Example sentences of "[noun prp] make a point " in BNC.
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| 1 | On her daily trips to Edinburgh to try to pin Jake down , Shiona made a point of seeing her little sister , and she was delighted at how well she was looking , even though , as yet , she was n't back at school . |
| 2 | In Five Easy Pieces , the biographical elements were there to be discovered , slightly falsified , perhaps , and for those who did not notice them , Nicholson made a point of mentioning them in interviews . |
| 3 | Frantz Fanon , who was there , related : ‘ Dr Nkrumah made a point of receiving our delegates among the first . |
| 4 | my Lord , my Lord erm my Lord that really brings me to what are , er my conclusions , my Lord erm , can I just practice my conclusions with two erm comments , first of all about the , the my learned friend seems to paint erm in relation to this of course Mr made a point quite strongly that he agrees this is a relevant consideration and that er have exaggerated the situation and if they are willing to make a point a like this it would require evidence , they did point to their accounts , Lord erm I do n't see to put in evidence , but the , the statutory statement of business served er filed by on the first of September this year with the D T I , revealed that has a total of sixteen and a half billion in it 's members premium trust funds which is up four billion from the end of the previous year , erm , set against that the claims now made against the names is , is relatively speaking er small , erm my Lord |
| 5 | Does Lily make a point of appearing alone and sad ? |
| 6 | It must be noted , however , that Jesus made a point of saying that |
| 7 | And so , as Beardsley wheeled away , Kendall made a point of moving towards the touchline , from his previously obscured position , to join in the celebrations in full view of the Goodison crowd . |
| 8 | The old debt has been nagging away these last 16 years , and Moore made a point last week of reminding Bobby Robson of the hostile reception England can expect on Wednesday . |
| 9 | ‘ Tell me , Miss Levington , ’ he enquired with silky smoothness , ‘ as you 're such an expert on human nature , why did Giles Denton make a point of publicly embarrassing you at the Grand Hotel ? ’ |
| 10 | On principle , Hurley refused to share information with the Germans and British , except when he needed their cooperation for controlled deliveries through Frankfurt and London , but , braving his disapproval , Coleman made a point of renewing his friendship with Hartmut Mayer , the German police officer whom he had met in Munich during the 1972 Olympics and who was now the BKA 's liaison officer on Cyprus . |
| 11 | Bob made a point of taking a benevolent interest in Morris over the next few days , to balance out Dyson 's hostility . |
| 12 | ‘ Artists Encounter ’ one : Jim Bob makes a point to Shitman |
| 13 | But Major makes a point of not being grand , and with Sir David it is the other way about . |
| 14 | Firstly Olga Morozova makes a point about taking the ball early . |
| 15 | Warmed by Coleman 's sympathy , El-Jorr made a point of introducing him to all the CIs and ‘ mules ’ who arrived at Eurame on their way back and forth along the pipeline , including him in the conversation as they brewed up endless cups of Lebanese coffee . |
| 16 | Ryder makes a point of seeking out potential waverers and listening to their arguments in person . |
| 17 | John made a point of sitting in the front with Patrick for the drive back to London . |
| 18 | Curiously , Palin made a point in the commentary about how he was n't pretending that he was on his own or that there were not gruff acolytes kneeling at his feet as he spoke . |
| 19 | But I think Dawn must have known about her allergy , because the moment Mum came into the room to see her , Dawn made a point of trying to sit on her breasts . |
| 20 | Jazzbeaux made a point with the fingers of her left hand , and jabbed it into the old woman 's throat , twice . |
| 21 | Micky makes a point : TVNZ reporter Kerry-Anne Evans is asked not to film Lawrence 's departure to hospital |
| 22 | Fowler Welch makes a point of spreading its business around , using a number of leasing companies . |