Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] [adv] make [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd spent so much time on my own , sitting watching birds , or reading about them or drawing them , that I did n't make many friends , and those I had took second place to the birds . |
| 2 | As James Gilbey , a member of the distilling dynasty who has known Diana since she was 17 , noted : ‘ She said to me recently that she had n't made any date in her diary past July because she does n't think she is going to be there . ’ |
| 3 | The only thing she said was that she had not made any friends . ’ |
| 4 | So a lot of the target planning I suppose that we 've come across is people saying well when I retire , I shall actually go down to half salary at best , that 's assuming th that you 've actually made half , about half salary on your pension being forty eightieths or whatever . |
| 5 | The important thing about the N tuple method is that you do n't make any assumptions about the image apart from it 's just a set of binary digits . |
| 6 | But if you set out on that rather tricky path , you will find before you finish that you have subtly to make this unheroic figure a hero after all . |
| 7 | I just wan na be absolutely sure that you have n't made some terribly dramatic changes in your lifestyle which are not justified by what we 've done . |
| 8 | I assume that you have already made some sort of shortlist from the names supplied ? |
| 9 | I mean , we do n't stand still at this because what will seem a very good service this year will look like a lousy service in five years ' time so let's not pretend the fact that we have n't achieved everything we 've achieved this year in some previous years means that we have n't made any improvements because I think one of the key areas where in fact er improvements have been made in previous years , and to a certain extent , one could say reading this I was worried by an apparent admission of very much reference or very much expenditure on them in the provision of day centres , because I think that a key element in care in the community and the fact that today so successfully this year has been the fact that a major number of th and I do n't think there 's any disagreement over this , a number of day centres , very efficient and very effective day centres , were developed , funded , provided mainly in the conurbation areas and I think Mr is right to highlight the fact that , as so often happens in these instances , it 's people who live in conurbations who get the best deal because it 's , it 's more economical , it 's easier to provide a centre for a large number of people than it is for a small number of people . |
| 10 | We hope that we do not make any here . |
| 11 | Of course , there have been just as many happy moments making Aspel and Company as crises — the trouble is that they tend not to make such good stories ! |
| 12 | The three asserted that their only observation had been to suggest that because such a rumour was circulating it would be wise for it to be firmly denied or some enquiry made , and that they had not made any allegation against Profumo but only a suggestion for his benefit . |
| 13 | Analyses of Chinese statues and coins show that they did not make much use of brass until about the sixteenth century AD . |
| 14 | Bowls is a sport that they do n't make much money . |
| 15 | It is interesting to find that they have somewhat unusual morphological forms , which may suggest that they do indeed make some sort of special call on speakers ' capacity for linguistic construction . |
| 16 | A firm must take reasonable steps to ensure that it does not make any personal recommendation to a private customer of an investment or investment agreement , or effect or arrange a discretionary transaction with or for an customer , unless the recommendation or transaction is suitable for him , having regard to the facts disclosed by that customer and other relevant facts about the customer of which the firm is or reasonably should be aware . |
| 17 | A second major defect of UDG was that it did not make much difference to cities as a whole . |
| 18 | In fact I 'm told we ran the three-day week so well that it did n't make enough impact on the country ; they did n't realize the crisis and thought they would n't support Ted Heath . |
| 19 | Vic tried to argue that it did n't make any difference how many toilets you had , it was the number of times you flushed them that mattered , but his father was convinced that having so many toilets was an incitement to unnecessary peeing , therefore to excessive flushing . |
| 20 | Mr Pilkington was delighted and became such an enthusiast for air travel that he went on to make many more business trips by air , some of them as far afield as Australia . |
| 21 | In the bathroom the nurse helps the patient to undress , taking care that he does not make any effort which increases his spasticity . |
| 22 | Her expression became very solemn , but he was sure that he had not made any real impression . |
| 23 | Arens insisted that he had not made any requests for US financial aid to cover the costs of the conflict . |
| 24 | The defendant , who gave evidence at the trial , also denied that he had confessed to Zaidie and further denied that he had ever made any threats against Paulette , as alleged by Zaidie and Matadial . |
| 25 | Saying that he has nt made any good saves as I understand … |