Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this basis it makes more sense for an investor to invest in promise than in reality . |
| 2 | Discussing the proposals of Holland and Benn designed to rectify the short-fall in investment in the British economy they make this point : |
| 3 | As Richard and I chronicled in our ‘ book of the ads ’ You Got an Ology ? ’ in the first two-week shoot we made ten commercials . |
| 4 | Against this background he makes two remarks about children : |
| 5 | To this end he makes periodic counts , from the issue records , of the number of books on loan in each category . |
| 6 | During the first few months of this year I made extensive fuel consumption checks and my overall mpg is 22.73 . |
| 7 | It was the responsibility of the Justices of the forest to see that the Forest rights of the Crown were not usurped , and for this purpose he made frequent use of sworn inquiries by the foresters and verderers and juries of knights and free men of the neighbourhood . |
| 8 | This time she made sure Maggie ate the meat and the pie herself , and forced her to drink a cupful of milk . |
| 9 | Had he been more self-assertive he might have risen higher in politics , but in his chosen field he made good use of his wealth and talents . |
| 10 | It is not even clear whether they travelled in a Japanese or a Chinese ship : but either way they made secret contacts with Thakin friends who agreed to accompany them back to Japan . |
| 11 | During the first decade of the eighteenth century she made further journeys through some of the southern counties and about 1712 she visited Epsom , Hampton Court , and Windsor . |
| 12 | On one memorable day they made three captures , with Mike rushing exhausted around the forest trying to keep up . |
| 13 | It 's that stuff I made last year and |
| 14 | You what s normally happens is that the following year when you make profit you say ah but last year I made er you know I made a loss of ten thousand pound set that off against the profit of ten thousand pound I made this year so that tax pay losses can be carried forward there are other more complex ways of doing it too but that 's the standard sort of way , I think . |
| 15 | Throughout the colonial period they made little use of the judicial system set up by the British and made few requests of their administrators . |
| 16 | For some complicated reason he made this trip every Sunday evening . |
| 17 | As to the first question I make these findings of fact . |
| 18 | The room was silent save for the angry swishing sound she made each time she turned the magazine 's pages . |
| 19 | Intel president Andy Grove on the biggest mistake he made last year |
| 20 | Our modern parental investment individualistic view would n't allow you to make that error , instead you 'd say you know you 've got ta look at the costs and benefits of the mother too and perhaps there are benefits to mothers in actively testing as it were their offspring , erm rather than just passively er accepting that they 're gon na have to be mothers and gon na have to get on with it and again you see , er I would er and this may have been the big mistake I made last year , er but again I stand by my er view on this and it 's a perfectly defensible one , erm again I think those who say that abortion is unnatural and kind of erm offends against er you know nature , are wrong . |
| 21 | When they reached the Ferry Beach at New Passage they made all speed to the hospital and to the ‘ dead house ’ , which held seven coffins . |
| 22 | During that time he made important progress in a number of directions . |
| 23 | At that time it makes good sense to separate males from females . |
| 24 | ‘ Then last night I made this promise to him . |
| 25 | Last year it made more profit than any of the clearing ( commercial ) banks against which it increasingly competes . |
| 26 | Next time you make this Vicki do n't ask me if you should add any more liquid just add it . |