Example sentences of "men who had made " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat on the top of the large expanse of teak desk and stared coldly at the men who had made it to the top of one of the biggest corporations in the world , employing nearly one million people . |
| 2 | Scenes from the evening flashed before her eyes : the dignity of the old man to whom Ludovico had gently presented her and with whom she had performed a stately dance , delicately held in his wizened old arms ; the young men who had made a ring around her and Ludo before lifting them on to their shoulders and carrying them back to Santo Spirito ; the women who had caressed her blonde hair and whispered , ‘ Bella ! |
| 3 | Prayers sprang to the lips of men who had made a trade out of phoney miracles . |
| 4 | Moreover , the establishment of the Bank of England in 1694 , and the emergence of public deficit financing , led to the appearance of a new force in politics , that of the " monied interest " , men who had made huge fortunes as a result of investing in the national debt . |
| 5 | His favourite pastime of an evening was to leaf through historical albums , studying portraits of the men who had made their mark on Europe during the past half-century . |