Example sentences of "[pron] make [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Y wrote me a note , ‘ would I make some notes on her , there is a possibility of her going into the unit ’ ( withdrawal unit for disruptive pupils ) . |
| 2 | ‘ I made one speech on the subject and I 've not referred to it since , and there seems no purpose in doing so . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Actually , I did n't think I made much impression on her . |
| 4 | ( 55 ) I found a bottle with which I made numerous marks on the ground surrounding our tents and a few yards into the jungle , as far as I dared venture . |
| 5 | I made this ascent on a lowering afternoon that turned thundery , and I stood only momentarily I will admit on the bridge , as the storms brewed noisily up in the mountains all around and the lightning began . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , I do not believe for one moment — I made this point on enough occasions to the hon. Member for Antrim , East ( Mr. Beggs ) — that , if we had not given potential investors the opportunity to buy a power station that could be converted to gas , there would have been much hope of bringing a gas pipeline to Northern Ireland . |
| 7 | Anyway , in the end I made 1,800 pesos on the funeral . |
| 8 | In the section below I make some observations on male-orientation in functionalist theory . |
| 9 | Robin McEwen was also behind my making some money on the horses . |
| 10 | They had weather-beaten faces , smocks which could withstand rain and snow and wore highlows which made muddy marks on the floor where they shuffled their feet . |
| 11 | The career of a full-time vegetarian forager , always on the move in search of food , can not include patterns of child-care which make such demands on the mother and which put the neonate in such a dependent state . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , these are not qualities which make much impression on a balance sheet . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , being constructive , members of the Union of Construction , Allied Trades and Technicians have published a report entitled ’ Kick-start ’ , which makes various proposals on how to get people back to work and revive the economy . |
| 14 | One is the ‘ clean sheet approach ’ , where you make copious notes on everything to do with a person 's behaviour . |
| 15 | If you make some measurements on the bar code on the front of this magazine you will find that the wide bars are actually less than one millimetre wide . |
| 16 | Moreover , disability can itself make extra demands on financial resources because the disabled need extra care and special services . |
| 17 | In her flat and comfortable lace-up shoes , she made good progress on her daily outing . |
| 18 | She made few demands on her parents but sat quietly , playing with an orange in a plastic mug . |
| 19 | You made great play on how , ooh advertising is going to pay for it all , out of a budget of about sixty odd thousand pounds you 've got fifteen hundred pounds in in advertising . |
| 20 | Let me know what controls are operated to ensure that a group is in fact one of these organisations — do they have to inform your department , for example , and do you make any checks on short-term caravan rallies . |
| 21 | ‘ Did you make this mark on her neck ? ’ |
| 22 | The project has practical relevance to managers , their employers , unions and for those who make public policy on management and industrial relations . |
| 23 | The Marr technique of painting is to go and visit the subject , where she makes copious notes on eye colour and other little idiosyncrasies that will help catch the soul of the dog . |
| 24 | And it 's just like , and they want you to make some comment on what you 've worked out , which is no problem really , is it ? |
| 25 | As the right hon. Gentleman pointed out , we made new arrangements on 5 November to ensure that income support payments can be paid directly to the lender . |
| 26 | We made this offer on humanitarian grounds . |
| 27 | We make good time on the road from the motorway ; people actually help you overtake when you 're in a cop car . |
| 28 | We make these plans on an natural level , and yet , we do not plan for the most important event of all time , when we will stand before God and he will ask that question , what have you done with Jesus that is called the Christ ? |
| 29 | Accordingly , our sensations simply are as they are , and error enters only when we make mistaken judgements on their basis . |
| 30 | If there were changes in the political leadership of the country , they made little impact on me . |