Example sentences of "and make [adj] noise " in BNC.

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1 There are those who shake their heads and make negative noises about guidebooks like this , but there is an argument that says the publication of a Corbetts guide could take some of the pressure off the Munros .
2 They speak with their fingers and make disgusting noises .
3 But when a building looks a problem to sell , some planning authorities show a dangerous tendency to try to be kind and make encouraging noises that parts of the grounds might be suitable for development .
4 If he ran into Eleanor he planned to blame the general editor and make soothing noises .
5 So even if they made a little , if they 've got the glass cutter , made a little round hole then reached , still could n't get the window open they 'd be forced to break the whole lot and make more noise .
6 So I respect the access restrictions for the sake of Ted and those like him , but I reserve the right in the pub to stick out my tongue and make rasping noises at those men with wallets instead of penises , who think that pulling the trigger and gleefully watching a beautiful stag 's legs buckling beneath it as it dies is somehow a sign of manliness .
7 The Daurog began to whitter and make shrill noises .
8 Eyvør woke up and made food-begging noises , so the Birdman finished his story and cut up some more strips of herring which he fed to the little bird .
9 ‘ Rexroth 's review said that as the band had n't shown up a pick-up band was assembled from members of the audience , who just banged pots and pans and made odd noises .
10 Utterances like these , which rubbished German claims and made reassuring noises about the UK , were no doubt music to the ears of government , which needed to justify no action over pollution from cars or power stations .
11 We gave him a cup of coffee and made soothing noises , but once again there was nothing we could do .
12 Macmillan also left income-tax rates alone , hit cigarette-smoking and made stern noises about public expenditure ; and he presided over the highest interest rates for decades — bank rate was a horrific 5.5% .
13 Several customers looked at Signe and made soft noises of approval .
14 Very dazed and making awful noises .
15 The man stumbled down the shallow stone steps , rattling the pellets in the plant pot and making clucking noises .
16 I went back to it carefully , stroking it gently and making shushing noises with my mouth .
17 He was imagining himself sitting in a tiny Kayak in the middle of the Severn looking up at a wall of water , anything from six to nine feet high depending on conditions , bearing down on him at twelve miles an hour and making more noise than a fast approaching train .
18 Someone on a boat out there was having a party , people singing and making more noise than the music they were playing .
19 He climbed up to the catwalk and examined the roof , then strolled around surveying the empty space and making knowledgeable noises .
20 Quiss experienced the tiniest moment of fear , then savage anger , and was about to go down fighting — take as many of the little bastards with him as he could — when he realised that they were bowing and wringing their hands and making apologetic noises , not howling angry ones .
21 He drinks the tea brought to us by the koko gravely , and makes exasperated noises .
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