Example sentences of "but [pers pn] make [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could n't really tell you what it was now , but I made four locks for Lord 's cricket ground . |
| 2 | There are no tears but I make squeaky sounds with my mouth . |
| 3 | After what he 'd said she did n't dare turn the key in the lock , but she made short work of undressing . |
| 4 | But she made light work of polishing off the shopping at a supermarket near her West London home . |
| 5 | But we make common cause in attaching more significance to them than do the theories ( except perhaps for Idealism ) discussed so far . |
| 6 | Proposals such as these aroused considerable debate in the 1930s ( particularly on the question of whether , for every job vacated by an older worker , a new one would be created for a younger person ) , but they made little headway with the National Government . |
| 7 | Bicker muttered to himself as he rode in front , but they made better time for the wind had not risen and the sun was almost warm . |
| 8 | Not only are their resources in demand , but they make powerful appeals to instinct and emotion . |
| 9 | Like the silkmoth , ants sense pheromones through their antennae ; but they make continual use of both antennae to keep them in the right direction . |
| 10 | Upon his Roman nose , a tiny pair of gold-rimmed spectacles might have seemed insignificant — but he made great play with them . |
| 11 | In classifying them he followed Aristotle in considering as many characters as possible ; but he made great use of the ‘ principle of correlation ’ , the way in which all the parts of an animal work together . |
| 12 | It may have rained for hours , but it made little difference to the River Lambourn . |
| 13 | This need not be a problem , especially as each will have a different approach to the same material , but it makes obvious sense on many counts if the teachers are each prepared for this by consultation . ) |
| 14 | But it makes commercial sense for them to respond to pressure . |