Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The track gradually dropped to the rippling waters of the Hongu Khola , where we made camp on the banks of the river amidst azaleas and fragrang scrub juniper between the enclosing mountains . |
| 2 | The Indians had been hived off into reserves like national parks for endangered species , where they made plastic souvenirs for tourists . |
| 3 | An important clue to this act of discrimination has always been found in the existence of regularities , especially where they make prediction possible . |
| 4 | The scheme took graduates through all departments in the company , and he worked as an assistant in the garde manger at the Cafe Royal , where he met fellow trainee , Rocco Forte ; the Hunting Lodge Restaurant in Regent Street ; Jule 's Bar in Jermyn Street ; and the buying department at Walnut Tree Walk , where he made Aunt Mary 's Apple Pies and jam doughnuts . |
| 5 | The winner of five of his six races as a novice last season and probably an unlucky loser of the other , where he made mistakes at two consecutive hurdles , Morley Street was ridden with considerable discretion by Jimmy Frost , who brought him on the scene with a double handful between the last two flights , jumping to the front at the last , which he hit quite hard . |
| 6 | There was a sturdy bench , with an orderly arrangement of tools , where he made stretchers and frames . |
| 7 | It should also be recognised that while this chapter has stressed the view of language as a process , it is nevertheless the case that , at some point , children do reach a level of mastery where it makes sense to describe them as having acquired knowledge of an abstract set of rules which can be used to express meanings . |
| 8 | where it makes sense and is practicable , the pupil may be moved up or down a key stage for the subject in question by placing him or her in a teaching group in which the majority of pupils are older or younger … |
| 9 | ‘ I suspected there had been an intruder so I made Mrs. Bonnard wait in the car while I came in to check the place out . |
| 10 | I could make no further headway with the landlord so I made enquiries amongst the other customers : a beggar who whined for alms inside the doorway and a greasy-haired knave , but they only repeated what the landlord had said . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's a major shift in the partnership because , traditionally , once you made partner you became omnipotent and omniscient , ’ suggests Mr Smaje . |
| 12 | Crilly , I 'll tell you about the sparkle of Belgravia , the shimmer of white marble , a sumptuous , salubrious white , the sugary white of fluffy friendship , cloudship , feely white , and the slim cobblestone road which led to the river where I met James who was fresh from Waterstone 's with his arms full of Pinter plays , O he was as a young Terence Stamp , Crilly , but for the sly cracks of wisdom about the corners of his eyes , and we drank espresso and he told me about Spain and the high mountains of India , and the Pyrenees he had taken on foot , and though I was as trite as my shopping Saturdays and my small muggy and squirming palms in summertime , he painted my body swirly-lined and peach upon a large canvas and made love to me upon the tip of the Heath with all of London a basin of rooftops beneath us while the sky loomed low in grey and pink , the Heath a dark pudding of sloping mountains , wild and white and wide as Brontë country , with only the smug suburban cliffs of Highgate Village peering from behind its sprawling hem , and big dogs scurried like brown birds to the crevice of foothills and then disappeared , so we made love for a while beneath that sky , which cast a blaze upon us the colour of cream . |
| 13 | The regime was n't defeated although it had come to a dead end and the liberation movement did not conquer the situation although they made government impossible . |
| 14 | Including ACT , they pay more UK tax than they make money in the UK . |
| 15 | There is support for such a pragmatic concept of reference in Strawson 's ( 1950 ) claim that ‘ 'referring ’ is not something an expression does ; it is something that someone can use an expression to do' ; and in Searle 's view that ‘ in the sense in which speakers refer , expressions do not refer any more than they make promises or give orders ’ ( 1979 : 155 ) . |
| 16 | The sub-discipline , if such it is , can be regarded as an aspect of stratigraphy , although it makes use of geochemical and geophysical techniques . |
| 17 | He was curious to see the minister , although he made Willie Hamilton come with him up to the gallery , so that he himself would not be noted by the dragon of a wife or her daughter . |
| 18 | The buses are cheap and excellent , the drivers are virtuosi , and cars give way to them , so it makes sense to use this facility and relax . |
| 19 | As their retirement counselling manager explained , Legal and General has over one million people either paying towards or drawing out pensions , so it makes sense for them to offer pre-retirement courses which are paid for either by the individuals themselves or their employers . |
| 20 | For example , breast milk is sweet and salty , so it makes sense that we 're born liking these tastes . |
| 21 | A The aquarium is probably the single most important and expensive purchase the marine fishkeeper ( or any fishkeeper , for that matter ) will invest in , so it makes sense to choose the best in terms of quality and function . |
| 22 | Orc Boyz units work out cheapest per model , so it makes sense to include extra Boyz units if you are going to increase the size of your core . |
| 23 | Sun and wind are so free so it makes sense to use them where possible for power . |
| 24 | After all , the sentence is one of the building blocks of a piece of prose , so it makes sense to be able to work with whole sentences rather than having to highlight each word within one manually . |
| 25 | The cost of running SYMAP is low since standard peripherals are used , so it makes sense to use it as an aid to map design before proceeding to a more elaborate plotter mapping package such as GIMMS . |
| 26 | The performance of trusts — even of one type — is very varied so it makes sense to spread your money across more than one trust . |
| 27 | But as it is … if I make pastry , there 's usually pastry from one end of the house to the other , because the kids have got to have their little bits , and in the end you think , ‘ Oh was it worth it ? ’ |
| 28 | If I make money I I 'll make you I can pay you as well , if I go up I mean if I go down , he said , I can go up or down as well , he said . |
| 29 | ‘ Forgive me if I make notes , sir — my memory . |
| 30 | And if I made Joanne stay in , she would be so miserable , that it would make the baby miserable . |