Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [pron] [verb] make [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saints coach Mike McClennan said : ‘ Both teams are of equal talent but we have to make fewer mistakes than last week . ’ |
| 2 | When I was chided by someone for seeming oblivious of ‘ the magnitude of the accounting operation ’ I said that it was because of my consciousness of the magnitude of all other operations that I dared to make these demands of Mr Whalley , who perfectly understands in any case . |
| 3 | By using this facility it is possible to create a totally new garment simply by combining pieces from other garments , providing of course that you remember to make any necessary alterations to ensure that the pieces will fit together correctly ! |
| 4 | Eventually he wrote ‘ I am in such a stew over Primavera that I have made some sketches myself . |
| 5 | Even then , this is likely to be little more than an insistence that they begin to make some regular contribution to the household in the form of dried fish , tobacco , and so on . |
| 6 | He felt the contact was so invaluable that he was prepared to turn down the job at the head of one of the UK 's premier blue-chip companies if it meant making such a sacrifice . |
| 7 | In , his brother in law in you know and er he was somewhat hurt that his brother in law Will was getting a tremendous share of small blocks and he wanted to make more money out of them . |
| 8 | That applies equally to those in the private sector and to those who are now in the public sector but who hope to make some kind of management-employee buy-out . |
| 9 | Only a few hours later and Fabia was wishing with all she had that she had touched wood when she 'd made that statement . |
| 10 | I have only two minutes and I want to make some more points . |
| 11 | If he pays in first and then has to make an interim payment and he wants to make that payment out of the money in court , he must ask specifically for leave to do so and also to amend his notice of payment in so as to refer to the fact that some of the money has been paid out . |
| 12 | I think this is clearly Miller 's main use for the character of Alfieri and he tries to make this more realistic by making Alfieri a lawyer though I do not think that this is done very well as Alfieri does not say anything which would justify him being a lawyer as all Eddie asks him are things he would have asked anyone though perhaps he asked him because he was a ‘ lawyer ’ and he respected this and knew he would get confidentiality . |
| 13 | of course that is a point that we 've made all the way through , it 's not if nobody would bid , it 's if the franchising director was not satisfied with the quality or the long term viability of the bids he 'd received |
| 14 | ‘ I was in charge of ‘ Fluon ’ for a couple of years and I failed to make any impact whatsoever on that particular problem . |
| 15 | Andy had n't meant any more than his pressing need to stay in for a few weeks till he had made more headway with his revision . |
| 16 | For the next hour Fabia was alternately angry that he could take her to such heights only to call a halt when she responded too readily , and despair that he had made such a nonsense of her that she had n't known where the dickens she was . |
| 17 | I was once called a ‘ facetious little fucker ’ by a Gentile friend after he had made several observations on the difference between Jewish and non-Jewish girls . |
| 18 | ‘ In the normal course of events these things take time under French law , and they 're likely to take even longer in this case because he refuses to make any move whatever until you are actually there — in France . ’ |
| 19 | She put the telephone down on the floor and knelt beside it , facing Shildon and saying Tavett was in trouble and she had to make some calls . |
| 20 | Of the film 's religious imagery , he says : ‘ We talked about the Fifty-First psalm ( which is sung by one of the kitchen boys ) ; it does n't give you many clues , but I was reading it again this morning and it started making more sense . |
| 21 | I was not asking for a debate and I want to make that quite clear . |
| 22 | Shelley watched them go , her heart full of admiration for his humanity and his talent — and bitterness because he had made such a fool of her . |
| 23 | THE unemployed can do without Peter Lilley 's daft comments as he plans to make more people jobless . |
| 24 | He had seized the opportunity while they dined to make another copy of a revolutionary tract calling for an end to French rule . |
| 25 | And the farm has , last three years has lost a lot of money and er they had one farm at Colkirk which they 've now sold and er they just sort of decided they wanted to make the , they had a big barn , a big white barn which was a real old barn and he wanted to make that into a house . |
| 26 | Having worked as an agent , I always take care of Dire straits ' concert bookings and I have made that sort of mistake with them . |
| 27 | The plants are displayed in the old farm yard and we have made many garden areas where our visitors enjoy browsing . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , you should once again proceed with caution if you wish to make any claims on the basis that you have been dismissed . |
| 29 | The cake is n't large , and so is best for a small party of children unless you wish to make another robot as his ‘ friend ’ . |
| 30 | While recent scientific findings about sleep patterns receive regular exposure in the media in popular N science programmes and in magazines , there is little evidence from the results of the Hull survey that they have made any impression on the public mind . |