Example sentences of "[pron] make [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of them make regular trips to the filmset where it was all put together , at Portmeirion in Wales . |
| 2 | Had any of them made any approaches to her ? |
| 3 | None of them made any concessions to the local Muslim culture . |
| 4 | I made 27 calls to Central Office , of which the best was the last . |
| 5 | ‘ Then last night I made this promise to him . |
| 6 | Naturally , when I made this suggestion to St John and his sisters , they protested strongly , and it was with great difficulty that I finally managed to convince them of my firm intention to carry out this plan . |
| 7 | There was , of course , a great deal of fun as well , and I made some contribution to the musical life of INSEAD by setting up an 11-piece band which played at the summer ball amongst other events . |
| 8 | In addition to conducting this particular case study I made some visits to another school ( which I have called ‘ Southend ’ ) in the same LEA which had gone through an identical appraisal exercise a year earlier . |
| 9 | I made some comm-calls to contacts on planets here and there , pretending to some that I was looking for commissions , to others that I was in different parts of the galaxy transporting things for different people . |
| 10 | Never having been one to look an unguarded telephone in the mouth , I made another call to the number on the Exhilarator brochure I 'd taken from Salome 's case . |
| 11 | As I made these suggestions to her , I was continually reminding her that she was feeling very relaxed and comfortable and that she was in complete control of the situation and need do nothing ( even in her imagination ) that she did not choose to . |
| 12 | To get a wider picture than I had obtained from the local bookshops I made special journeys to various places , and acquired every library book I came across , only restricting myself by not acquiring more than one book from each library . |
| 13 | During a week 's stay under the ranges I made daily visits to this rich arboretum , which would have served me to investigate until this time without exhausting its treasures ; but , alas ! our provisions failing , we were obliged to re-trace our steps . ’ |
| 14 | I make frequent visits to the Killearn workshop and I need a base for when I 'm in Scotland . |
| 15 | In conclusion , I make this plea to countries such as Germany — a country for which I have the highest regard : they should be cautious about promising recognition for Croatia and Slovenia by any precise date , and about breaking ranks within the European Community . |
| 16 | I make this plea to the Base Commander to keep his aircraft from flying until we know the results of a thorough investigation . |
| 17 | The previous pack contained the full text of the Multi-National Legal Practice Rules 1991 , which made detailed amendments to the rules governing solicitors , largely so as to apply those rules to registered foreign lawyers practising in partnership with solicitors in England and Wales , where appropriate with special provisions . |
| 18 | Reference may also be made to the relevant Domesday texts and the published volumes of the curia regis and other rolls , some of which make useful contributions to local knowledge . |
| 19 | He found himself making imploring promises to God then retreated into hating himself and Maxim of course . |
| 20 | This is a collection of papers which makes extensive reference to the work I mention here . |
| 21 | An explanation which makes eminent sense to everyone is to blame the victims of the crisis for the crisis . |
| 22 | For an interesting discussion of translation problems which makes frequent references to the second type of classification , see Hatim and Mason ( 1990 ) . |
| 23 | Assimilation of manner is much less noticeable , and is only found in the most rapid and casual speech ; generally speaking , the tendency is again for regressive assimilation and the change in manner is most likely to be towards an ‘ easier ’ consonant — one which makes less obstruction to the airflow . |
| 24 | This short Act amounts to the United Kingdom 's formal approval of the agreement concluded by the heads of government of the Community countries in 1986 and known as the Single European Act , which makes important changes to the Treaty of Rome . |
| 25 | It is best if you make each drawing to the same scale . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , you make regular contributions to a pension plan which undertakes to pay your mortgage off when you retire . |
| 27 | And , do n't forget that if you make substantial improvements to your home , it may increase its value . |
| 28 | ‘ But if you make another monster to be my friend , we wo n't hurt anyone . |
| 29 | If you make any alterations to Windows , like changing the wallpaper , these new settings are stored in one of the INI files . |
| 30 | If you make any change to your booking within 6 weeks of departure date then the change will be treated as a cancellation and the cancellation charges shown in paragraph 4 will apply . |