Example sentences of "[verb] making a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Divorce also affects your will and you should consider making a new will if you get divorced . |
| 2 | Bono , the insurgent , irrepressible singer for Dublin quartet U2 , finishes making a hard point using a typically animated gesture . |
| 3 | Rincewind briefly considered making a desperate leap to safety . |
| 4 | He studied again the letter he had found in the wallet , then got to work making a careful copy of it . |
| 5 | To her annoyance the bottle was empty — belatedly she recalled making a mental note weeks ago to buy new supplies . |
| 6 | But we just you know like Saturday night we really enjoy making a nice meal and having a nice bottle of wine or something and doing something |
| 7 | The sting in the tail of the AS/400 announcement ( IBM never knows when to leave well enough alone ) is that it is to start making a niggling handling charge for software upgrades . |
| 8 | In view of the disadvantage which being in care all too often represents , that may sometimes mean making a special effort to ensure the quality of education given to children in care . |
| 9 | and erm justify long-term development needs not just in total , but by recognizing making a major contribution to total land use but also . |
| 10 | Land Travel of Bath admitted making a false statement under the Trade Descriptions Act . |
| 11 | It involves making a small incision in the cornea and ‘ threading ’ a clear plastic ring through the deeper tissue layers . |
| 12 | It involves making a small incision in the cornea and ‘ threading ’ a clear plastic ring through the deeper tissue layers . |
| 13 | Having a policy for aesthetic education means making a coherent statement about the nature and scope of aesthetic experience , about the school 's provision for aesthetic development and including an account of the criteria by which student progress will be measured . |
| 14 | This means making a small number of bytes do the work of many . |
| 15 | Breakfast means making a manful start on the average per capita daily consumption of 9 lb of patisseries and 2 lb of butter , washed down with all the coffee produced by 1 lb of beans , sweetened with a truly papal ration of — yes , every day — 13 lb of sugar . |
| 16 | And I know he 's , he 's having to , to comp I know he 's started making a personal compromise |
| 17 | Yesterday Ian Walker , prosecuting , said Thompson had admitted making a threatening call to his ex-wife at Eppleby and misusing the 999 system when interviewed by police . |
| 18 | ‘ They love making a new friend . |
| 19 | Five Wounds , in his grief , was killed making a lone charge . |
| 20 | He denied making a verbal admission concerning any transaction between himself and any women . |
| 21 | One night at Rose Hill , there was a feller kept making a bloody nuisance of himself — kept kicking the cell door . |
| 22 | Wickham had remarked that covert freelance writing for another publication did not justify making a misleading statement during a murder inquiry . |
| 23 | In an attempt to counter this , many North American teachers have begun making a conscious effort to help their young students ‘ develop ’ a child 's ‘ natural ’ curiosity about the world — not the TV world , but the actual world around them . |
| 24 | ‘ No , no , this is fine , ’ she said as he suggested making a new pot . |
| 25 | She considered making a ceremonial pyre . |