Example sentences of "make a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not making a million dollars a performance , but I do damn well , and I do n't think people should make a million dollars for a film . |
| 2 | In a typical working day the Profitboss will make a thousand decisions . |
| 3 | Sheephaven Bay must make a 360 miles round trip for their opening fixture at Donaghadee . |
| 4 | Consequently , the court can not make a prohibited steps order , or a specific issue order , to achieve a residence order . |
| 5 | Why do n't you make a few plans , get your tale all neatly worked out in advance , the way you do with everything ? ’ |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | tell you roughly what I want you to do and you can make a few notes and then you can tell Kelly . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | We can , however , make a few generalizations . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | You 'll make a few roubles out of that clock , old lad . |
| 14 | As the start of the season is very close I wonder if I may make a few points for other readers to think about ? |
| 15 | The reason he slipped out was to phone and make a few arrangements for them . |
| 16 | And now I must make a few preparations . |
| 17 | ‘ She 'll make a few heads turn in Bishop 's House , ’ said Mr Stanford . |
| 18 | Okay erm let's perhaps make a few comments then about the Vienna settlement itself . |
| 19 | Having endorsed this as a learning technique , let me make a few recommendations and observations of my own and list my personal ‘ top ten ’ . |
| 20 | When Sam Phillips , founder of Sun Records and ‘ creator ’ of Elvis Presley , said , ‘ If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel , I could make a billion dollars ’ ( quoted in Hopkins 1971 : 66 ) , the twin motivations , artistic and commercial , were not separated or separable . |
| 21 | You can make a dozen appointments that were advertising and you may come out with one deal . |