Example sentences of "we make [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Chesterfield worked hard but we made things easy for them with the goals we gave away . ’
2 Conscious of our lack of truly integrated teaching sessions , and freshly inspired by a successful ‘ joint ’ activity weekend at a local Outward Bound Centre , we made plans to change the structure of one particular curriculum area .
3 We talked , we made plans , we exchanged numbers , as you do on aeroplanes : it 's the booze , it 's the canned air and the rich-quick stories , it 's the pornography of travel .
4 But er there were so many open cars and we had an upholsterer who er made the hoods and repaired the hoods and upholstery and er we even made things out of the old scraps of these er just to , we made bags for , for carrying trade plates for er people going away for cars .
5 Also , we made friends .
6 We made friends then who have been our friends for life .
7 Sometimes we made shelters with leaves and branches to keep off the rain .
8 However , a 1–0 win would be enough , and Wilkinson added : ‘ We scored here and in Barcelona , we made chances in Stuttgart , and we should have scored more at Ibrox .
9 The parents preferred to keep their children with them , just in case of another attack , but we made efforts to keep the school going .
10 We made demands for a cheap canteen on the site , for nurseries and better maternity provisions .
11 As dawn came up in the sky we made preparations to move back to our own lines , covering our withdrawal and keeping careful watch for any signs of the enemy .
12 We made amendments to our procedures on the advice of the support group , but we still expected negative comments .
13 We made mistakes , we know that .
14 We were , I think , the first ones in Britain to do it and it was all based on trust and if we made mistakes , we made mistakes !
15 We were , I think , the first ones in Britain to do it and it was all based on trust and if we made mistakes , we made mistakes !
16 To begin with we were nervous but by the end we were making up silly situations and if we made mistakes everyone laughed . ’
17 When they were well out of the way we made tracks for home and I looked forward to a quiet evening .
18 We made enquiries and found that she had helped her mother to carry water every day in Bangladesh .
19 When she 'd calmed down she asked me if I 'd been to the doctors , and we made arrangements for her to take me down .
20 The only available slipway that could take Venturous was at Stornoway and we made arrangements to call there for repairs .
21 If we are conditioned by fear we make things worse .
22 ‘ Horology is the study or measuring of time or making of clocks ’ — that 's what our dictionary says and the latter is what we do ; we make clocks for a large company called the London Clock Company , but we had very humble beginnings … .
23 The result is a range of cookers that combine the very best from both the past and the present , continuing the Stoves promise — ‘ We make cookers for cooks ’ .
24 That 's what we mean when we say that we make cookers for cooks .
25 Rumbelows chief Roy Campbell said : ‘ When we make deals we stick to them but the company has changed quite dramatically in the past year .
26 However well we make plans for our children tomorrow we can only move from the point they have reached today .
27 Walking back together to Enid 's bench , we make plans .
28 We make jokes about Shakin' Stevens and John Noakes .
29 We make settlements by which we provide that property shall devolve from one person to another within the limits which the law allows , e.g. to a man , then to his wife , then to be divided among his children .
30 " To inhibit a golfer 's individual style would take some of the fun out of the game and that 's not why we make rules . "
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