Example sentences of "[vb mod] to make a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If you had n't you had to clear off and that 's when we used to make a tent out of anything , old sacks , bits of tarpaulin , anything then it 's covered over with erm . |
| 2 | The tax on capital , used to make a transfer to the younger generation , raises k ( where the local stability condition ( 8–43 ) holds ) . |
| 3 | Well well they used to make a pile of these things and put straw on top of them and then soil on top of them to keep the frost out . |
| 4 | ‘ A couple of boys used to make a thing about getting pretty drunk and then going out , ’ said one of the interviewees . |
| 5 | They had whalebone in these stays and we used to cut pieces about half an inch long and in the daytime , I used to make a bag full and put them in between the doors and I 'd go round the first time and put them in and when I went round later , if that whalebone was missing , I 'd make enquiries . |
| 6 | He never used to make a fuss about anything . |
| 7 | We used to make a detour going down Lenin Avenue . |
| 8 | but my instructions were that what the deputy ordered , and I used to make a book up for the yardmen to prepare these . |
| 9 | The whole sheet would then be photographed at actual size and the resulting image used to make a plate . |
| 10 | Well I used to ignore that ; I used to make a lot of noise in the street . |
| 11 | ‘ I used to make a lot of comments to David about this friend . |
| 12 | You , well you , these and things see , they , they was all sort of er furniture particularly they used to make a lot of . |
| 13 | Well Tony , was who manager at the associated now , er he was very a very popular player , he was a goal scorer on one occasion , they played an away match at Swindon and he scored a goal and the goalkeeper got sent off a John so Tony went in goal and he saved a penalty later in the match , but he was a very popular player he was a a good goal scorer then there was Colin he , he had one of the hardest shots in the league you know , I 've , I 've seen the goalkeeper shrug his shoulders at , at defenders and say well how do you stop those , they used to call him Cannonball at one time , and er there was Tommy he had his collarbone broken and he never played again after , but he was a great centre forward he used to make a lot of space for the other forwards you know . |
| 14 | He used to make a lot of carts . |
| 15 | Oh she used to make a lot of the clothes . |
| 16 | And we used to do these er pictures that u used to be on er grey and blue paper and we used to , with white paint we used to make a sort of anything there and then with erm charcoal sticks we used to draw on it . |
| 17 | Erm I think we ought to make a pact not to blame each other if we copy the answers on th kind of thing |
| 18 | Nearly all the proposed course is at present good grass land and ought to make a capital sporting course . |
| 19 | I did n't pay the Africa lady anything but I ought to make a bit for Uncle Jim . |
| 20 | Somebody ought to make a rule . |
| 21 | ‘ We really ought to make a start on getting this place cleaned up , you know . |