Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dad kissed me on the forehead and asked me to make another pot of tea and he sat down in his chair and smoked a quiet pipe of tobacco looking happier than he had for days . |
| 2 | Acknowledging this interdependence allows us to make the courageous leap of ‘ letting in ’ the fetus , of rejecting the idea that it is simply a clump of cells , of taking it into our moral accounting and allowing it to make some claim on our attentions . |
| 3 | The therapist should enquire about any children , other dependent relatives , or pets that the patient may have and assist him to make appropriate arrangements for their care . |
| 4 | Young Donald — his eyes were clear black-brown , like a lochan stained with peat , his hair was curly like a bull 's poll , and he had been a lovely lad until his father went away , clever with his hands , whittling pieces of wood and glueing them to make little windmills and watermills . |
| 5 | Maybe your financial position has changed recently and plans you made some time ago need reviewing . |
| 6 | ‘ I think I am being very reasonable , and let me make one thing quite clear . |
| 7 | A solicitor will be able to explain this to you and to help you make suitable arrangements for your children . |
| 8 | This could relieve heads and teachers of clerical work for which they are not trained and allow them to make better use of their valuable ( and scarce ) teaching skills . |
| 9 | In fact , well-designed outdoor lighting can create some really spectacular effects and allow you to make full use of your garden during the summer — especially if you have an eating or barbecue area . |
| 10 | What we 're doing is showing them the colour of light , the hydrogen spectrum that 's given off and asking them to make some measurements on it which give a clue to the nature of what is happening in hydrogen . |
| 11 | Most papers did not mind , however , for the government restrictions kept their paper and printing costs low and enabled them to make good profits from the big demand for advertising space . |
| 12 | Let me know what controls are operated to ensure that a group is in fact one of these organisations — do they have to inform your department , for example , and do you make any checks on short-term caravan rallies . |
| 13 | And did it make any difference , theologically speaking , whether he knew or not ? |
| 14 | Occasionally he would descend to the students ' common room immediately beneath and beg them to make less noise so that he could write . |
| 15 | Neville Sims , chairman of the committee that heard the case , said in the statement ( see p 99 ) that while the case was not easy to decide , ‘ in our opinion the relationship between the individuals in Coopers , Asil Nadir and PPI constituted a clear continuing professional relationship , and had you made proper inquiries before accepting the appointment , that this would have been clear to you ’ . |
| 16 | Of course , this is not even really a realistic option , because you 'd still have the impossible communication problem of getting the information out to the individuals involved in the first place , and then getting the answers back again and coordinating them to make some sort of over-all sense . |
| 17 | It affected his own supplies , as well as the carriage of news , and forced him to make secondary plans , among other things , for the sale of his new sugar crop . |
| 18 | And have you made any friends that you do things , maybe go for a drink or ? |
| 19 | New York State 's attorney general investigated the society and required it to make quarterly reports , an obligation that still applies today . |