Example sentences of "[pron] and make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is married to a Spaniard , owns property in Spain , has worked there himself and made a fortune , too . |
| 2 | Zoe goes for it and plucks up some courage while Leonard asserts himself and makes a decision . |
| 3 | 12 She shifts her body and flips her wings to keep balance , then looks at me and makes a new sound , like peeEP ; very sharp . |
| 4 | The student should look out for them and make a mental note of their fascinating and beautiful effect . |
| 5 | Dexter knew they were hungry for information so he winked at them and made a thumbs-up sign . |
| 6 | Well er just wire and they just laid evergreens you know and one and just them and them and made a circle and a |
| 7 | He knew thanks were required but the effort of offering them and making a satisfactory excuse seemed altogether too much . |
| 8 | Stare at something immediately in front of you and make a mental note of what you can see above that object and below it , to the right and to the left . |
| 9 | That 's the kind of thing that will get to you and make a difference in eight months of being in a popular band with a lot of money . |
| 10 | Tuck a sliver of garlic into each one and make a note of the weight of the beef . |
| 11 | He waited an excessive length of time for a psychiatrist to examine him and make a report . |
| 12 | You should do what I 've done , cut yourself completely free of him and make a new life for yourself . ’ |
| 13 | At the same moment Allen saw him and made a dash for his bow . |
| 14 | She frowned at him and made a silent gesture towards Meg . |
| 15 | Maggie heard him and made a small rueful face . |
| 16 | The Triplane came after him and made a long , angled pass , but he was unaware of it . |
| 17 | Sometimes Gina sat on the lavatory watching him and making a bad smell or laughing . |
| 18 | Syl 's mother was highly displeased to see her and made a great to-do of fetching an extra cup , saucer and plate , worrying aloud that there would n't be enough for three of us to eat . |
| 19 | I stopped to dislodge one of them , hoping to carry it and make a camp-fire that evening . |
| 20 | Next she took off one of her two petticoats which had tucks and embroidery round the hem , and this she cut to cover it and make a frill round the edge . |
| 21 | Top Olympic official Dick Pound angered riders throughout the world by declaring : ‘ All the owners want is a horse that wins an Olympic gold , then sell it and make a fortune . ’ |
| 22 | If it 's any good we 'll nick it and make a fortune , and if it ai n't … we 'll call you . |
| 23 | Why not , my wife says , knock a hole through the boys ' bedroom wall , pinch a three foot six strip off it and make a new landing passage and extend the walk-in cupboard , forward to take up the old landing and sideways to build a space out to the main part of the stairs . |
| 24 | I mean , alright , we know you 're handling large lumps of money , but when you think of it , if you , if you , borrowed it at a different rate , you know , same rate as you could do finance , 'cos which I think the government could do it and make a profit at it . |
| 25 | they saw our house Friday , and they rang me up , and I said look , you know , I 've got , I 've got my exams today and I really do n't want to come up unless you see something , if you do , I will come up because they reckon it 's a joint effort , if we 're gon na live together , we 've all got to see it and make a contribution to looking at the house . |
| 26 | A deese is common ground but James Lamb poached it , built high walls around it and made a garden , unexpectedly large in that congested town . |
| 27 | The priest found his eyes drawn towards it and made a conscious effort to stop staring at it . |
| 28 | A constable brought Wycliffe 's coffee ; he sipped it and made a wry face . |
| 29 | He picked up a gin and tonic from the same tray where Belinda had found hers , sipped it and made a face . |
| 30 | She sipped it and made a face . |