Example sentences of "[noun pl] making a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was always complaints coming in from the people who lived in the area about the gangs making a noise on the corner . |
| 2 | You and your fiancé simply wander around your chosen stores or shops making a note of the items you want . |
| 3 | For God 's sake , this had been going on for years , with animals making a noise — surely this is what country life is all about and it would be a sad day if there were no noises from the farms or from the back gardens of our cottages . |
| 4 | A party of Mormons making a pilgrimage to Salt Lake City or a hydraulics problem on a 737 can thwart the most carefully laid plans . |
| 5 | Parents want the debate on the future of education of our children to be held in public with all interested parties making a contribution , not ashamedly and secretly in smoke-filled hotel rooms . |
| 6 | The Japanese are fascinated by foreigners making a spectacle of themselves in this way — the natural heirs to the dying tradition of performing street monkeys . |
| 7 | You said about the hens making a lot , how did how did they work that as an industry with the eggs and things how did they collect and work ? |
| 8 | They also supplemented the personal interviews with over 500 postal questionnaires making a total of just over 600 . |
| 9 | A blackbird with its beak gleaming golden against the white , scuttled out from under the rhododendron bushes making a flurry of snow slither off the broad leaves . |
| 10 | Rugby League Round-Up : Eagles making a soar point |
| 11 | Lew Grade and his successors put up with them , because the regulators did not prevent the companies making a profit . |
| 12 | No one objects to companies making a profit , but not when they freeze out competition . ’ |
| 13 | Investors in People is the new national standard for companies making a commitment to training . |
| 14 | suffered at home and because of all the dirties and scruffies making a fuss they do n't get attended to properly |
| 15 | The total sum awarded in relation to future loss of earnings is therefore two hundred and thirty six thousand seven hundred pounds and that for past loss of earnings is eight thousand pounds making a total of forty four thousand seven hundred pounds . |
| 16 | Alice In Wonderland author Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling are among the traditional writers making a comeback in a move designed to improve standards of grammar , punctuation and spelling among primary and secondary school children . |
| 17 | I mean even at the risk of probably er the other suppliers making a bit more than us if it means that . |
| 18 | Lobster pots making a smell . |
| 19 | That 's trees making a noise . |
| 20 | ‘ There are seven hundred and sixty Romanies making a total of thirty-eight thousand pounds , I believe . |
| 21 | He could also recall three aspirins making a triangle on the palm of Dougal 's hand . |
| 22 | There were several reasons for this : the delicate state of recovery within the economy meant that it would be foolish to contemplate a significant defence burden falling on Japanese shoulders ; the question of Japan 's future foreign policy was extremely contentious within the country and there was vocal hostility to any suggestion of reviving an active or adventurous approach to foreign matters ; furthermore Yoshida had personally suffered at the hands of the military and had no wish to see the old guard of the Japanese armed forces making a come-back . |
| 23 | Julia Browne traces the 19th century background and talks to three artists making a living out of animals |
| 24 | Solicitors making a claim for a large sum in costs in this jurisdiction should provide for the court a detailed statement of those costs , prepared with proper care , and make the statement available to the other parties well in advance of the hearing ( post , p. 528B–D ) . |
| 25 | As often as not , however , a mortgagee will be involved and priority can be obtained by the mortgagee 's solicitors making a Form 94A search . |
| 26 | It 's far better to spend a few extra minutes making a trace 100 per cent safe , even if it means putting a few extra pence into the finished product . |
| 27 | This has led to researchers making a distinction between central and peripheral information in a scene and the assumption that arousal will impair memory for peripheral details but improve it for central ones ( see particularly Christianson , in press ) . |
| 28 | ‘ And whatever his accent or his defects , I do n't suppose one of those blockheads making a jeer of him listened to a word he was saying . ’ |
| 29 | The CAA newspaper Airway reports that a passenger whose holiday flight from Manchester International to Spain had been delayed was discovered by airport police making a start on his tan on the airport tarmac . |
| 30 | Police making a street by street search found Marita outside a property in London Road . |