Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [pron] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They disliked having so young a couple in the vicarage and they made that plain . |
| 2 | Gloucester never got themselves into gear and they made hard work of what should have been a straightforward game … in the second half they hammered away at Scottish … all but lived on their line but failed to get over it … |
| 3 | Apart from the accumulation of translated index cards , Edward and I made little progress , but our humour was good . |
| 4 | When asked eight weeks ago what her dream for the future was , Tatum replied : ‘ It 's that when John 's career is finished he takes care of the kids while I make two pictures a year and get to pick my scripts and work with whoever I want . |
| 5 | I watched her shuffle , wriggle and avert her eyes while we made stilted conversation about our lives . |
| 6 | When Charlotte had finished , emphasizing how vital it was to find the document the kidnappers wanted , Natasha poured them both more tea before she made any remark . |
| 7 | In such circumstances he needs all the help that it makes economic sense to provide . |
| 8 | The test runs were also performed on a different machine so it makes little sense to compare timings . |
| 9 | It is certainly true that it is worth ‘ pooling ’ sovereignty in some areas since it makes more sense to do this than to act independently . |
| 10 | ‘ Talk to Beck before you make any plans . |
| 11 | ‘ In my mind , the notes are the most important thing and not all the little directions about how exactly Joe was holding his pick when he made this note ! |
| 12 | The rest of the film shows their ordeal as they make repeated assaults on the steep , mud-slick , heavily fortified hill . |
| 13 | Have it written as a P E P and it makes good sense . |
| 14 | Because I look at hard times and I make this vow : This will not stand . " |
| 15 | And it was on that basis that we made that statement there . |
| 16 | I thought she meant her sons had died in the war and I made sympathetic noises . |
| 17 | ‘ In many ways it would be playing into the hands of the terrorists if you make daily life unbearable in the capital . ’ |
| 18 | My son spent a year at Liphook Junior School , during which time my husband and I made frequent visits to discuss our concerns regarding this apparent lack of progress . |
| 19 | Our masters have had to size up the capacity they have at different plants and it made more sense to move production to Leeds |
| 20 | People were left feeling disconnected from sexism until we made all oppressions centre-stage . |
| 21 | Thus , the trainer is our example was watching for relaxation before he made any demands on the horse , and also communicating his calm confidence . |
| 22 | It was five years before he made another series , but in 1974 and 1975 he recorded Christmas specials . |
| 23 | The late Raymond Lewenthal is perhaps best known these days as the first performer in modern times to have revived the music of Alkan , a collection of whose music he also published two years after he made these Gershwin recordings ( in Walthamstow Town Hall , of all places ) . |
| 24 | TWO and a half years after she made national headlines with her searing attack on George Bush at the 1988 Democratic national convention , Ann Richards was inaugurated as Texas 's 45th governor on January 15th . |
| 25 | IT was Ballymoney who started the game in livelier fashion and with only ten minutes played Willie McNeill almost headed them into the lead when he made perfect contact with McKendry 's cross only to see his header strike the woodwork . |
| 26 | The things that we make sure people know before we get there is the price all right , I 've already mentioned that . |
| 27 | In the spirit of affability , may I congratulate the Government on one of the changes that they made some time ago , in which they followed fairly accurately the views expressed in early-day motion 488 , which noted that when ’ the Social Fund cold weather payments scheme trigger mechanism was put to a serious test it collapsed three times under the weight of its own absurdity the scheme is inadequate , inefficiently targeted and wasteful as the cost of advertising and administration are unjustifiably high ; and urges a new saving limit of £3,000 that would create a fully automatic scheme ’ . |
| 28 | Fact : The authors have chosen here to quote undiscounted and out-of-date figures although they make much play of discount rates elsewhere in their article and must be aware that the decommissioning costs concerned arise over a very long period of time stretching to the end of the twenty-first century and beyond . |
| 29 | I had a friend who suffered from twisted testicles so I made sure part of my sponsorship arrangement is that I 'm provided with decent shorts with inner briefs that give me support . |
| 30 | Middlesbrough Bears 50 Long Eaton Invaders 39 BORO 'S unpredictable Bears grabbed their first league win of the season last night although they made hard work of it at a bitterly cold Cleveland Park . |