Example sentences of "he [be] [v-ing] make a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ You do n't think he 's going to make a terrible fool of himself , do you , Bob ? ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 — ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |