Example sentences of "[pers pn] makes [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She makes sure morning coffee and beverages get to the outbuildings on campus , then organises staff for special functions that day , checking they have all they need on the trolleys for the VC 's or PVC 's lunches . |
| 2 | When its heroine , Dorothea , first entertains the illusion that marriage to Mr Casaubon will confer upon the everyday-the aspect of great things , she makes one exception to the frustration of her efforts as a single woman to lead a significant life in that period in England : ‘ I do n't feel sure about doing good in any way now ; everything seems like going on a mission to a people whose language I do n't know ; — unless it were building good cottages — there can be no doubt about that . ’ |
| 3 | She makes that bastard Kane look like a social worker . |
| 4 | Sandie , who met Freddie when she was an 18-year-old dancer on his show , smiled broadly as he quipped : ‘ The real reason I 'm leaving my wife is she makes lousy coffee . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But she makes nice chocolate cake and she 's handy when the cook 's on holiday , ’ she admitted as she examined her face in the shine . |
| 6 | My orders , and so you may tell Araminta if she makes any objection . |
| 7 | His description of how he watched helplessly as one of the deadly missiles thundered towards him makes chilling reading . |
| 8 | Al Gore falls asleep as he makes maiden speech as Vice-President ; no-one notices — they 're all asleep too . |
| 9 | He does n't suppose he makes much sense to her , but it 's nice she listens . |
| 10 | Conscious , like his rivals , that he could be seen as a Southern carpet bagger , he makes much fuss of the Labour stalwarts . |
| 11 | The PLAYER stands with huge , terrible eyes , clutches at the wound as the blade withdraws : he makes small weeping sounds and falls to his knees , and then right down : While he is dying , GUIL , nervous , high , almost hysterical , wheels on the TRAGEDIANS ) If we have a destiny , then so had he — and if this is ours , then that was his — and if there are no explanation for us , then let there be none for him ( The TRAGEDIANS watch the PLAYER die : they watch with some interest . |
| 12 | Ashton does something similar in Symphonic Variations where he makes overall phrase rhythms from pas de burrée en place accompanied by very distinctive ports de bras . |
| 13 | When a matter is referred to an expert for decision , he makes that decision himself . |
| 14 | Shortly after , he makes correct use of grammatical particles such as ‘ do ’ and , let us say , the whole auxiliary system of English , and does so across the board , that is , in questions , assertions , negations , etc . |
| 15 | He makes good progress until he reaches the cornice , which promptly rejects him in a cascade of cold , powdery ice . |
| 16 | He makes slow progress through the afternoon sunshine , leaning on a gnarled stick that seems to blend invisibly into his arthritic banana-curved fingers . |
| 17 | Finally , he makes considerable use of ‘ natural experiments ’ , the sociological , or in this case literary , device , of studying those natural contrasts which crop up from time to time . |
| 18 | He makes heavy use of what may be called the Argument from Personal Incredulity . |
| 19 | You must prod him with coloured pencils , or tell him he must be joking when he makes heavy weather of something that another author does neatly . |
| 20 | Alina leans on the rail beside Angelica , both of them looking down at Walter as he makes another thrust into the darkness beneath them . |
| 21 | What happens when he makes another hole ? |
| 22 | He makes another leap , now he 's started , and sees three particular candle-flames , three particular shadows , all charged with particular feeling . |
| 23 | And once he makes this decision he he ca n't after a year or two say well no that was wrong , I wo n't I 'll er I 'll change now because he 's only got two years there . |
| 24 | The promise and the fulfilment , let me just give you a couple of verses there in John fourteen , John make er , Jesus he makes this statement to his disciples , in John fourteen , in verses sixteen and seventeen , and I will ask the Father and he will give you another helper , another word for the Holy Spirit , that he may be with you forever . |
| 25 | Eddie Stride in one of his books he makes this statement , he says , my jealousy , your envy , someone else 's pride , needs the pardon bought with the blood of Christ at Calvary , as much as someone else 's promiscuity , or perversion . |
| 26 | I 'm sure he makes some sort of reaction I ca n't see . |
| 27 | He makes enough noise does n't he ? |
| 28 | A fairly successful artist — he makes abstract expressionist constructions which borrow motifs from primitive ritual — Hopkins has been doing this since the mid-Seventies . |
| 29 | If he makes any mistake no harsh remark is made , but quietly he is asked to go through again and point out such-and-such a sheep or goat which has been purposely hidden . |
| 30 | He makes more mess in his bedroom than she does and his is because , not only is it all papers and books and toys and everything else , it 's all his clothes as well . |