Example sentences of "he makes [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Al Gore falls asleep as he makes maiden speech as Vice-President ; no-one notices — they 're all asleep too .
2 He does n't suppose he makes much sense to her , but it 's nice she listens .
3 Conscious , like his rivals , that he could be seen as a Southern carpet bagger , he makes much fuss of the Labour stalwarts .
4 The PLAYER stands with huge , terrible eyes , clutches at the wound as the blade withdraws : he makes small weeping sounds and falls to his knees , and then right down : While he is dying , GUIL , nervous , high , almost hysterical , wheels on the TRAGEDIANS ) If we have a destiny , then so had he — and if this is ours , then that was his — and if there are no explanation for us , then let there be none for him ( The TRAGEDIANS watch the PLAYER die : they watch with some interest .
5 Ashton does something similar in Symphonic Variations where he makes overall phrase rhythms from pas de burrée en place accompanied by very distinctive ports de bras .
6 When a matter is referred to an expert for decision , he makes that decision himself .
7 Shortly after , he makes correct use of grammatical particles such as ‘ do ’ and , let us say , the whole auxiliary system of English , and does so across the board , that is , in questions , assertions , negations , etc .
8 He makes good progress until he reaches the cornice , which promptly rejects him in a cascade of cold , powdery ice .
9 He makes slow progress through the afternoon sunshine , leaning on a gnarled stick that seems to blend invisibly into his arthritic banana-curved fingers .
10 Finally , he makes considerable use of ‘ natural experiments ’ , the sociological , or in this case literary , device , of studying those natural contrasts which crop up from time to time .
11 He makes heavy use of what may be called the Argument from Personal Incredulity .
12 You must prod him with coloured pencils , or tell him he must be joking when he makes heavy weather of something that another author does neatly .
13 Alina leans on the rail beside Angelica , both of them looking down at Walter as he makes another thrust into the darkness beneath them .
14 What happens when he makes another hole ?
15 He makes another leap , now he 's started , and sees three particular candle-flames , three particular shadows , all charged with particular feeling .
16 And once he makes this decision he he ca n't after a year or two say well no that was wrong , I wo n't I 'll er I 'll change now because he 's only got two years there .
17 The promise and the fulfilment , let me just give you a couple of verses there in John fourteen , John make er , Jesus he makes this statement to his disciples , in John fourteen , in verses sixteen and seventeen , and I will ask the Father and he will give you another helper , another word for the Holy Spirit , that he may be with you forever .
18 Eddie Stride in one of his books he makes this statement , he says , my jealousy , your envy , someone else 's pride , needs the pardon bought with the blood of Christ at Calvary , as much as someone else 's promiscuity , or perversion .
19 I 'm sure he makes some sort of reaction I ca n't see .
20 He makes enough noise does n't he ?
21 A fairly successful artist — he makes abstract expressionist constructions which borrow motifs from primitive ritual — Hopkins has been doing this since the mid-Seventies .
22 If he makes any mistake no harsh remark is made , but quietly he is asked to go through again and point out such-and-such a sheep or goat which has been purposely hidden .
23 He makes more mess in his bedroom than she does and his is because , not only is it all papers and books and toys and everything else , it 's all his clothes as well .
24 It 's not just that he makes more commission by selling you an endowment rather than a repayment mortgage .
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