Example sentences of "[noun] was making [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We discuss subliminal manipulation , such as the allegation that , when that now-discredited US President was making campaign speeches in the early '70s , clandestine projectors would flash rapid slide images of John F Kennedy , Franklin D Roosevelt , Abraham Lincoln and George Washington behind him , sending out the subliminal message that Nixon was a great President . |
| 2 | We discuss subliminal manipulation , such as the allegation that , when that now-discredited US President was making campaign speeches in the early '70s , clandestine projectors would flash rapid slide images of John F Kennedy , Franklin D Roosevelt , Abraham Lincoln and George Washington behind him , sending out the subliminal message that Nixon was a great President . |
| 3 | It is undeniable that artillery was making progress , and that its development was one of the major changes associated with the conduct of war at this time . |
| 4 | ‘ You did n't know that while you were having a good Christmas , Hester was making arrangements to send him away ? ’ |
| 5 | A great roar from the 15th green had suggested that Andy Kyle was making amends for his disaster . |
| 6 | In nineteen seventy Richard Branson was making waves as a young businessman , even then he had aspirations to take on the giants . |
| 7 | Constable McLennan reported that the neighbourhood watch scheme for Foulis Crescent and Woodhall Avenue was making progress and would probably be launched in January . |
| 8 | Constable McLennan reported that the neighbourhood watch scheme for Foulis Crescent and Woodhall Avenue was making progress and would probably be launched in January . |
| 9 | Through the window the wind was making noises in the stripped trees . |
| 10 | Wherever you looked at the French giant , Renault was making progress in 1992 where other manufacturers were struggling to stand still . |
| 11 | Long before the sun was making shadows , she was standing beside the phone box at the crossroads outside the village , willing the minutes away . |
| 12 | We were dismayed to learn that the new editor was making decisions without access to the full file on our paper . |
| 13 | We also had a modern electric one which ran off the mains and which was known as ‘ The Pay Cooker ’ , whose use was frowned upon except in cases of drought and when Nigel was making bread , for which the free oven did n't , to be honest , get quite hot enough . |
| 14 | They surveyed 288 people for nine months and found that in seven out of 10 cases anxiety was making hair loss worse . |
| 15 | Police said ice was making roads dangerous in Avon , Somerset , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire . |
| 16 | Edward Gould made 12/ for cutting three acres of grass for the mine horses , and in another period was making water-races at Paddy End , constructing 242 yards at 3d. per yard . |
| 17 | He had set the video up earlier in the evening while Elaine was making supper . |
| 18 | In the first quarter of 1980 the ICI group was making profits at a rate of six hundred million pounds a year and in the third quarter we posted a loss for only the second time in our history . |
| 19 | It was mikva night , and the last thing in the world that she felt like doing was making love to her husband — she could have quite cheerfully strangled him ! |
| 20 | All I was doing was making conversation . |
| 21 | The question of the proper age of transfer was referred to it , as the West Riding was making plans for a series of middle schools spanning the age range nine to thirteen . |
| 22 | The spokesman said that China was making representations to the UK over the meeting . |
| 23 | ( Minter and Kingdom within hours of each other : at last Harry was making progress . ) |
| 24 | While I was talking , the King was making notes . |
| 25 | Schmidt was making calculations . |
| 26 | In addition , publicity was making benefit claimants aware of the impending changes and advising them to go to their CAB . |
| 27 | North Manchester health authority was making emergency plans last night to use voluntary agencies to transfer patients between hospitals . |
| 28 | The American narrowed the gap over the closing metres but to no avail , for Ben Johnson was making world history this day with a phenomenal new world record . |
| 29 | Days later his passionate affair with cartoonist Sally Anne Lassoon was making headlines . |
| 30 | Carolyn was aware that the woman was making conversation with her . |