 'd made a good start but now he was faltering , and the focus of attention was drifting slowly away from him . |
| 17 | She 'd made a funny face . |
| 18 | At first it looked as though I 'd made a big mistake . |
| 19 | Of course , she 'd made a big fuss about not having a Brownie ‘ Nuform ’ , but she calmed down when Mum let her wear her new blue party dress . |
| 20 | Did he imagine she 'd made a special attempt to impress him ? |
| 21 | ‘ Stella said you 'd made a huge difference to the place . ’ |
| 22 | Ablett argued furiously with referee Ken Redfern that he 'd made a clean challenge on the inspirational McAllister . |
| 23 | The BBC told him he 'd made a promising start . |
| 24 | After he 'd made a quick and fairly superficial examination I locked the door . |
| 25 | But by the end of our first year in Cornwall she 'd made a few friends and I was n't being bullied so much , so life became a little easier . |
| 26 | His name was Roger , and he 'd made a few stabs at conversation in the course of the night . |
| 27 | She 'd made an absolute fool of herself . |
| 28 | He 'd made an unusual mistake in not locking the larder . |
| 29 | On the day I left Woodline you knew that I 'd made an enormous mistake , yet you — ’ |
| 30 | But the fact remains that Wolf and the tendency Wolf represented made an inward-looking discipline possible and , ultimately , respectable . |