Example sentences of "[verb] for [pers pn] make [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted desperately to reach out to him , but she knew that she had to wait for him to make the first move . |
| 2 | After the miscarriage Dr Rollerson , Maud 's father , had insisted on paying for them to make an extended tour of Europe , so that Maud could regain her health , and James 's dream of a permanent post at St Bartholomew 's Hospital was indefinitely postponed . |
| 3 | Today the Royals can not relax for a second , can not step one foot outside their own home without being met by a barrage of photographers waiting for them to make the smallest slip . |
| 4 | No doubt the whole neighbourhood 's waiting for me to make an honest woman of you . " |
| 5 | Black clouds were rolling up over the forest to his right , which now looked hostile , as though it were waiting for him to make a false move ; to tall perhaps , so that it could advance and swallow him , like a wild animal . |
| 6 | And waited for her to make the next move . |
| 7 | But nor was it every day that in broad daylight — given that the light was n't all that good — that she stood in what was now quite heavy rain getting soaked while her amorous swain waited for her to make the next move . |
| 8 | After all , you confused me with someone else , and I really should n't care for you to make the same mistake twice . |