Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] make a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As his captain David Graveney observes : ‘ He is bound to make a tremendous impact on our game by making everybody aware of what can be achieved by speed between the wickets . |
| 2 | He is on his fifth prison sentence , but this time he is determined to make a fresh start when he gets out . |
| 3 | This testimonial was given by Edmund Halley [ q.v. ] in a letter written ‘ By the command of the Royal Society ’ in 1693 : ‘ I have , by Order of the Royal Society seen and examined the method used by Mr John Marshall , for grinding glasses , and find that he performs the said work with greater ease and certainty , than hitherto has been practised , by means of an invention , which I take to be his own , and new , and whereby he is enabled to make a great number of Optick-Glasses , at one time , and all exactly alike , which having been reported to the Royal Society , they were pleased to approve thereof , as an Invention of Great Use , and Highly to deserve Incouragement . ’ |
| 4 | The London middleweight Rod Douglas , who has been in hospital since being beaten by the British champion Herol Graham two weeks ago , is expected to leave hospital ‘ in a week or so ’ , according to his manager Mickey Duff , who said last night : ‘ He is going to make a complete recovery . |
| 5 | He is expected to make a full recovery . |
| 6 | He is expected to make a full recovery from his injuries . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's expected to make a full recovery , ’ Kolchinsky replied . |
| 8 | ‘ You do n't think he 's going to make a terrible fool of himself , do you , Bob ? ’ |
| 9 | A good example of this was Einstein , who called the cosmological constant , which he introduced when he was trying to make a static model of the universe , the biggest mistake of his life . |
| 10 | She caught him again on the way back between oven and table , and sank herself into him once more , but after a moment became conscious that he was having to make a considerable effort to hold the hot saucepan away from her at arm 's length . |
| 11 | ‘ And suddenly , one night , after Jacqui had gone to bed , Marius suddenly said he was going to make a new will , and there was someone on holiday down there who was a solicitor — ’ |
| 12 | It had been all very well announcing that he was going to make a privateering cruise , but the preparations for it and the difficulties in getting a crew together had been enormous . |
| 13 | OK , so he was well-built , and he was going to make a tough opponent , but there had to be some chink she could work at . |