Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] make [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to make him an excellent offer for Sleet , one impossible to refuse . |
| 2 | I remember making her a little black satin coat and Dutch bonnet with things sticking out and all edged with lace and it was all er black satin and underneath the bonnet was er pleated er blue chiffon . |
| 3 | ‘ I try to make it a therapeutic education process for the abductees as well . |
| 4 | When I smile at her , I try to make it a fatherly smile . |
| 5 | In my sixth year I did make myself a smaller canoe , but I did not try to escape in it . |
| 6 | ‘ You 'll stay right where you are until I 've made you a hot drink . |
| 7 | ‘ Sir , I have made you an honourable proposal for the hand of your daughter , whom I am in a position to support now and , later , in increased comfort — ’ |
| 8 | He merely stared at her with his bulging eyes and she went on : ‘ There are biscuits in the tin by the cooker and there is plenty of milk if you want to make yourself a hot drink . ’ |
| 9 | She had made her a cool and sweet-smelling bed of grasses inside a circle of powder to keep away ants and other insects . |
| 10 | She had made it an attractive place , beautifully decorated with light paint , and furnished with old pieces picked up at auctions with taste and considerable knowledge of antiques . |
| 11 | Yeah , so you have to make them the same . |
| 12 | We tried to make it the best school , and it was an outstanding girls ' school . " |
| 13 | ‘ They are such good supporters , we decided to make them an introductory offer on the new wallpaper and give them a helping hand to put it up , ’ said Boro marketing manager Mitch Hatfield . |
| 14 | They want to rip all the trees down as well they want to make it a little piazza thing do n't they ? |
| 15 | and they want to make it an elected module for people doing other things |
| 16 | The skills they possess make them a valued commodity which most organizations would be loath to lose and keen to gain . |
| 17 | He began to make himself a few pence early on — running messages , collecting newspapers for the chip shops and horse dung for fertiliser , finding the pay-penny cracks in life on the narrow streets . |
| 18 | He had made himself an internal picture of me and now only examined it against my external appearance ’ . |
| 19 | But it does make him an easy target . |
| 20 | He hoped to make it a fitting swan-song . |
| 21 | He 's made me a new person ! |