Example sentences of "[noun] make [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After two abortive attempts to bring the drugs in by lorry from Belgium , the gang made two successful runs involving transporting consignments of 99kg and 72kg . |
| 2 | The Wedding Present made four more appearances with ‘ Take me ’ ( four ) , ‘ Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now ? ’ ( eight ) , ‘ I 'm Not Always So Stupid ’ ( 15 ) , and ‘ Do n't Laugh ’ ( 49 ) . |
| 3 | Merv Hughes hit an enormous six and Mark Taylor made 164 to become the first player to score 1,000 runs in the course of his first season of Tests , but Australia 's batsmen did not escape the day without damage from an attack weakened by injury to both its opening bowlers . |
| 4 | Marti made 103 m.p.h. this time and Robinson just failed to beat it at 102 m.p.h. , leaving the large crowd breathless ! |
| 5 | During the war there were a total of 111,000 sorties of which the RAF made 4,000 . |
| 6 | He scored 50 while WG made 3 ! |
| 7 | Then Bernard made two critical decisions ; for the first time he organized some advertising and he hired a new shop manageress . |
| 8 | Warwickshire 's Jason Ratcliffe made 104 to help the county to 347 for seven declared on the second day of their tour match against Boland in Brackenfell , South Africa , yesterday . |
| 9 | The Hercules made one more pass to drop the second and final target flare . |
| 10 | Baker made three separate trips to the region between April 8 and 26 , holding talks in Israel , Syria , Egypt and several other countries [ see May News Digest for a chronology of Middle Eastern diplomacy between March and May ] . |
| 11 | A. MacDougall made 4183 gallons at Ardbeg and John Johnston 4178 at Lagavullin . |
| 12 | Skipper Conlan made three centuries in the summer league , earning him a first team call-up . |
| 13 | One such experiment saw three reverse dies make 116 , 1490 and 7786 coins before breaking ; the obverse die was still usable after all 9392 . |
| 14 | At each of the 40 junctions the driver made two judgments . |
| 15 | Hereford made one bad mistake … and they paid for it … |
| 16 | On his behalf , Great Burkill made one more assault on the establishment , only to receive from the university the final brush off . |
| 17 | West Indies , whose victory was their ninth in the past 10 limited overs matches against Pakistan , scored 196 for five in 41 overs after their opponents made 194 for seven in their 45 overs . |
| 18 | Gwerinwyr made 68 , Eddie Jenkins , Graham Edwards and Khabar Abbas taking three each . |
| 19 | The out of court settlement made two days before the trial was to be heard has been hailed as a legal milestone by the Spinal Injuries Association . |
| 20 | Because they are a form of money they have often been concealed for safe-keeping in hoards , and such careful burial has contributed to the excellent state of preservation today of so many objects made hundreds of years ago . |
| 21 | Curran made ten League appearances for the Rokerites in 1986 during Lawrie McMenemy 's ill-fated spell as manager . |
| 22 | Winsor & Newton make three alkyd mediums in total ; Liquin , Wingel and Oleopasto . |
| 23 | His 1988 exhibition was staged simultaneously at identical shows in New York , Chicago and Cologne ( Koons made 18 pieces in triplicate ) and it quickly sold out , grossing $5 million , despite one critic denouncing the work as ‘ a recycling of kitsch taste for jaded sophisticates ’ . |
| 24 | The Australian professional took 7–103 , bringing his tally of league wickets to 35 and , although the home side made 187–8 , there was plenty of time for the Middlesbrough batsmen to knock off the runs . |
| 25 | Milton Keynes made two more champions this week , as Britain 's top ice skaters competed for the National Title at the Bladerunner club . |
| 26 | During his reign Edgar made one decision which was to have great significance later . |
| 27 | Peter Eckersley stands out as particularly inspiring ; Ken Cranston , who once hit 289 for Liverpool Pilgrims , seems underestimated by posterity ; Harry Pilling captained once and saw his side make 33 and 501 against Northants in 1977 . |
| 28 | The German fighters made three claims only , Joachim Müncheberg shooting down one Hurricane south-east of the island at 1130 , and a second near St. Paul 's Bay at 1153 , while Fw . |
| 29 | We can compare this with a similar attempt made eight years later by Stubbs ( 1983 ) , who distinguishes four main areas of language which teachers should know about if they are to be able to make informed decisions about language problems at school : |
| 30 | Sohail and Ramiz made 16 untroubled , and that evening Akram expressed fresh concern that some were still complaining that he and Waqar must be ‘ doctoring ’ the ball . |