Example sentences of "he [adv] make [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There he was particularly concerned with such questions as the size of convoys , which he successfully made larger , and the concerted offensive against U-boats in the Bay of Biscay on passage to and from their shore bases .
2 He rarely made fundamental mistakes and never , she suspected , about a man 's scientific ability .
3 Griffith 's intention was to condemn the hypocrisy of wealthy do-gooders and just by way of illustration he brilliantly made real the experience of industrial warfare .
4 Could he just make sure though that in his plans by defining community care and by by that I mean social care as opposed to health care , in a certain way .
5 He just makes sure that everyone in his team knows the job they have to do and the accountabilities they hold .
6 While he was careful not to give the impression to the Beavis family that his work was anything out of the ordinary , he nevertheless made sure it was not open to even the most casual glance .
7 He still made tremendous efforts , but he could never get up the courage to criticise what I was doing , which was what I longed for , ’ says Richard .
8 He said that he had known all the local eunuchs since his childhood , and that he still made all their jewellery .
9 He still made some shows of aggression , but more as a dangerous game than with wicked intent .
10 If , after learning successfully about the suffix -ful , he still makes that error , then consider it as a phonic alternative .
11 He wore the suit rarely and in one of the few points of discipline which he managed to impose on himself he always made sure that the suit , or the trousers at least , were pressed immediately after use .
12 Bobby had long ago learned the working man 's love of facts as opposed to theories and he always made sure to have a few up his sleeve before he spoke at a union meeting .
13 Then he always made sure that she climaxed before he entered her .
14 At Covent Garden , John was joined by Nerina and Heaton from the group of dancers he had worked with at Sadler 's Wells , and he quickly made new friends , including Ray Powell and , especially , Henry Legerton , an Australian who had also just joined the company after dancing for Massine in a play with ballets , based on the novel A Bullet in the Ballet .
15 And I heard enough about the grisly ways in which he like to make sure his questions were answered .
16 He also made sure that all players were kept informed of decisions about team selection , which had not always happened before .
17 He also made sure they did n't go anywhere near Evelyn or Rose whom he took to be troublemakers .
18 He also made sure that the servants had a generous amount of beer , too .
19 He also made much of its cost-effectiveness , especially as an instrument with which to earn influence in Nato and in future East–West arms talks , quite apart from the military impression it might make on the USSR .
20 He also made dark references to drink .
21 While he was staying at Princeton he went down to Washington — he had to give a lecture at the Library of Congress , and wanted to see his cousin , Martha , there as well as Ezra Pound ; he also made two or three trips to Cambridge to visit his family .
22 It was he who advised Henry to try to break the unanimity of the English bishops ; he also made six trips to the papal court at Sens to persuade Alexander to confirm the Constitutions of Clarendon .
23 He also made clear his misgivings at the attempts to rush the decision .
24 However , he also made clear his own personal doubts on this solution .
25 Speaking before the meeting , he also made clear that , despite a negative public stance by some parties , there were still good grounds for a resumption of the dialogue .
26 He also made further photographic excursions into Tibet , and in 1986 briefly joined the Sipa agency in Peking .
27 Although most famous for his political philosophy , he also made significant contribitions to psychology , theology , metaphysics and physics .
28 He also made some excellent pictures of the floating city of Bangkok and its inhabitants , which had never been seen in the west .
29 In 1813 , however , he succeeded James Wyatt as architect to the Middlesex Hospital , holding the post until 1829 , and he also made some further progress in the Office of Works : in 1818 he was promoted to the clerkship of the works for the eastern division , transferring in 1829 to Hampton Court , but he then lost his position in the reorganization of the office in 1832 .
30 He also made some additions to the chart of the east coast of Spitsbergen .
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