Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | They dragged me to the Police Station where I had to make a detailed statement of everything that had happened the first time intercourse took place . |
| 2 | So often in my life , where I 've made a mistake , it has been by taking the soft option . |
| 3 | ( ii ) has had a bankruptcy order made against him or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors or has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part VIII of the Insolvency Act 1986 or is or has been a director of a company in respect of which an administration order under Part II of the Insolvency Act 1986 or a winding-up order has been made or in respect of which a resolution for voluntary winding up has been passed or which has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part I of the Insolvency Act 1986 or in respect of which a person has been appointed receiver or administrative receiver ; or |
| 4 | Knowing exactly where you stand makes it much easier to ‘ strike a bargain ’ when you are shopping around . |
| 5 | ‘ No , shit , you just get to a point in your life where you want to make sure that everything is going to be OK . |
| 6 | Assets are frozen , you ca n't get your hands on them on the whole until you 've got your grant of probate or you 've made declarations if it 's a small will . |
| 7 | If he or she undertakes to make a part of his or her income over to a charity for four years or more , the tax the individual pays on that income is given by the tax authorities to the charity concerned . |
| 8 | Fifthly , a member who is adjudged bankrupt or who has made a composition with his creditors ceases to be a member . |
| 9 | If I 'd thought it noisy where we were , where we went made talking impossible . |
| 10 | The idea that one could go right round the universe and end up where one started makes good science fiction , but it does n't have much practical significance , because it can be shown that the universe would recollapse to zero size before one could get round . |
| 11 | With a choice we work perceptually on the alternatives to see if we can make one so attractive that it attracts us to ignore the others ; or we try to make the alternatives so unattractive that we can dismiss them one by one . |
| 12 | The " planned estimate " will be sent in all cases , even if you have a meter box outside your property or we have made other arrangements with you for access . |
| 13 | For very form 's sake , and because , after all , Stair was his brother , he had stayed with the party through one act of a musical comedy at the Gaiety Theatre where they had made so much noise that their departure at the first interval must have pleased the audience which they had left behind , had gone to Quaggers — Quaglino 's — to dine — which meant drink — in a private room , and were now on their way to crown their evening 's pleasure by ‘ Pushing the boat out for Havvie ’ , Stair 's witticism . |
| 14 | However , that is a mechanical provision : Williams v Singer is authority for the proposition that the trustees can not be assessed where they have made such a direction . |
| 15 | There 's a whole range of things from the Foreign Office downwards where they have made mistakes costing many millions of pounds and we shall certainly be wanting to take evidence from this area of activity just to see what went wrong and how it can be put right and how we can prevent this sort of thing happening in the future . ’ |
| 16 | Susan could n't think of a film where he had made it alive to the end credits . |
| 17 | Though Joe 's literary knowledge is shaky , he has a reputation as a smart operator , and not only in the airplane business , where he has made his fortune . |
| 18 | ‘ Is this where he intends to make his land stand then ? ’ |
| 19 | The survey also pointed to two weaknesses : marketing ( where it failed to make the top ten ) and capacity to innovate ( where it came seventh ) . |
| 20 | Where it 's made up of thirty percent commission and the bonuses . |
| 21 | Yeah you 're right it is champagne is that where it 's made is it ? |
| 22 | It not only represents the profession towards the Institutions of the EC where it has made significant contributions , but is also the focal point for the discussion of matters of common interest to the profession throughout Europe . |
| 23 | ‘ Or he wanted to make a new start in life . |
| 24 | Once again I would stress that neither my client nor I have made any approach to the company apart from this letter . |
| 25 | Appointments are a ministerial decision ‘ although I do make recommendations ’ . |
| 26 | You seem to be under the misapprehension that I intend making love to you . ’ |
| 27 | That I intend to make love to both of you ? ’ |
| 28 | I know at once that I 've made a fool of myself . |
| 29 | This is the first visit that I 've made to Europe since my escape from Germany in 1940 . |
| 30 | Any selection of a few new titles , therefore , is bound to be especially arbitrary ; I can only plead that I 've made it as wide as possible . |