Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] make a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So much so that she decided to call the police and give them my registration number , just in case I made a habit of kerb-crawling . |
| 2 | On most journeys of pleasure I make a point of visiting one . |
| 3 | Then came a review which made a bonfire of all the others and lit up Burton 's name in flames in the English theatre of the day . |
| 4 | Then there was the ship 's agent who made a run for it in his car , guessing we would search his house after picking him up with some uncustomed goods . |
| 5 | One such is Dr Campbell Murdoch , a senior lecturer in general practice who made a study of Down 's Syndrome in Scotland . |
| 6 | A stout middle-aged man sat at a corner playing a red squeeze box and working a pedal with one foot which made a row of wooden puppets dance . |
| 7 | Living room includes bed settee which makes a double at night . |
| 8 | Two sets of regulations have been laid before Parliament which make a number of changes to Income Support , Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit . |
| 9 | Obviously , it is in a ‘ plugger 's ’ interest to claim that it was his or her work which made a record into a hit , but if you employ a ‘ plugger ’ it is worth being sceptical when deciding what to believe . |
| 10 | Among Britain 's backs only Andy Gregory has been capped more than his former colleagues at Widnes , and the Wigan scrum half himself makes a comeback from injury against Barrow tomorrow , his fitness still in doubt . |
| 11 | Crilly has a bracelet which makes a noise like keys . |
| 12 | She was never more than a light comedy performer who made a virtue of her acting limitations by being amusing as she demonstrated them . |
| 13 | The first voice made a request for permission to use the campsite area for a group of boys during the next school break , and after stopping the machine she made a note of the name and address to which she would send confirmation . |
| 14 | At home we make a promise to ourselves . |
| 15 | They stopped it see , so I did n't gain anything out of it , me mates at work they made a collection for me in their way . |
| 16 | At work he made a point of answering every letter that crossed his desk ; he told me , ‘ If people take the trouble to write , then the least we can do , as a courtesy , if nothing else , is to give them as complete an answer as possible ’ . |
| 17 | After his return he made a statement to the UK House of Commons on Oct. 24 , warning that the decision on the use of force was " not one which can be indefinitely shirked " if sanctions were proving ineffectual . |
| 18 | Having spoken to various Glens fans the problem seems to be that the Board who made a fortune in the Marseilles game , are n't giving Tommy Jackson the money to spend on quality players , thus the lack of success on the playing field . |
| 19 | Often it is the company wife who is being quietly summed up to see if she can ‘ keep up ’ with her husband or pull her weight in a job which makes a lot of social demands . |
| 20 | On his recovery he made a pilgrimage to the shrine of Rocamadour in the Quercy . |
| 21 | in case we make a fool of ourselves |
| 22 | That day I made a vow to myself that I would return to Athens and run better . |
| 23 | ‘ where it is shown to the satisfaction of a rating authority that any amount paid in respect of rates , and not recoverable apart from this section , could properly be refunded on the ground that … ( e ) the person who made a payment in respect of rates was not liable to make that payment , the rating authority may refund that amount or a part thereof . |
| 24 | In addition , the effectiveness of certain other types of clause is limited by statute where one of the contracting parties deals as a consumer ; for instance , the Consumer Arbitration Agreements Act 1988 restricts the enforcement of an arbitration clause against a person who makes a contract as a consumer , unless certain conditions are fulfilled . |
| 25 | " Yes , I met someone the other night who made a sort of suggestion about a possible job of some kind . " |
| 26 | On the platform he made a movement of deference to her , with open hand held out . |
| 27 | I told her of that woman novelist who made a character in Provence ladle out onion soup , followed by bouillabaisse for luncheon , and in summer too . |
| 28 | The Miller , in his tale , re-emerges in the target figure that superficially seems meant to represent the Reeve ; the Reeve then retrospectively identifies himself with a trickster and target figure : the trickster who makes a fool of the character supposed to represent him but who is subsequently made a fool of himself from another quarter . |
| 29 | ‘ Last week they made a mistake on a prescription label . ’ |
| 30 | On the way to the tomato patch they made a detour to Louis 's workshop to collect some baskets . |