Example sentences of "[prep] make [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only six weeks after making their solemn covenant-pledge with God the people are clamouring for a replica of the old gods of Egypt . |
| 2 | Once on holiday I saw a supposedly miraculous statue of the Madonna brought back to her resting place after making her annual tour of the capital city . |
| 3 | She was transferred to the department last October by Mr Newing after making her formal complaint and is now a detective . |
| 4 | Midfield player Leon Bell of the Stoke High school gets his second cap in midfield after making his international debut in the win over Wales ten days ago . |
| 5 | Headley took more than 50 wickets in two seasons at Middlesex after making his first-class debut for the county in 1991 . |
| 6 | The story is recounted by the unnamed founder of the Mnemosyne Institute in Philadelphia , an elderly widower who has recently retired after making his millions as instructor to ‘ executives , politicians and members of the defense establishment ’ . |
| 7 | It was some time after making his first confession that he bumped into a pupil in Addison 's Walk . |
| 8 | marks and just er sort of make them brighter looking and you know , just make them a s a standing point you know . |
| 9 | Sort of make them restless ? ’ |
| 10 | If somebody says you do n't wan na be rushed , right , that 's what you 've got ta say to them that 's just what that old dear was saying the other day , right you certainly understand that , right , you agree with them , first thing you do you always agree with them , right and then you 've just got the same sequence as I want to think about it , but just sort of make it clear , I mean what is it they actually , you know , frightened of being rushed into ? |
| 11 | You should re-write the sentences below making them non-discriminatory . |
| 12 | Lucy was quite pleased by the Magistrate 's interest and was considering making him one of her favourites . |
| 13 | Unless you 've moved unbelievably fast , Nicky Kai still has a claim on Jones , and while some of the other jocks may have shown signs of making themselves available as reserve players last night — yes , I noticed the attention you attracted — they 'll just have to wait their turn . ’ |
| 14 | At present , if you do the latter , you also run the risk of making yourself unavailable for paid work and therefore ineligible for welfare benefits . |
| 15 | Review consists of making yourself familiar with the section of knowledge concerned , by rereading notes and books , by exercises ( particularly if the work is numerical or mathematical ) and by oral discussion and written comment . |
| 16 | Borrowing money from colleagues at work , petty cash , or from neighbours is a fast way of making yourself unpopular . |
| 17 | Despite his return to the England scene , Botham has no intention of making himself available for one last tour to India this winter . |
| 18 | The phrase " factory system " was already entering the language when , in 1807 , Davies Gilbert MP , a distinguished scientist , declared : However specious in theory the project might be of giving education to the labouring classes of the poor , it would in effect be prejudicial to their morals and happiness : it would teach them to despise their lot in life , instead of making them good servants to agriculture and other laborious employments to which their rank in society had destined them ; instead of teaching them subordination , it would render them factious and refractory , as was evident in the manufacturing counties . |
| 19 | The effect of making them arrestable is that it gives the police certain powers of entry and search under section 17 and 18 while investigating the offences in question . |
| 20 | Erm there 's another one that a lot of came up with one or two had heard a few before and they all groaned and then accused you of making them all up ! |
| 21 | I think it 's fair to say that it 's not quite as simple as just deleting that item out of the budget , there are in fact I think five or six people working for community arts and in the events of that item being deleted we would presumably have to add on the costs of making them redundant erm an an an and dis erm the community arts scheme I think represents , it 's true to say , a range of expertise . |
| 22 | What is needed as far as language teachers are concerned is some way of making them aware of the problem as it relates to their professional work and of providing the means whereby they might arrive at interpretations appropriate to themselves . |
| 23 | a way of making them aware if you want them to start doing thinking of it , what was it , personal statements we did ? |
| 24 | Some lyricists manage to keep themselves apart from the song , suggesting things instead of making them obvious , and that approach is maybe better because the listeners have to use their imagination … |
| 25 | And the next time it happens I remember this , but instead of making me determined to do better , I freeze again . |
| 26 | I am therefore today asking you for her hand , for no one else is capable of making me happy nor more fitted to wear a crown . |
| 27 | Instead of making me happy , |
| 28 | There are two types of patentable invention , a product invention and a process invention , and it has been said that an invention is a new way of making something old or an old way of making something new . |
| 29 | Whatever you need a loan for , a Mercantile Credit Personal Loan is one of the simplest ways of making something affordable . |
| 30 | There are two types of patentable invention , a product invention and a process invention , and it has been said that an invention is a new way of making something old or an old way of making something new . |