Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] make [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would certainly be pleased to see them making a greater contribution , but only if it can be shown that there would be genuine environmental benefits in so doing . |
| 2 | We would certainly be pleased to see them making a greater contribution , but only if it can be shown that there would be genuine environmental benefits in so doing . |
| 3 | I did not have enough knowledge to enable me to make a complete computer model of the individual player 's contribution to the stroke . |
| 4 | I do n't think I made the right decision , I know I did . ’ |
| 5 | I do n't think I made the right decision - I know I did . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You really do think I made the right choice ? ’ she asked anxiously . |
| 7 | He even managed to do some work in front of the Greek television cameras , so enabling me to make the Central Television programme ‘ At Home with Costakis in Athens ’ . |
| 8 | Abdesselam told the press on July 27 that the elimination of corruption remained a high priority and that " those who paid the price for the measures that have been taken so far are the youth … let no one expect me to make the deprived masses pay any more " . |
| 9 | ‘ She wants me to make a thousand currant buns , five hundred sausage rolls and fifty chocolate sponge sandwiches , if you please , in time for the jubilee , ’ Mrs Cartwright exploded as she juggled with dishes and tins and bowls and ladles . |
| 10 | Archer was said to have become especially depressive when starving himself to make the required weight . |
| 11 | We do n't believe he was infectious before May 21 and we expect him to make a complete recovery . |
| 12 | Philip Giles fell more than thirty feet onto a hillside while on holdiay in California but doctors expect him to make a full recovery . |
| 13 | The judge found they made an illicit profit of 48.4 million francs ( £6.2 million ) . |
| 14 | Has he made the right choices , and can he suggest the current direction of American art with just these three candidates ? |
| 15 | When the man was interviewed he made a full admission . |
| 16 | ( Has anyone made a comparative study of the spread of railways and the spread of adultery ? |
| 17 | President Bush defended his administration 's cautious response , saying he had seen no facts since Tuesday which ‘ would have made me make a different decision ’ . |
| 18 | You shall perceive them make a mutual stand , |
| 19 | But before I do this , let me make a philosophical point . |
| 20 | Erm let me make a few announcements erm firstly Longmans the publishers are producing a large and they hope definitive dictionary of the English language and in aid of this they have asked various universities to produce examples , recorded examples of academic monologue and we 've agreed to cooperate and that is what this little piece of electronic wizardry is in aid of in case you were wondering . |
| 21 | Having endorsed this as a learning technique , let me make a few recommendations and observations of my own and list my personal ‘ top ten ’ . |
| 22 | He recalled the movie Member of the Wedding which he described as ‘ the ONLY adult film I have ever seen which made a serious attempt to analyse the idea of adolescent loneliness being the prelude to alone-ness . ’ |
| 23 | The second is that it allows you to make a fast flank attack on the end of the enemy 's line with the possibility of rolling along it and taking lots of his troops in the flanks . |
| 24 | Connie held that it was a simple matter to forgive your enemies because , if you had the sense you were born with , you did n't see much of them , whereas with the way society was constituted , you spent most of your time with your nearest and dearest , and the things they could do to annoy you made the whole concept of forgiveness extremely difficult to entertain . |
| 25 | For the moment she busied herself making a fresh pot of tea , while Karen cleared the dirty plates and made room for their toast and marmalade . |
| 26 | TWO of the jurors who were instrumental in jailing Mike Tyson on a charge of rape have decided they made the wrong decision . |
| 27 | Mr Byron Butler , 52 , the chairman , told him to make the necessary adjustments out of court before proceeding with sentencing in a drink-drive case . |
| 28 | Let him make the first move . |
| 29 | Walsh added : ‘ I expect James 's ankle to be right but I 'll probably start him from the bench and let him make an explosive entrance . |
| 30 | MIPS says it made a strong effort at the beginning to get the SCO on very favourable terms but the sponsorship just was n't there . |