Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pron] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Mobile users can only use it to make outgoing calls , and must be near one of the 8,000-plus Rabbit base stations dotted across the country . |
2 | Audrey can I can I just ask you to make this point about this . |
3 | If you sat down and made another fair copy of the manuscript , you would infallibly find yourself making new adjustments and emendations to it . |
4 | ‘ Actually , I did n't think I made much impression on her . |
5 | ‘ I do n't think it made any difference to my career or Peter 's , ’ says Finney . |
6 | " I do n't think it makes much difference where we do a bit of scratching , " he said . |
7 | But , I do n't think it makes any profit , but , you know , profit . |
8 | Mitchell is also an ‘ old soldier ’ at this game but I do n't expect him to make any headlines . |
9 | Let's be fair , now ; I do n't expect it makes much difference to Mrs Morgan , or her cat , " Mr Smith said , and a small smile played over his lips as he glanced at Dan Ashton , who grunted and looked down at his feet while Smith continued , " whether you were joking or in deadly seriousness . " |
10 | I could n't see us making another LP together , the tie would be broken . |
11 | This override may even enable you to make full picture fades ; alternatively , you may have the facility of a separate fade button which will fade both picture and sound simultaneously . |
12 | He does n't suppose he makes much sense to her , but it 's nice she listens . |
13 | I am topographically accurate , I know the area so well that I simply could n't allow myself to make topographical mistakes . ’ |
14 | 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 . |
15 | However , his relations with his tenants were never happy , because while Lowther believed his town and harbour should be developed largely at the expense of the inhabitants , with modest financial encouragement from himself , he could never bring himself to make those concessions of self-government which might have persuaded his tenants to co-operate . |