Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] make a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rebels then returned to Rutherglen Cross where they made a rebellious proclamation before moving off towards Avondale and the Irvine Valley . |
| 2 | She was consoled , too , to have them in her house where they made an uncommon amount of noise and were certainly not easy guests but their beaming countenances and determination to look on the bright side of everything lightened the atmosphere immensely . |
| 3 | At Itxassou there are numbers of these simple memorial stones set in a fringe along the church wall , where they make an affecting counterweight to the overblown and ugly modern gravestones and monuments all around you . |
| 4 | Where he made a famous name |
| 5 | Following penicillin and cefotaxime administration he was transferred to the intensive care unit , where he made a complete recovery . |
| 6 | Before the cholera outbreak in Two Years Ago ( 1857 ) , where he makes a second appearance , he alone among the landowners takes the doctor 's advice and sees that the pig keeps its distance from the cottage , and that the cottages themselves are thoroughly scoured . |
| 7 | The unpaired 5'T(-1) lies in the major groove of the next duplex , where it makes a Hoogsteen base pair with A17 to form a T.A.T triple helical interaction . |
| 8 | I think I probably wasted a lot of time not feeling good about myself , and I would n't want Deb to feel like that , so I make a deliberate effort to be supportive , to say she looks nice and notice what she 's wearing , that kind of thing . |
| 9 | It seemed a bit risky to begin on the main pieces of work , so I made a separate swatch . |
| 10 | Whilst my aunt was a small , slightly built , lovable shy lady , her friend was large , buxom and to me somewhat frightening , although she made a wonderful Darby . |
| 11 | Letters had arrived from Joe and Terry and from Eileen who was desperately homesick , although she made a brave attempt to write cheerfully . |
| 12 | I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves |
| 13 | The stunning bell-shaped flowers of the Brazilian or the florist 's gloxinia are often beautifully marked so they make a real splash of vibrant colour in your home . |
| 14 | Squash is one of these : there is nothing wrong with the game , but very few people warm up well before playing , and so they make a sudden demand on the body which imposes stress on the heart . |
| 15 | The first , which is currently out of favour , although it made a brief reappearance in Commercial Plastics Ltd v Vincent , is the literal approach . |
| 16 | However , serious differences continued to present obstacles to an agreement : ( i ) the Soviet Union insisted that not all combat aircraft be included in the treaty , although it made an important concession on this point in September ( see p. 36909 ) ; ( ii ) of the five categories of weapons to be included in a treaty-aircraft , helicopters , tanks , armoured vehicles and artillery ( with troops being the sixth element in an agreement ) -consensus on the definition of the weapons system and the items in that category to be included was only reached on artillery ( see below ) ; ( iii ) the Warsaw Pact insisted on an undertaking by NATO to conduct separate negotiations on the reduction of naval forces ( see Malta summit disagreement on naval forces p. 37111 ) ; and ( iv ) the Warsaw Pact demanded that no modernization of short-range missiles by NATO take place ( see also p. 37227 ) . |
| 17 | When his father began talking again , a little irritated frown wrinkled his smooth young brow , but although he made a great play of concentrating fiercely on his reading , he still listened carefully from behind the book to what was being said . |
| 18 | Although he made a partial recovery in 1926 , he could only conduct the One-Year course at Wells , where he lived . |
| 19 | After that no studio would touch him , although he made a good living as an actor and was even reunited with Gloria Swanson to recount more glorious days in Sunset Boulevard . |
| 20 | He was left with a difficult shot from behind a bush and , although he made a brave effort , par was beyond him and Page 's three was enough for victory . |
| 21 | Although he made a huge bonfire of his papers and correspondence in 1916 , and kept it going for a few days , Edward preserved all her letters along with his notebooks . |
| 22 | The dynamic level is quite low , so it makes a good background to a spoken narration or a solo singer . |
| 23 | I thought to myself , ‘ Jimmy Dickinson does n't go abroad and certainly not to the States , so if I make a good job of it at Walton Heath I might be caddying for Sandy full-time in the future . ’ |
| 24 | If I make a black man sweep up my trash , empty my dustbins , wash the vomit from my floor and kill for me in my imperialist wars … well , what do you think ? |
| 25 | Yes , well I did n't call , but I did said Jane , well you leave , well I 'll leave you to it said Mr Sandy , if you would come upstairs , the policeman and Jane entered her room , please look in the cupboard , I think we 've got a case Sarge , do you mind if I make a quick phone call ? |
| 26 | If I make a large number of such measurements the theory enables me to calculate the proportion of times the electron will be found " here " and the proportion of times it will be found " there " . |
| 27 | ‘ I think it is better for the club if I make a clean break . |
| 28 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |
| 29 | I could s I I even though it might make me a lot of money because I know that if I got if I made a dozen phone calls and did n't get any deals I 'd be out there wanting play the er I would n't trust myself . |
| 30 | Would you mind if I made a few housing enquiries for you ? |