Example sentences of "[pron] make [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was noticeable that many of them made emotive comments when addressing this question ( for example , ‘ a last resort ’ , or ‘ a place for old people to go when nobody else wants them ’ ) , a reflection possibly of their personal involvement with the residents of the home and concern for their well-being . |
| 2 | I made two attempts but they both failed , each time my fear of water proved too much . |
| 3 | I felt she desperately needed my help , and I made frequent visits and tried innumerable remedies I consulted my colleague Siegfried on the problem and he suggested a diet of charcoal biscuits . |
| 4 | On that , I think it is generally known , that we , that Telford was n't anywhere near the top of the list , and it had been taken purely on the question of the er , needs of the various areas , it 's unlikely that Telford would have succeeded , even with its reduced geographical area , but I made discrete enquiries and was told that the factor which tipped er , the Commission in favour of Telford , and this has an important bearing on what we 're going to discuss later , was the fact that Telford has been very good in taking up schemes and providing their section , and not just the Wreakin District Council , other area , other bodies in Telford , of getting good innovative schemes off the ground and providing the cash , they did n't , as some areas did , get the status , and then hardly do anything about it . |
| 5 | Then dad and I made some cakes and I put notices about the sale through the neighbours ' doors in Swadlincote in Derbyshire , where we live . |
| 6 | I made some toast and a cup of tea . |
| 7 | I made some bets and they came good . |
| 8 | I made some comment and he bit my head off . |
| 9 | It 's that stuff I made last year and |
| 10 | Later on in my schooling life I made more friends but there has been a lot of falling outs , but we always make up again . |
| 11 | I make Total Recall and I 'm grilled for the violence . |
| 12 | he reckons I make better pastry than what I . |
| 13 | I make this point because I am sure that during his year of office he will continue his fight against injustice and let officers of the Council and the Labour Group be aware . |
| 14 | I make this declaration because one of my aims in this discussion is to show that we do not need to share other people 's beliefs in order to understand them sympathetically : we can see the sense in beliefs even when we are convinced they are based upon false premisses . |
| 15 | MGM , which made such classics as Gone With the Wind and The Wizard Of Oz , has been in turmoil ever since being bought by controversial Italian financier Giancarlo Parretti last year . |
| 16 | Later she incorporated cans of spray paint which made extraordinary effects when shot . |
| 17 | The burning question for the poverty lobby is from where and how , particularly given the Fowler reviews in 1986 which made wide-ranging cuts and changes to the social security system . |
| 18 | The most unprofitable services were singled out as ‘ stopping trains ’ , which made enormous losses and cost almost twice as much to run as revenue received from them . |
| 19 | Our drinks are served on elephants ' feet which make good side-tables and were once popular as souvenirs . |
| 20 | Ideal types are constructs which make empirical generalization and comparison possible . |
| 21 | Then you have to divide them up into those which make slender trees and others which remain as bushes with a fountain-like outline . |
| 22 | Let's hope Matthew has n't been given any of those battery-operated toys which make irritating noises and Vicky does n't mangle everything . ’ |
| 23 | Adopting this condition , we can only interpret an increase in real output per capita as an actual improvement in economic welfare if no distributional changes occur which make any individuals or groups worse off . |
| 24 | The contrast between these two cases should warn us against generalising propositions which make either fluidity and mobility of the working class , or tradition and community within particular branches , into uniquely favourable conditions for socialist organisation ( the first is perhaps Bologna 's temptation ; the second appears to be the temptation of the work done under the auspices of the ‘ History Workshop ’ ) . |
| 25 | All the interviews begin with recollections of childhood which make compulsive listening and reading ( transcripts are available ) . |
| 26 | Good management also means anticipating the changed circumstances which make structural development and adaptation necessary . |
| 27 | Then there is a group of more technical reasons which make statistical modelling and extrapolation more difficult , and inhibit attempts to overcome a shortage of resources for direct measurement by statistical estimation of soil losses . |
| 28 | Somebody made some suggestion that this was prime development land . |
| 29 | The deal also includes associated production equipment at Alma 's Keillers plant , which will be moved into one of Cadbury 's Trebor Bassett factories , and the small Angus plant in Dundee which makes chocolate-covered nuts and raisins . |
| 30 | But , as several dealers told The Art Newspaper , waiving exhibition fees is a concession which makes little difference if a gallery can not make sufficient sales to recoup costs estimated at £10,000–40,000 for taking stock and staff to Madrid . |