Example sentences of "[pron] [be] make [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though I have been invited to come back to South Africa by friends both black and white , I wonder whether I am making a great mistake . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , yes , I must admit , ’ replies management , ‘ that I am making a good thing out of this , the best break we have had for years — you see , my methods of production are so cheap and efficient . ’ |
| 3 | I tell them I am making a good living , that I can support a child , that I want a baby more than anything , but they refuse . ’ |
| 4 | But I am making a different point . |
| 5 | All the available funds should be targeted in that way to ensure that we achieve the best social return on the available resources — If Conservative Members think that I am making a partisan point , I invite the Secretary of State for the Environment to move beyond the Municipal Journal . |
| 6 | ‘ I am making a slow but steady recovery . |
| 7 | If I set out to do something now , I will do it and I wo n't worry if I am making the right impression — if I fit in . |
| 8 | In that sense I suppose I am making the ultimate sacrifice . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm making a fresh pot of coffee … ’ |
| 10 | After that I 'm making no more promises . |
| 11 | ‘ I want him to live forever but I know I 'm making the right decision even if he dies . |
| 12 | I could n't help but laugh when she replied : ‘ Oh , do n't worry , I 'm making the best of a bad job ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't know about that , but I do know it 's the only good look I 'm going to get for months so I 'm making the most of it . ’ |
| 14 | Someone 's made a right pig 's ear of them , and that 's a fact . |
| 15 | For these services , and following a series of travel talks which I wrote and broadcast in the autumn of 1929 , I was made an Honorary Member of the M.J.A.R.A. , and appointed to the executive committee . |
| 16 | I , I do n't know , I certainly would n't rely on just a sales brochure if I was making a major trans |
| 17 | The first time I tried to film mink in the wild was in the spring of 1990 , in mid-Wales , where I was making a 15-minute programme for Channel 4 . |
| 18 | I was making a mature and rational decision . |
| 19 | And indeed , to go for a more precise figure would suggest that I was making a particular point . |
| 20 | I thought I was making the best of both answers |
| 21 | I was making the most of this opportunity . |
| 22 | Another important development is the Child Care Open Learning Project , part of the Gatsby Project , which has led to the availability of the Open University Courses ‘ Caring for Children and Young People ’ ( P653 ) and ‘ Working with Children and Young People ’ ( K254 ) both of which are making a wide range of knowledge and research available to many practitioners and others . |
| 23 | The school manager , in contrast to his or her experience of GCSE , here has to struggle for clarity — a struggle which is made no easier by the over-simplified statements of policy about the unification of general and vocational education which are made by central government and by its political opponents . |
| 24 | Europen — which is making a gradual transition from the academic roots of its EUUG days to a more commercially led organisation , has a long-established record of technical conferences through Europe , while UniForum 's last US show and conference attracted 35,000 attendees . |
| 25 | Recoup is working on these problems and collaborating with Reprise International Plastics Recycling Ltd which is making a substantial investment in a plant to clean and separate plastics . |
| 26 | His colleague stirred , and fixed his attention on a large dark car which was making a stately progress towards them on the southband lane . |
| 27 | All she could focus on was Vitor 's touch , on the casual caress which was making an electric awareness dart across her skin . |
| 28 | Had she been making a genuine decision to refuse the treatment , it would be necessary in a case such as this to find out if the patient had received any advice as to the consequences of a refusal to accept treatment . |
| 29 | The hospital visits Bishop Auckland , Newton Aycliffe , Shildon and Crook , where trained staff deal with scores of mental patients who are making a new life for themselves in the community . |
| 30 | Simultaneous with the DES announcement came a joint statement from Toshiba and Times Network who are making an educational package of a CD-ROM drive plus four discs available to schools at £795 . |