Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only once or twice did he ever become aroused enough for them to make love . |
| 2 | From there we cruised northward to Inverness and the Caledonian Canal , a convenient area for them to make day trips to the various distilleries , strictly on business , needless to say ! |
| 3 | To make things still worse , he added that it would in any case be quite useless for them to make plans without the king 's approval , for nothing could be achieved without his collaboration . |
| 4 | As a result it is difficult for them to make business contacts . |
| 5 | " There is no mention of sanctions against companies , or fines if they do not fulfil the objectives , or of incentives … for them to make adjustments " he said . |
| 6 | A complete energy spectrum of all neutrons was needed but Fleischmann 's earlier hope that he could send cells to Harwell for them to make measurements on had been thwarted by customs and excise regulations . |
| 7 | In our feasibility study , we found that these two types were both represented in the samples of social work offered to us as examples of secondary prevention , and a distinction between them made sense to the practitioners . |
| 8 | This would make it harder for me to make changes ; and it would have implications for the responsibilities of Departmental Ministers since Select Committees would try to summon the Chairman of Cabinet Committees to give evidence in addition to the responsible Minister . |
| 9 | ‘ It is not for me to make reparation . |
| 10 | The car is travelling at about 100 mph on the straights and braking hard before corners ; but it is stable enough for me to make notes and so quiet in the leather and teak-lined cabin that we can easily hear each other through out helmets . |
| 11 | They succeeded , thus making it possible for me to make predictions which could afterwards be verified . |
| 12 | The dear boy is very passionate , and his love for me making life now utterly happy , at the same time fills me with a sense of great responsibility . |
| 13 | It may seem that once stalling and premises costs have been accounted for , there is very little left about which to make decisions . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , there are now over 400 officially registered grape growers in England and Wales , most of whom make wine , and most in the South of England . |
| 15 | This work was financed by the laity — both patrons of livings and parishioners , large numbers of whom made contributions during their lifetimes and left bequests in their wills for the refurbishing of their local churches . |
| 16 | The Villa manager spent £1.2m in February on Ian Ormondroyd and Nigel Callaghan — neither of whom made Saturday 's starting line-up — and a further £1m during the summer . |
| 17 | You 'd be surprised , some of them make bookings with the beautician and hairdresser even before they come on board . ’ |
| 18 | In other words , manners not only make the man , but lack of them make men into animals . |
| 19 | One of them made crochet toilet-seat covers that they sold at the shop . |
| 20 | But none of them made sense . |
| 21 | They reduced nausea and prevented vomiting , and many of them made people sleepy . |
| 22 | Twenty-four backbenchers took part in the debate , most of them making speeches opposed to the Bill . |
| 23 | Mr Rifkind believes it would be foolish to split BR by region when the present management has split it by business ; besides , the government would have to subsidise all the privatised regions , since none of them makes money . |
| 24 | Should the zoos get rid of them to make room for , say , concolors ? |
| 25 | We 're just playing with twelve pennies and she 's making patterns out of them to make multiplication tables |
| 26 | " What business is it of yours to make insinuations against me , I 'd like to know , eh ? |
| 27 | Like the skeleton-forming cells , these cells send out many fine filopodia , some of which make contact with the wall . |
| 28 | Thus , the search for jobs is not a period of inactivity — it involves finding out what jobs are available , sending off application forms , going to interviews and perhaps attending courses , all of which make job-searching a very busy time . |
| 29 | More generally , the development of eurobond markets in a variety of currencies ( see section 5.1.4 below ) can largely be attributed to the imposition of withholding taxes , listing , disclosure and other regulatory requirements in domestic markets , all of which made development of an offshore market attractive ( although another factor was the increased importance of currency considerations in balance-sheet management , with the end of fixed exchange rates ) . |
| 30 | So that when , one evening , Sally-Anne , radiant in pink and silver , a fortune in pearls around her neck , the mere sight of which made Havvie salivate internally , was gently led by him into a conservatory — at the Keppels ' this time — and proposed to , there was only one answer which she could give him , and that , of course , was yes . |