Example sentences of "but [pron] made " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to live an ordinary life , working as a bus driver , and accounts clerk at Harrods and later studying for a zoology degree , but nothing made him content . |
| 2 | I 'd like to stay lying down for a bit to make my headache go away , but I made a puddle on the pavement and I got to move . |
| 3 | Now in those days you never got an album deal from a record company unless you had a hit single , but I made up my mind that the sort of stuff he had would make a very good album , so I went to Decca with that view in mind , trying to get an album deal , and did get a deal for him . |
| 4 | You wanted to abandon it by the side of the road , but I made you push it on , with myself taking short spells of pushing . |
| 5 | It was a long haul with my heavy bag to the bus stop at the top of town next day , but I made it and set out on a bus journey westward from Roscommon to Galway . |
| 6 | They thought I meant for five seconds but I made them practise holding their tone for twenty or thirty seconds . |
| 7 | Nobody put themselves out to help me in any way at all , but I made it . |
| 8 | It was a great disappointment but I made up my mind there and then that it would be different next term . |
| 9 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 10 | I do n't know what the others did but I made straight towards the front of the packed train , threading an unsteady way through seemingly endless sleeping cars ( passing my own berth ) , through the still busy central dining car , the full and raucous open-seat dayniter , three more sleeping cars , the crowded dome car ( dining room , kitchen , lounge , observation deck ) , another sleeping car , and finally reaching the horses . |
| 11 | She smiled , ‘ But I made sure I got them back again , mind . ’ |
| 12 | I remember being podgy , no make-up , an unsmart lady but I made a lot of noise and he seemed to like that . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But I made a decision that I would not do it beyond the age of 35 , and then I would return to try to make a contribution . ’ |
| 14 | It was a hard life , but I made a lot of money . ’ |
| 15 | I did n't expect her to stay so long , but I made the offer and I have to stick with it . |
| 16 | Lili said that of course I must , but I made the error of looking at my mother for approval , found none and saw only displeasure at my childish crudity . |
| 17 | But I made up my mind not to move until the battle was over . |
| 18 | But I made it perfectly clear — or at least I thought I did , ’ Blufton added , spreading his palms in a gesture of openness , ‘ that I was n't actually offering her the job . |
| 19 | Johnson , who was looking askance at Miss Beresford 's occupational therapy , said , ‘ In the scale of insignificance , I think knotting is to be reckoned next to mere idleness — ; though I once attempted to learn knotting … but I made no progress . ’ ) |
| 20 | I was unresponsive and kept joking with him about it — but I made it clear I was n't interested . |
| 21 | But I made their locks for H M S Gothic . |
| 22 | Could n't really tell you what it was now , but I made four locks for Lord 's cricket ground . |
| 23 | I guessed where she had been , but I made her tell me the whole story . |
| 24 | ‘ But I made it absolutely clear how frail you were … that it was imperative that she come here … ’ |
| 25 | But I made him a vow , ’ she shrugged . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ You miss it coming up to the time , but I made up my mind some time ago to call it quits . |
| 27 | Of course I did n't kill my father but I made sure that Katie was never , ever alone with him . |
| 28 | At that stage it would have been easy to have got carried away and think that the Cup was won but I made a point of saying that " A wise man does n't count his chickens " and we did n't do that . |
| 29 | And your totems have the same names as my masks , but I made those names up ! |
| 30 | Well in the first place , I have made clear throughout , and I have a record their of over twenty years that people can have a look at , but I made clear throughout , as has Mr Adams , that we are not engaged in secret deals , secret deals do n't solve problems . |