Example sentences of "make a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , I Was A Teenage Six Pistol by Glen Matlock ( Omnibus , £12.95 ) is only on the shelves because someone calculated that if one out of every few hundred punk rockers is daft enough to shell out nearly £13 for Matlock 's eye-witness account of the writing of ‘ Pretty Vacant ’ , then they 'll make a small fortune . |
| 2 | Among the cleaner , tamer ones is : How do you make a small fortune at Lloyds ? |
| 3 | Do n't over-react and take it out on your son or daughter before you know all the facts — or you could make a small problem bigger |
| 4 | If we drop a tin can probably nothing will happen ; at the worst we may make a small dent . |
| 5 | The report claimed that the railways would then make a small profit . |
| 6 | Although the 1992 results are not public , a highly-placed source at USL tells us that they did make a small profit last year ( on revenues of $91m ) . |
| 7 | Er , that 's a difficult question because we bought er anywhere we could er , and where we thought there was leather that we could make a small profit on . |
| 8 | Erm , when I drew attention to this , one of the first things I did when I got elected to this council , erm , we get papers back which seem to suggest that in fact the Home Office are funding it at a level which , dare I say suggests that we might even make a small profit , er and I have in fact recently been approached by colleagues from Gloucestershire , asking us how we manage in that er , er exercise , because they 're concerned about the high cost of er , protection for certain royal establishments in their county . |
| 9 | GOVAN shipyard should make a small profit this year after coming close to breaking even in 1992 , according to its owners Kvaerner , the Norwegian-based shipbuilding , shipping and oil and gas equipment-makers . |
| 10 | Mrs Corney , of course , did not notice this , but when the beadle 's arm began to slide around her waist , she felt she must make a small protest . |
| 11 | She counted to ten as she had been taught when about to deliver a big speech , but when she tried to force some words of outrage from between her teeth her tongue clove to the roof of her mouth and the most she could do was make a small cry of protest deep in her throat . |
| 12 | The right choice of carpet can transform any room , for it can make a small room appear more spacious , a large room seem cosier , and a cool room warmer . |
| 13 | ‘ Then perhaps you could make a small room available to me for a few hours ? |
| 14 | She could make a small amount singing , or whatever . |
| 15 | If a bird pecks at these it will probably only make a small tear in the edge of the wing and the butterfly may then escape . |
| 16 | In paragraph four , page six , we do make a small point about the financial implications er on of course that has been resolved because of er the resolution carried forward in the budget debate and a note there about central training which I could er just , just explain slowly because I have had a number of questions about this . |
| 17 | A pale pink floor can make a small area appear much larger than it is |
| 18 | ‘ Would you make a small detour for me ? ’ she asked the driver . |