Example sentences of "[pers pn] makes [adj] [noun] " 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 | She makes regular visits to Osteopath , Steven Davies in Cheltenham for treatment . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | I 've never believed it , but sometimes she makes such leaps of comprehension … |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | Torn between high society and the life of the workers on the estate , she makes many mistakes before seeing the truth . |
| 9 | She is already a megastar in Japan , where she makes frequent visits for personal and TV appearances . |
| 10 | She makes negative prints and she manipulates photographic materials with acid . |
| 11 | The Marr technique of painting is to go and visit the subject , where she makes copious notes on eye colour and other little idiosyncrasies that will help catch the soul of the dog . |
| 12 | My orders , and so you may tell Araminta if she makes any objection . |
| 13 | She makes lovely cakes . |
| 14 | Try to have your progress reviewed regularly with your nurse manager , so that neither of you makes misleading assumptions about your ability to cope or happiness in the job . |
| 15 | His description of how he watched helplessly as one of the deadly missiles thundered towards him makes chilling reading . |
| 16 | At the same time , he makes useful points which can lead us to other conclusions : |
| 17 | Gustave writes this in one of his earliest letters to Louise Colet ; and over a seven-year period ( 1846–53 ) he makes occasional references to the planned autobiography . |
| 18 | Because in that paper there is a passage where Trivers says , if my theory is right , and basically it 's this Trivers Willard thing he was talking about , that parents and offspring will be in conflict about parental investment , he says , if my theory is right and if parents discriminate investment on the basis of offspring success , then he makes two predictions . |
| 19 | Against this background he makes two remarks about children : |
| 20 | On which he makes two statements : first , that we are unmoved by it ; second , that it is a tragedy , especially to the eight-year-old son . |
| 21 | Editor , — Nicholas Wald rightly emphasises the importance and the ethical nature of randomised multicentre prevention trials , but he makes two statements that can not go unchallenged . |
| 22 | He makes two points : one , that they are as numerous proportionately in Edinburgh as in London , but in Scottish towns more plentiful than in comparable English locations ; and two , on the whole he finds them more quiet , and modest . |
| 23 | Al Gore falls asleep as he makes maiden speech as Vice-President ; no-one notices — they 're all asleep too . |
| 24 | Even my dad , he makes sexist remarks to me about my looks . |
| 25 | ( Thus Auer complains of Gumperz that " sometimes he makes strong claims about the effect of a given type or instance of code switching on the subsequent development of the sequence , which are based on informants ' reports , but fails to reproduce this subsequent passage " ( Auer 1984b : 106 , fn. 10 ) . ) |
| 26 | He makes vast series of variations on given sets of conditions . |
| 27 | He does n't suppose he makes much sense to her , but it 's nice she listens . |
| 28 | Conscious , like his rivals , that he could be seen as a Southern carpet bagger , he makes much fuss of the Labour stalwarts . |
| 29 | He makes great videos as well . |
| 30 | 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 . |