Example sentences of "and make [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would look bad and even Plod would put two and two together and make five . |
| 2 | By the time the pub had filled enough so that the punters were giving me dirty looks for taking up so much room , I felt I had discovered enough to put two and two together and make five if not six . |
| 3 | Head a sheet of paper with the date and time of your meeting and make two columns , one for your essential objectives , the other of additional aims , which are desirable but not actually essential . |
| 4 | Elonex Plc is to contract manufacturing of its personal computers to Cordata Ltd , described as a new company and not related to the Cor-data Technologies owned by Daewoo Electronics Co : this Cordata is building a £5.5m contract manufacturing plant in Cumbernauld , Scotland , where it expects to create 175 new jobs and make 100,000 personal computers a year , and Elonex will turn its North London plant over to final assembly and testing . |
| 5 | Analysis of Prime Ministers ' involvement in parliamentary debates shows that in the course of an average year they will participate in six debates and make six statements on policy , usually on the economy , foreign affairs , and government business . |
| 6 | years which had seen him play in 62 Tests and make 189 dismissals , at the time the West Indian record by a street . |
| 7 | ‘ All that mob , they 're just out to get their names in the papers and make millions off human desperation with vitamin cures . |
| 8 | Pick up that phone and make fifty calls . |
| 9 | ‘ You find you a 40 gallon drum , chop the top out with a hammer and cold chisel , turn it over and make four big holes with the pointed end of a pickaxe . |
| 10 | ‘ You could knock this wall down , and make one large room through from front to back . ’ |
| 11 | The Redcar coke plant is modern , and make one type of coke for use in the steel industry . |
| 12 | You 'll have to put it in and make one giant one together . |
| 13 | Help us give every child a passport to health … and make 1990 the year we break the grip of the six killer diseases . |
| 14 | But I should have guessed that Hurley and his crowd would again put two and two together and make 22 . |
| 15 | I used to buy a half a pound for 400 pesos and make thousands of papelitas to sell at 50 centavos . |
| 16 | Sears is to dispose of its menswear division and , as part of its reorganisation of the British Shoe Corporation , the company is to close 350 shops and make 1,800 redundancies over the next three years . |
| 17 | Les Ferdinand should have scored in the 16th minute when he escaped Shaun Teale and side-stepped goalkeeper Nigel Spink but the Rangers striker allowed Steve Staunton to get back and make two retrieving tackles in front of a gaping net . |
| 18 | After beating Poland so well in Wembley to go out and make 5 changes which , with the exception of Dorigo and Shearer will weaken the team , the guy needs his head examined . |
| 19 | He again pushed his tee shot into trees on the second and made five , which was a par this time . |
| 20 | She relieved him of it , and made five bullets count , dropping Minutemen and Daughters where they stood . |
| 21 | Perhaps she was just feeling generally unhappy , and you put two and two together and made five . |
| 22 | Instead , she discovered your grandfather , and put two and two together and made five . |
| 23 | The flood disaster in July , which left 20 million hectares underwater , killed more than 2,000 people and made 1 million homeless , appears to have swayed Chinese officials to include the project in the next development plan . |
| 24 | At two she called Charles and David , went over their revised efforts and made one or two last-minute amendments . |
| 25 | Shilton could not be blamed for the 2–0 defeat and made one superb tackle , denying Angell 15 yards outside his box . |
| 26 | Back in the saloon Trent cut the rope into four lengths and made one fast to each corner of the folded bedsheets . |
| 27 | He said : ‘ Newland did very well today and made one or two brave saves . ’ |
| 28 | It was ten o'clock ; she brewed a pot of tea and made one more effort to contact Harris . |
| 29 | Well , I hope that clarified a few iss issues and made one or two things clearer . |
| 30 | Beeny was put under increasing pressure , and made one excellent save . |