Example sentences of "[pron] make [adj] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Everyone made such a fuss of him , ’ Andrew said .
2 4 ] All of them made clear the extent to which poverty persisted even in households headed by a male working long hours , and when wives and children contributed to family income in all ways possible .
3 How did I make such a mistake ? "
4 In readiness for the event I made all the arrangements I possibly could before the baby was born to make my return to work as smooth as possible , including hiring a nanny , and I thought that this was going to be easy …
5 KEVIN KEEGAN and I made all the headlines for being sent off and throwing our shirts down last time Leeds and Liverpool met in the Charity Shield .
6 I enjoy dressmaking , so I made all the cot bumpers , cot drapes , curtains , cushions and a bean bag for the baby 's room .
7 That pronunciation is a mistake that I made all the time that I worked in Scotland and I know the sensitivities which it aroused .
8 While I made sure the fire was safe she drank a sort of gruel which her home help had left for her in a Thermos .
9 ‘ Anyway , when I found out how well-known he was , I made sure the first spot was very organised .
10 I made sure the vital information was given out as simply as possible , without any of the accepted police jargon .
11 I made sure the head was secure , then clambered to the top of the dune to watch with my binoculars .
12 I made such a model in Bristol .
13 I made such a fuss that the Keeper had to move me back here quick .
14 I made such a mess of things … ’
15 ‘ I 'm sorry I made such a spectacle of myself . ’
16 I made such an idiot of myself .
17 When using the motor , I noticed that there was a lot of vibration , so I made certain the clamps were tight before I started .
18 I made half a pint of white sauce in the measuring jug I
19 I think I made half the record with the Firebird and the other half with the Lazer .
20 ‘ Doctor , ’ Bernice said , standing , ‘ why do n't you come back here and answer some questions while I make sure no bits of my inner ear got left in the transmat . ’
21 I make this a little difficult , creating an opportunity to encourage a shy child to communicate with the alien .
22 Er it might be having someone making sure the out of the way , to make sure it looks as those there 's mil that there 's someone in , in or out the house .
23 erm from yesterday er I think meself personally I 'm very methodical sort of person and I felt what was most important the revelations meself was thought patterns and the use of most structured structured in a presentation and also the importance I could n't believe how that using them made such a difference actually to yourself when you 're standing there and the audience participation erm thought patterns well I 've always used that was just a revelation I mean I 've never
24 There was a biting wind from the right which made all the dead winter stems rattle and rustle feverishly .
25 As a result , from the end of the seventeenth century onwards both Houses increasingly demanded to be informed about the negotiations with foreign States which made necessary the taxation and borrowing to which they were being asked to agree .
26 Pissarro 's interest lay , however , in the industrial bustle of the city 's south bank which made such a striking contrast to the medieval architecture of the old centre .
27 Significantly , my own memory is only of the large wave-forms which made such a maelstrom possible .
28 but er , er as I say while I was round there the new town was , was all built and er I found , we found such a difference cos I used to have to go into Old Harlow shopping , I used to cycle before I was handicapped like this , I used to cycle everywhere , and er I went , you used to have to queue up in Old Harlow for the shops , we had n't got anything here at all , no Stow or anything when I first , I mean when I came here nothing , it was just terrible terrible lane up here it was and all these were all ploughed fields and it was really terrible and I had erm , I used to have to cycle into the doctors Old Harlow , queue up , queue up at the butchers , queue up everywhere you had to queue and er , till they built this er the new , The Stow then we used to go to The Stow shopping you know which made such a difference , but er , during my say during my lifetime I 've so , so pleased when the new town came because I wanted to move back to Nazeing where I came from when I first got here because it was such a terrible place there was nothing doing whatever , you know and then I moved erm , as I say after I got round the front there it was more , better really , you know , with all the er traffic and that you could see people going by and that as otherwise it , it was monotonous really in Common Fields , you did n't see much at all there , but you know it was , I quite enjoyed it really , now what else have I got to tell you ?
29 Alas , little now remains of this once-thriving community , which made such an important cultural contribution to Prague , and indeed to Judaism .
30 Certainly the grave demeanour which made such an impression upon others — the " sad eyes " and the " deep , sad voice " — was lifted in the company of friends to reveal a playful and often funny man .
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