Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [pers pn] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a spectacular scene and I make a point of leaving my dictation and watching through the curtains each evening . |
| 2 | Sure enough , Lewis Luther , or whoever , turned up in full Airborne rig — I was pretty sure it was the same bike and I made a note of its number this time — and they did the business as they had at Holborn . |
| 3 | We could n't leave Malham country without seeing the Cove and we made a detour in the mini-bus . |
| 4 | Seven-year-old Michael had written in his diary , ‘ On Saturday I helped my mum bake a cake and I made a dress for my doll ’ . |
| 5 | The magazine folded and we all got drunk on Bulgarian wine and I made a speech about going out to penetrate the government and cut the arteries of the police state right at its heart — you need Bulgarian wine to say things like that it makes me faint to think of it now . |
| 6 | The race is good fun and it makes a lot of money for charity . |
| 7 | They reckon arrests were made down but they were down at Beskett Station and they made a couple inside the ground , but I think they were just people running on the pitch you know , they were over enthusiastic . |
| 8 | Bird display was his speciality and he made a number of seminal studies . |
| 9 | Friday ran back to my house to get all the guns , and the captain and I made a plan . |
| 10 | Er , Chairman the , the only advice that I can give Dr on that point is to say that the county council is not letting them down er the funding for major road schemes is provided by central government and we make a contribution towards it but if central government do not give us permission to go ahead with the race road scheme in terms of a grant , then in fact it will not go ahead and in that situation they may be let down , that is their judgement and that should be reflected in the way they vote at parliamentary elections . |
| 11 | Of course , if we put too low a price on the asset we are selling , perhaps because we want large queues of buyers for this asset so we can claim how popular it is , we make a loss on the sale and you make a profit . |
| 12 | ‘ Powick still had its reputation for cheapness and it made a profit . ’ |
| 13 | I mean , took the point of coming round all the staff , talking to them personally every patient and she made a point of getting down on her knees and talking to the patient personally ! |
| 14 | The luck began to run the other way and we made a bit of a fortune that six months . |
| 15 | The man 's tongue came back to his lip and he made a series of little whispered sounds , huss , huss , huss ; his laugh . |
| 16 | I made a face at my face and it made a face back at me . |
| 17 | I think prob problems of identification have n't really been right this time and we made a point a clear point this time with a note to people , if they were n't sure , to make comments on the books . |
| 18 | The defendants decided to enter this market and they made a drink called " Keeling 's Old English Advocaat " which was made from Cyprus sherry and dried egg powder , an inferior but cheaper drink . |