Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [pers pn] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Continuing up the easy gradient of the ridge we made frequent stops to admire the icy crest and fearsome north west face of Chamlang , soaring skywards . |
2 | I know this is a crime , and so does my father , and I think that sometimes he regrets the decision he made seventeen years ago , in his hippy-anarchist days , or whatever they were . |
3 | Our first problem at Llandrindod Wells was to estimate the numbers coming to the lake , so each night during the spring we made hourly circuits of the lake collecting all the toads we encountered . |
4 | Go and push a few notes on your own piano ; there 's no one here to wince at the sound you make these days . |
5 | In the process he made many enemies . |
6 | I find a little difficulty in understanding the basis of your argument Mr , given the point you made last week about the need for Yo North Yorkshire as a whole to cater for one hundred percent migration , so as to make adequate provision for those coming from Leeds . |
7 | I think the , this is quite well illustrated by the figures on employees , where the numbers employed fell by getting on for ten percent , though our spending on employees remained about the same , partly as a result of pay increases , partly also , as a result of changes in the profile of grades of the staff at the Council , and a movement towards better staff , better paid , and then finally the saving we make each year as turnover of staff occurs , and we do n't have to pay salaries during the handover period from one person to another , that saving that has reduced because the turnover of staff has reduced . |
8 | ‘ I 'm prepared to double the offer I made last time . ’ |
9 | And that were the mistake he made last time . |
10 | ‘ And the reason you made that trip , ’ continued Inspector Tallboy wearily , ‘ was because you saw a light in the St Manicus chapel window ? ’ |
11 | The reason I make this point is that while a retired architect may be covered by the PI policy of the firm he has left , that cover will only extend to the work he was involved with while a member of that practice . |
12 | I 've been doing this for twenty five years so the best deal I 've ever done is the sale I make each week which brings me three hundred quidHe later went onto spend over five hundred pounds on a Mickey Mouse Toy . |
13 | ‘ If the vow you made that night for Minch 's safe return is holding you back do not let it , for there are many ways such a vow may be fulfilled , ’ she said . |
14 | The vow I made four years ago that someday I would go on the Boards . |
15 | Anyway , in the end I made 1,800 pesos on the funeral . |
16 | In the region they make electrical goods , including computers in Manchester , canned , bottled and processed foods such as biscuits , cat food and sauces , including Heinz baked beans in Wigan ; all manner of packaging and printing ; shoes , cigarettes and furniture . |
17 | The attitude of the New England colonies was probably well suited to the commercial and industrial society that was emerging in the seventeenth century , but at the time they made less impression on the world than the others . |
18 | But they were only relatively cheap because at the time I made that change musician union . |