Example sentences of "[vb past] been make [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spoke to the officer on desk duty who said that a complaint against Russell had been made at another station . |
| 2 | But no great impact had been made on this side of the Channel . |
| 3 | Tax reform had been a major campaign commitment in 1976 , but four years later very little progress had been made on this matter . |
| 4 | Producer , Lyn Goleby was on a visit to the school to answer questions on the film , which ranged from how much say the author had in shooting the film , to whether ’ The Bridge ’ might have had to have a happier ending if it had been made with American money . |
| 5 | Commodore G. Paul , plans of the drainage under the green had been made for future reference . |
| 6 | But this only confirmed the importance of AFHQ 's view , reflecting that of Churchill , that nothing should be done to provoke the Yugoslavs or exacerbate the tense situation until all military preparations had been made for full-scale action if necessary . |
| 7 | Moreover , provision had been made for any firm that might become financially insolvent ; in this way , systemic risk was largely averted . |
| 8 | She was happily thinking , Serves him right , a pity there was n't a cloudburst , when across the car park , in an area where the top managers of Vasey 's normally parked their cars , she noticed that room had been made for another car . |
| 9 | No contingency plans had been made for this eventuality . |
| 10 | It emerged that large cash payments had been made to four government ministers in return for relinquishing their portfolios . |
| 11 | If a similar prohibition had been made to all film critics entering Hook , I doubt whether the reviews of Steven Spielberg 's Peter Pan adventure would have been half so bilious . |
| 12 | So many exceptions had been made to earlier Navigation Acts by royal licence that it had sometimes looked as if they were intended to raise revenue rather than to direct trade , and in the 1660s there had been a few signs that the legislation which Charles had inherited from the Republic and had then extended might still be treated in the same way . |
| 13 | But Ward 18 , where this lady was being treated had been made into separate cubicle wards with glass screens , at the order of Dr Kelleher for ‘ barrier nursing . ’ |
| 14 | The diagnosis had been made by endoscopic retrograde cholangiography 3 years ( range 1–6 years ) before the study . |
| 15 | The call had been made in good faith : a car had looked as though it might turn over , but in the event it had not . |
| 16 | He added that concrete improvements had been made in that field , especially in Bulgaria . |
| 17 | ‘ It is not necessary to consider what would have been the effect of the payment of £20 if it had been made in full satisfaction of the demand against Hunter . |
| 18 | Although a preparatory process for the restoration of loans had been initiated during a recent visit to Beijing by a Japanese government official , no " concrete " commitment had been made in this regard , Kyodo reported . |
| 19 | At an extraordinary meeting of the Trades Union Congress at the Albert Hall on 9 December 1913 he was prompted to move a motion condemning " the unfair attacks which had been made upon British trade union officials " and affirming " their ability to negotiate an honourable settlement if assured of the effective support of all who are concerned in the Dublin dispute " . |
| 20 | The big fish had been making for deep water all afternoon and Trent had n't seen a bird for the past hour . |