Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [pers pn] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Continuing up the easy gradient of the ridge we made frequent stops to admire the icy crest and fearsome north west face of Chamlang , soaring skywards . |
2 | I know this is a crime , and so does my father , and I think that sometimes he regrets the decision he made seventeen years ago , in his hippy-anarchist days , or whatever they were . |
3 | Our first problem at Llandrindod Wells was to estimate the numbers coming to the lake , so each night during the spring we made hourly circuits of the lake collecting all the toads we encountered . |
4 | Go and push a few notes on your own piano ; there 's no one here to wince at the sound you make these days . |
5 | In the process he made many enemies . |
6 | I find a little difficulty in understanding the basis of your argument Mr , given the point you made last week about the need for Yo North Yorkshire as a whole to cater for one hundred percent migration , so as to make adequate provision for those coming from Leeds . |
7 | I think the , this is quite well illustrated by the figures on employees , where the numbers employed fell by getting on for ten percent , though our spending on employees remained about the same , partly as a result of pay increases , partly also , as a result of changes in the profile of grades of the staff at the Council , and a movement towards better staff , better paid , and then finally the saving we make each year as turnover of staff occurs , and we do n't have to pay salaries during the handover period from one person to another , that saving that has reduced because the turnover of staff has reduced . |
8 | ‘ I 'm prepared to double the offer I made last time . ’ |
9 | And that were the mistake he made last time . |
10 | ‘ And the reason you made that trip , ’ continued Inspector Tallboy wearily , ‘ was because you saw a light in the St Manicus chapel window ? ’ |
11 | The reason I make this point is that while a retired architect may be covered by the PI policy of the firm he has left , that cover will only extend to the work he was involved with while a member of that practice . |
12 | I 've been doing this for twenty five years so the best deal I 've ever done is the sale I make each week which brings me three hundred quidHe later went onto spend over five hundred pounds on a Mickey Mouse Toy . |
13 | ‘ If the vow you made that night for Minch 's safe return is holding you back do not let it , for there are many ways such a vow may be fulfilled , ’ she said . |
14 | The vow I made four years ago that someday I would go on the Boards . |
15 | Anyway , in the end I made 1,800 pesos on the funeral . |
16 | In the region they make electrical goods , including computers in Manchester , canned , bottled and processed foods such as biscuits , cat food and sauces , including Heinz baked beans in Wigan ; all manner of packaging and printing ; shoes , cigarettes and furniture . |
17 | The attitude of the New England colonies was probably well suited to the commercial and industrial society that was emerging in the seventeenth century , but at the time they made less impression on the world than the others . |
18 | But they were only relatively cheap because at the time I made that change musician union . |
19 | Postage , stationery , fourteen O six raffle tickets , eleven pound , making a total of two thirty twenty six as against on the other side the income , three ninety six so we made a hundred and sixty six pound on on the open show which is a great increase on last year because last year we only made twelve pounds something twelve pound and a penny we made last year , so this is a great increase . |
20 | THE appointment of Tom Graveney as match referee for next year 's Test and one-day series between West Indies and Pakistan could be blocked because of a comment he made five years ago . |
21 | I want to play you a recording I made last night . |
22 | As a batsman he made 3,882 runs at a modest average , but showed himself a robust tail-ender when it mattered . |
23 | yes you would actually get , a magic E right , or a magic I making that vowel right say its long name , so it would be quite difficult to say dig giding |
24 | And then for half an hour they make small talk . |
25 | China has so far refused to give any clear response to an offer he made last year to open talks on the basis of new proposals . |
26 | Bob Doig , president of the Scottish Potato Trade Association , made that claim yesterday ; an appeal he made several weeks ago in conjunction with the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland . |