Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you remind them of Angela Williams , the first person to be prosecuted for smoking on the tube or of Paul Deiring , the first person to be jailed for smoking on the tube ( he could n't pay his £25 fine ) or do you make like Eric Butler , the Bernard Goetz of the Victoria Line , who , in 1987 , mocked and taunted by drunken youths , retaliated with a sword-stick and was punished in the courts for his efforts . |
| 2 | Or do you make the best of it ? |
| 3 | Has he lost it , or did he make it up ? |
| 4 | ‘ Did it turn your mouth green ? ’ said Rosa to Caterina , ignoring her mother 's placatory offer , ‘ Or did it make your lovely lips pink ? ’ |
| 5 | Or did it make any difference either way ? |
| 6 | Did the population remain more or less static after the dramatic decline in the second half of the fourteenth century , or did it make a rapid recovery from the first wave of epidemics ? |
| 7 | Did John Dyson really have a fight with a man called Cox , or did you make all that up ? |
| 8 | Ken was in one of his usual moods trying to get his mental computer working — does he ignore them brusquely or does he make one of his faces and willingly sign an autograph ? |
| 9 | ‘ You may know somebody who can make a dress for you , or help you make your own , ’ said Fenella Willis . |
| 10 | The examinations , tailored to be selective , make no concession to this , nor do they make allowance for the wide range of academic ability and preparedness among the candidates . |
| 11 | ‘ Women ’ , announced one phrenologist , according to the Phrenological Journal of 1835 , ‘ do not extend their reasoning beyond the range of the visible world , nor do they make any great or daring excursions into the realm of fancy . ’ |
| 12 | Nor do we make any claims for the realism of the particular models discussed . |
| 13 | Nor did we make much fuss over presents . |
| 14 | Nor did we make much effort to match the potent appeal of Tory policies on privatisation and council house sales . |
| 15 | Nor did they make any serious efforts to derive income from a huge fixed asset , which was used for only a few hours a week . |
| 16 | It did n't read like some pick-up place where everyone went off together for topless holidays ; nor did it make it seem as if it was your fault for not having a social life . |
| 17 | But no stone budged from John 's mad yelling : nor did it make him feel much better . |
| 18 | Nor did he make a note of it . |
| 19 | The stark desire in his face threatened to take what strength she had left , nor did he make any attempt to hide the blatant response of his body to that consuming , passionate kiss , continuing to hold her so tightly that she could feel him with every part of her being , could still taste him inside her mouth . |
| 20 | ‘ It was n't a drunken stupor , nor did I make the tart . ’ |
| 21 | Nor does it make any statements about the costs of administrative and managerial change , or of the considerable developments in information technology which will be required to carry out some of its proposals . |
| 22 | Nor does it make much sense for the book to be on offer soon afterwards through a paperback book club that screams at it potential customers , ‘ You write the rules ’ . |
| 23 | Medical evidence shows using DSE is not associated with damage to eyes and eyesight nor does it make existing defects worse . |
| 24 | Now Saint Marcus had to put all that lot together to make it look right and make it make sense , with hindsight , bringing all the important pieces together . |
| 25 | I now thank that friend who first put the direct question to me and made me make the decision . |
| 26 | Walsh added : ‘ I expect James 's ankle to be right but I 'll probably start him from the bench and let him make an explosive entrance . |
| 27 | ‘ Get the good word to him if you so please , ’ he said amiably , ‘ and let him make himself scarce . |
| 28 | Too often in the past , he said , politicians had been bamboozled by specialists into believing that the problems were so great that the answer was to set up bodies like the UGC and let them make the decisions . |
| 29 | Better far to confront them all , and let them make of it what they would . |
| 30 | Keep a good look out for them , give them plenty of clearance ( they may be moving faster than you think ) and let them make their moves in safety . |