Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb base] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think that I 've made great strides in the game ’ , he comments , ‘ but I 've made steady progress since I turned pro . ’ |
| 2 | P. Mainly skaters , some college people out of skating but I like to make new friends all the time . |
| 3 | The council agreed to buy the station for — it 's about three hundred and twenty five thousand , but I want to make this point , that it is n't their intention to close the boat station . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought of that but I have made some enquiries . |
| 5 | But I need to make three pound , cos I owe Anne a bit of money do n't I ? |
| 6 | ‘ But we have made some progress , Sir John . |
| 7 | Saints coach Mike McClennan said : ‘ Both teams are of equal talent but we have to make fewer mistakes than last week . ’ |
| 8 | And and I 'm all in favour as I say getting more through the letter box , it 's easier for us and it But I I think I mean I 'm quite happy to leave this now and just carry on with the bridal But we have to make this pay itself |
| 9 | But they do make sociolinguistic assumptions : in context it is clear that they also assume the early development of a socially elite variety , and we can see from the first sentence of the quotation that ‘ carefulness ’ is probably also involved . |
| 10 | But they have made startling progress since they started last November . |