Example sentences of "[vb infin] that [pers pn] made [art] " in BNC.

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1 If hesitating between a peach and a pear you languidly inspect sniff and fondle the fruit before deciding for the pear , and eat it slowly with a look of bliss , no one who has left behind the absolutism of childhood ( ‘ Anyone can see that a peach is nicer than a pear ’ ) will doubt that you made the best possible choice between the flavours ; the rightness of the choice , and the objective fact that in the fullest awareness of the two flavours you were spontaneously moved to take the pear , are two sides of the same coin .
2 ‘ And do you still feel that you made an error of judgement ? ’
3 The employee will further claim that he made no conscious effort to memorise the information .
4 The few surviving reports of cases heard in King 's Bench during the period he was a justice ( 1295–1316 ) do not suggest that he made a major contribution to the work of the court .
5 I can cheerfully admit that it made no impact on me apart from an overwhelming urge to be violently sick .
6 But I think , my dear Lisa , if you cast your mind back you 'll recall that you made the assumption all by yourself .
7 I could have got away with murder that Saturday night , although under the present circumstances I had better add that I made no attempt to do so .
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