Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [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 Have it written as a P E P and it makes good sense .
5 Because I look at hard times and I make this vow : This will not stand . "
6 I thought she meant her sons had died in the war and I made sympathetic noises .
7 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 .
8 Our masters have had to size up the capacity they have at different plants and it made more sense to move production to Leeds
9 Our profits are disappointingly small in relation to , er er , the , er first half of last year er then , we had buoyant conditions and we made more money than we ever had before .
10 Now things like erm , well one of my old favourites Arran Pilot i if you dig it out when it 's young , then of course it stays as it should , cos it 's a very very waxy potato but , but I can remember growing varieties like Majestic and things like that and I mean they would never fall , they would never fall in the water but they make good chips er of the modern varieties I think I 'd go for er Kondor with a K er which is a very very good potato and does stay as it is i in the ground but one other thing I think also comes into it .
11 The detailed administration of applications is handled by a full-time Modular Admissions Officer who draws on clerical support from within the Registry and who makes substantial use of the central computer services .
12 I was present at the public meeting at Hutchison Crossway on 26 Nov. and I made some comments , warmly welcoming the proposals and asking about the upgrading of a parallel cycle route .
13 He says there are a number of ecological as well as economic reasons — it 's a longer , stronger tougher fibre — it makes a longer-lasting paper and it makes economic sense to grow the material in this country rather than importing it .
14 So , you finish the conversation , and you just flick the handset , you flick the black button in other words , you do n't fully put the handset down , so you flick the black button and you make another call and the camp on does n't mature , it does n't seem to mature because it does n't seem to be long enough for the computer to recognise that the conversation has ended .
15 peters also introduced him to small-boat cruising and they made many cruises between Marblehead and the Canadian border .
16 Well here are the answers and they make shameful reading for Premier John Major .
17 Mine is one of the biggest in the Oxford depot and I make reasonable money .
18 Wake , who has taken over from Ron Aitken , said one of BAIE 's strengths was its diversity and it made sound practice , as well as fun , to tap into the network .
19 There are no tears but I make squeaky sounds with my mouth .
20 Good cats keep the 'ome free from rodents an' they make good pets .
21 I never thought er Mrs that I 'd be seeing , I 'd like to see the excreta first but er could it be , could it be a dormouse because they enjoy the insects and berries and they make similar type holes .
22 However the one thing that you must never do is to go between a cow and her calf and I made this mistake one morning and I had to take to my heals and run .
23 Then dad and I made some cakes and I put notices about the sale through the neighbours ' doors in Swadlincote in Derbyshire , where we live .
24 Sasbach was no exception and I made good progress with Pascal 's Pensées .
25 Well I , I , as I say , I did follow it up and in fact , I even went to a committee where I sat and spoke to the er the police face to face and they made all sorts of promises but nothing materialized .
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