Example sentences of "make [det] [noun] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Then he asked for our passports , made some notes at the bottom of the itinerary and handed the passports back . |
| 2 | They will see the demonstration through , and probably make some excuse at the end to delay the purchase decision . |
| 3 | Naturally nobody would have made this distinction at the time and certainly Julian and all her friends thought that she was at death 's door . |
| 4 | erm Obviously , as it 's being passed on to groups , we ca n't make any decision at the moment on whether we think it 's a good thing or not , we do n't get the opportunity to endorse it all , like today . |
| 5 | How they ever made any money at the Horizon factory I shall never know . |
| 6 | ‘ Do you find these ideas make any progress at the university ? ’ he asked . |
| 7 | In view of the hardships endured by many peasants , even at times when they were making some gains at the expense of their lords , it is hardly surprising that there were outbreaks of discontent , some of which took violent forms — indeed it has been said that peasant movements were as much a part of seigneurial society as strikes are of large-scale capitalism . |
| 8 | He was making these trips at the suggestion of Lucas , the engineer to the GS&W ; , who said that if the distress got much worse , the government could hardly resist appeals to include authorized railways in the list of acceptable public works . |
| 9 | Teachers had to make this distinction at the end of the third year , or earlier . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sending Brian Jackson to make some enquiries at the District Hospital , then he can join us here . ’ |
| 11 | He wanted to make another attempt at the kind of theatrical work with which he had experimented in Sweeney Agonistes — a verse drama but one in which the verse seems the natural expression of modern life , and which is able in a heightened or symbolic context to employ the tones and inflections of ordinary , contemporary speech . |
| 12 | As she dropped to the ground in a crouch , preparing to make another attempt at the obstacle , Frankie turned on his heels and raced for the house . |
| 13 | and then it wo n't be sticky , I ca n't roll it out to make those shapes at the moment cos it 's too sticky , yes we 're gon na have to stick it in the fridge and when it comes out it will be just ready then . |
| 14 | Sarah was still too weak from her head injury to make any protest at the way they were treating her , but as soon as she was able she had sold the rest of Nahum 's possessions to repay the debts which John Bradford had settled , preferring to lose everything rather than owe the Bradfords a penny . |
| 15 | They were too shocked to make any comment at the family home today . |