Example sentences of "and make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , heading out next morning to try and make a 90-mile ( 130km ) passage before some nasty weather arrived ( we just made it ) , the place was all a-bustle . |
| 2 | And I think it w w was quite difficult for people because they 'd either have to walk a long way to try and make a telephone call . |
| 3 | there does n't seem to be any sense to it really but you can try and make a bit of sense out of some of it not all of it but some of it you can make a bit of sense out of it yes . |
| 4 | She heard the man in the mask sliding down slowly and knew she should try and make a run for it but her ankle was already swelling inside her Reebok . |
| 5 | Then she could jump out and make a run for it . |
| 6 | Then , when I got fed up with that , I 'd go downstairs and make a racket on the old upright piano my nan had lent us . |
| 7 | er we both met him to try and make a plea to him to try and change his views and it 's fair to say that he does n't know or did n't know what was going on in his own backyard and John Patten I feel is the same as is the rest of the M P's in the Oxfordshire area . |
| 8 | If parents have managed to instil in their child a sense of his own worth as an individual , then , whatever knocks that child may encounter as an adult , he will have the inner confidence which will enable him to pull through and make a success of his life — success in this context having nothing to do with money but with achieving one 's aims as an individual , whatever they may be . |
| 9 | You 've got to get your casualty from the cause , but make sure it 's safe for you , now if it is a , a place where you 've got to get your casualty out and you have n't got a lifeline and I must express this really that there must be two of you and if you are going in you only go in if you think it is safe to go in and you must have a line attached to you and there 's somebody outside , so that if you do get erm overcome by fumes or whatever , they can pull you out , you are safe , they 'll see to you , if there is no hope , you do n't try to be the hero , what you do is go and make a phone call and get the professionals in , because they do n't want to come along and have to deal with two casualties , when there 's only one . |
| 10 | ‘ However , I 'm afraid I have to go and make a phone call . ’ |
| 11 | This , this , you know , is saying something very , very simple , it 's telling you straight away , okay it 's , it is , it is quite nice to have the quote in there again as I say , if somebody , if somebody is trying to do a little advance story , to say , you could all , you could from there you could actually write something which , without having to go back and make a phone call . |
| 12 | So please let's find somewhere we can sit down and make a plan . ’ |
| 13 | I hope I 'll do so , but I must confess that I tend to go and make a pot of tea whenever election coverage starts on the TV . |
| 14 | I said yes and Lloyd told Lewis to go and make a pot of tea and invite the Dennison kid in . |
| 15 | That 's what record companies do , they give 'em just enough money to go and make a single , tell 'em they 're gon na make them into stars and the next minute , they do n't push the single , they do n't bother with it . |
| 16 | Perhaps he should abandon thoughts of privateering ; perhaps he should settle down and make a home . |
| 17 | we could hopefully try and make a decision |
| 18 | I mean basically you say the bloke says we 're going to sit down and make a decision tonight |
| 19 | ‘ We 're really very busy at the moment , but give me a ring tomorrow in my office and we 'll try and make a date ’ he said feebly , hoping his lack of enthusiasm might act as a deterrent . |
| 20 | They came with a good suit on and they would go to work with a suit double breasted and then and they would work there and make a lot of money and when the next thing they would do they would hit into town and get all rigged out and then that was them from top to bottom from their hat right to their feet and then they were hitting the road then . |
| 21 | It is , and that is the advantage of Kuwait , and that is one thing which which perhaps the world should appreciate , that we were a haven for ex-patriots to come there and make a living and work . |
| 22 | Order , or or or order , order , the honourable lady would not expect me to comment on something that has been on television , er in something that I I have no er I I did n't even see last night , it 's up to the minister whether he wishes to come and make a statement it is really not at all a point of order for me . |
| 23 | Er Madam Speaker , I understand the position you ma you the point you make about er ministers det er determining whether they 're going to make a statement by an oral statement or by a written parliament question , but surely the speaker does have power if he or she so determines to summon er a minister here and particularly if there 's pressure in parliament to require a minister to come here and make a statement , that must be right . |
| 24 | ‘ You 'd better go off and make a search . ’ |
| 25 | Even when behind , the Maltese show no willingness to go forward and make a game of it . |
| 26 | To be able to take and make a role in an industrial or other commercial enterprise – requires that the individuals have a sense for themselves of their personal identities . |
| 27 | Wilkie — a genius — effortless Firsts — but perhaps still ready to give up and make a career in the theatre . |
| 28 | Inside , he ‘ used to make all the mince pies for Christmas ’ , peel the potatoes for Sunday lunch , and every morning make breakfast : ‘ you never had to get up and make a cup of tea of a morning , he 'd get up . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll go and make a cup of tea . |
| 30 | Yes and you can look at it and say , okay , we 've go time to go and make a cup of coffee , or oh , this is going well . |