Example sentences of "[det] [vb base] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And as you 're doing that make an inventory of sort of , items that have got serial numbers erm , so that if you do lose anything you 've got a quick reference there for your insurance company .
2 We each attach a bracelet to our wrist then press the palm of our other hand on to the metal pad .
3 With this make a difference to modern man 's divorce ?
4 So they 'll move from one window to another make a decision on that information in the other window and come back to what they were doing before .
5 Some provide a freezer for people at home , and then deliver frozen meals so that people can heat their own , when they wish .
6 Some say a commander needs no brains at all .
7 Some want a revolution as thorough as the one that has changed the exams taken by British 16-year-olds .
8 Some researchers focus on a logic-based approach to hypertext , some build a hypertext model on top of Petri net formalisms , but the basic structure remains that of nodes and links with attributes .
9 An Oxford painter 's wife paid her mother a half crown a week for coming to help on washday : ‘ a little bit of pin money …
10 Some welcome a chance to see more work by lesser known European artists .
11 So if a beetle carries both types of gene , about half of its offspring receive a wild-type gene and half receive a pearl eye gene .
12 Some hold a number of discrete transforms in order that a limited number Of views can be automatically described and displayed .
13 For this give a prize for the best creation .
14 Eliot 's substitution makes this seem an infertility dance .
15 NORTHERN workers are the country 's top performers on Government training schemes but half face a return to the dole queue .
16 Make a half we 'd make a half out of the six twelfths and then we 'd have three left over make a quarter so it 'd be a half add a quarter that 's what nine twelfths would come to .
17 There 's the half it 'd be the same as a half add a quarter .
18 Some tak a leap o faith
19 Some people get back pain , some get irritable , some withdraw , some become frantic and panicky , some assume a calm , out-of-touch-with-reality veneer , some spend all their time moaning about what 's wrong …
20 Some exchange a symbol or name card for a bottle at milk time .
21 Some find a playback session even more of an ordeal .
22 Same scale on the X and Y. Erm what would be let's say someone gave you this find an approximation for the gradient erm Y equals X squared minus one .
23 So in the case of all who die intestate , and for most of the rather small number who make a will , the outcome of inheritance will be that relatives are beneficiaries , and the legal procedures which ensure this codify a set of obligations to give support which discriminates between close and more distant kin .
24 In the processes of Parliament there will be much consideration whether a Bill should or should not in one form or another become an enactment .
25 Mind you , some do a double-take when they see me in the flesh .
26 Some offer a chance to meet other people and share activities and a meal ; others offer specialist care , for instance to people with dementia .
27 Some agencies offer a comprehensive marketing research service , some offer a range of specialised services and others offer what is basically an information-selling service .
28 Some offer a gift wrapping service for a small fee paid by the donor .
29 Some take a month to complete and some only take about a week , but it 's very difficult to put a time on paintings . ’
30 On the other hand you 'd be very odd people if you did n't take an interest in something in particular , some people take an interest in the w wooden frames , some take an interest in the textiles or some piece of furniture .
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