Example sentences of "but [pers pn] make a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | she has always been great , but she made a tremendous jump when she started recording decent songs instead of versions of old R'n' B tracks . |
| 2 | Little Maureen was agitated , but she made a nice speech . |
| 3 | Julia heard the name ‘ Jonathan ’ , but she made a determined effort not to translate the Italian words , knowing how much the two of them must need privacy . |
| 4 | Er we got leave to use it in the playground as far as I can imagine but we made an awful division or if we did n't it pretty quickly in the class . |
| 5 | But they made a good offer . |
| 6 | But they made a great thing with the salt fish . |
| 7 | But they made a costly mistake in teaching their language to the hoipolloi . |
| 8 | Her favourite partner was her father ; neither of them could serve to save their lives and most of the balls ended up scattered on the lawn , but they made a handsome couple on the court . |
| 9 | The third K2 semi had Harbold/Newton of the USA 4th 50m from the line but they made an excellent recovery to pass Angyal/Petrovics ( Hungary ) and the Olssons of Sweden for 2nd place , 0.03 secs separating the three boats . |
| 10 | But they make an important contribution to the problems of many older people . |
| 11 | Fred had been helping to rescue a family trapped in a cellar when a collapsing beam held him trapped by his left arm and leg for several hours , but he made a good recovery . |
| 12 | He could n't speak because of her hand , but he made a negative-sounding grunt . |
| 13 | The worst bit was coming over the runway for the landing when I felt that I was no longer in control , but he made a perfect landing … a great landing for anyone , but incredible for someone who had never flown before . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But he made a great mistake fleeing the country . |
| 15 | Culley thought that too , but he made a last try . |
| 16 | There was surprise expressed when Downey was included in the semi-final line-up but he made an invaluable contribution in the second half through his positional sense and slick distribution . |
| 17 | Luke 's eyes flashed angrily at her sneering tone , but he made an evident effort to control himself . |
| 18 | But he made an astute appeal to the self-interest of Conservative MPs concerned about government unpopularity by making his prime focus the poll tax . |
| 19 | He exaggerates when he speaks of a ‘ deafening silence , from historians on the land question , but he makes a strong case for placing the land issue near the centre of any sound historical analysis of the period . |
| 20 | But he makes a lively film and he will be heard of again . |
| 21 | Apple Computer Inc has always jealously guarded its Macintosh environment , but it made a striking gesture when it allowed IBM to build machines that would run the PowerPC version of Macintosh System when the chip is ready . |
| 22 | I do n't know what animal it was , but it made a good meal . |
| 23 | ‘ I only had a couple of hours with him , but it made a tremendous difference . |
| 24 | ‘ But it made a difficult situation impossible , caused distress to her and her husband and sounded the death knell on the marriage which until then , although in difficulties , neither of them had given up hope of saving . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Of course , he might not be geographically correct , but it makes a good story . ’ |
| 26 | I doubt that the public will think that the Bill goes far enough — but it makes a good start . |
| 27 | ‘ No , ’ he laughed , ‘ but it makes a good tale . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ That is a slight exaggeration but it makes a serious point . ’ |
| 29 | That 's a fine distinction , but it makes a big difference . ’ |