Example sentences of "and make [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There 's a lot we can do , I think , to help the community in a wider sense , and I see that as one of the key elements of my work , to try and make that work .
2 He wondered how many people in all the mental hospitals in the country — or the world " , — come to that — were really fallen Warriors who had either cracked up from the strain of trying to live in this hell-hole , or simply made the wrong choice and thought that the test was just seeing through the whole thing and then having the courage to stand out and make that challenge .
3 I 'll just go and make that coffee
4 Hemmed in by bicks and shoulders , besieged by people wanting to shake his hand , put questions , or merely to remind him of past meetings , Cameron was struggling to respond and make each person feel attended to .
5 The task of the social scientist is to try and make some sense of any observable patterns and the motivations , whether unspoken or not , behind them .
6 And when the muttered reply , ‘ He 's … he 's gone on a trip to try and make some money so we could … could get married , ’ came from her shoulder , she pushed Jessie upwards , saying , ‘ Oh my God ! ’
7 Sometimes I will have abandoned a painting , got really tired of it and feel it 's not getting anywhere , and you will come and make some remark that makes me look at it again and think : oh yes , I could just pull that one together .
8 ‘ I 'll try and make some time .
9 " I 'll go and make some tea for us , " said Miranda in a small voice .
10 But I think possibly what I might do is try and make this grape vine one the first one where we actually do do it properly .
11 I I think erm a a as you 've kindly called me er I think I will try and make this debate a little more lively erm but I 'm not sure about being controversial er because here I was last week , I was making a speech about the significance of er the deregulation of contracting out bill and er I said then that the bill is so important because it is the first major attempt by government to slay the red tape dragon .
12 I do n't think we ought to go out and make any panic buys .
13 He 'd come back and make another excuse to keep me hanging around .
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