Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] make [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At no time in its long history of seven hundred years has Parliament governed , nor save for a brief period when the Constitution broke down in the seventeenth century has it made any claim to do so . |
| 2 | This override may even enable you to make full picture fades ; alternatively , you may have the facility of a separate fade button which will fade both picture and sound simultaneously . |
| 3 | Did you make any attempt to get me free ? ’ |
| 4 | Nor did we make much effort to match the potent appeal of Tory policies on privatisation and council house sales . |
| 5 | The stark desire in his face threatened to take what strength she had left , nor did he make any attempt to hide the blatant response of his body to that consuming , passionate kiss , continuing to hold her so tightly that she could feel him with every part of her being , could still taste him inside her mouth . |
| 6 | She parked outside the high brick wall rather than driving on to the forecourt , and as if he sensed her reluctance to enter the house again he did n't attempt to invite her inside — but neither did he make any attempt to get out of the car , and they sat in silence in the light from an overhead street-lamp . |
| 7 | And my employers Fitch ( Groupe Bull , Southern Electricity ) lost more sleep over whether the colours in our new letterhead would allow it to make any sense coming off a client 's monochrome fax machine than they ever did about the evocation of caring values . |
| 8 | Not once had she made any attempt to respond to his initiatives . |
| 9 | He had neither remained discreetly silent , nor had he made any attempt to explain in public the reasons for his resignation . |
| 10 | We do not want to say that one kind of state causes the other kind , but neither does it make much sense to say that they are ‘ parallel ’ or ‘ identical ’ . |
| 11 | mhm Does it make any sense to put in the same numbers _ does it add to the attraction from a statistical point of view , the likelihood to win ? |
| 12 | Does it make any sense to encourage Western style ‘ social security ’ in the Indian context where only a small proportion of the population is currently covered ? |
| 13 | Far less does it make any attempt to improve these procedures to meet their critics . |
| 14 | ‘ Have you made any telephone calls this morning ? ’ |
| 15 | " Have you made any effort to go and see the plaintiff there , Mrs James ? |