Example sentences of "make a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do n't you make a few plans , get your tale all neatly worked out in advance , the way you do with everything ? ’ |
| 2 | Before I regret the temporary arrival of my better nature , you 'd better let me make a few calls and see what I can do to get you home today . ’ |
| 3 | He told the Congress of People 's Deputies that , while he would make a few personnel changes in his Cabinet , he would not give up his position as Prime Minister until he was sure the reforms had become irreversible . |
| 4 | No , we 've got them sort of standing up on , on the top of our book shelf I suppose I could make a few lanterns for in here for Christmas . |
| 5 | tell you roughly what I want you to do and you can make a few notes and then you can tell Kelly . |
| 6 | One evening , David , Barry , Christina and John Hutchinson were all sitting in my front room and talking about what we could actually do to earn some money It was suggested that we might go down to one of the local pubs which held regular jazz nights , to see if they had an evening free and perhaps we could run a folk club just one evening a week and maybe charge people to come in and make a few pennies for ourselves . |
| 7 | We can , however , make a few generalizations . |
| 8 | Erm let me make a few announcements erm firstly Longmans the publishers are producing a large and they hope definitive dictionary of the English language and in aid of this they have asked various universities to produce examples , recorded examples of academic monologue and we 've agreed to cooperate and that is what this little piece of electronic wizardry is in aid of in case you were wondering . |
| 9 | You 'll make a few roubles out of that clock , old lad . |
| 10 | She 'll be a bit tough for eatin' but ah reckon she 'll make a few steak pies . |
| 11 | As the start of the season is very close I wonder if I may make a few points for other readers to think about ? |
| 12 | The reason he slipped out was to phone and make a few arrangements for them . |
| 13 | And now I must make a few preparations . |
| 14 | It might make a few people think , which is good . |
| 15 | ‘ That 'll make a few people sit up . |
| 16 | It was interesting to listen to the comments after the game from the Radio 5 reporter who said that we 'd had enough chances to last us ‘ till Christmas , maybe it 'll make a few people sit up and recognise that we have a team capable of winning something this season . |
| 17 | ‘ She 'll make a few heads turn in Bishop 's House , ’ said Mr Stanford . |
| 18 | well if I were you I would start sorting out if there 's anything good in there that you can make a few bob out of |
| 19 | Okay erm let's perhaps make a few comments then about the Vienna settlement itself . |
| 20 | Having endorsed this as a learning technique , let me make a few recommendations and observations of my own and list my personal ‘ top ten ’ . |