Example sentences of "[pron] make [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most interesting show out of London is Miro : Sculpture , which has opened at the Southampton City Art Gallery ; 37 bronzes are on show , each one of them made by a Catalan , anarchist , sex-mad Santa Claus |
| 2 | Although bathed in a sentimentality of its own , the concept appeals to me because it reminds me of a trip I made as a student to the Maison Savoye in the summer of 1957 , when this great Corbusier villa was a ruin surrounded by waist-high grass and nettles . |
| 3 | I wish that the Minister would respond to a point that I made in a debate last week when I spoke of the tragedy that the employment advisory service — available to prisoners both before and after their release — had been withdrawn by the Government . |
| 4 | ‘ She gets them made in a factory in Hong Kong . |
| 5 | Only the rich can ski in Switzerland which makes for a degree of civilisation neighbours ca n't match . |
| 6 | The counter , and other doors are attractively finished in Ash wood which makes for a light and airy ambience . |
| 7 | If the keyboard is right , and the monitor is right , then the two items that you need the most suit the way you work , which makes for a lot less hassle in the long run . |
| 8 | Spiritual direction is not simply a cosy chat , and being straight may be one of the most important contributions you make to a person . |
| 9 | Er , but any change you make to a computer system , is likely to introduce bugs into the system , so that it does n't give the right answers any more . |
| 10 | ‘ Do not demand interest on loans you make to a brother Israelite . |
| 11 | Any editorial insertions you make within a quotation should be enclosed within square brackets [ ] , as in : This tendency for the image of war to be distorted [ my italics ] has the effect of … encouraging unjustifiable patriotism . |
| 12 | I decided to make a development of a circular pedestal table that we made for a client last year . |
| 13 | Oh , by the way , ’ Luke said , locking the door behind them , ‘ Bob Tilling in Accounts just happened to mention the other day that you had settled an invoice for a piece we made for a client in Sherwood Forest . ’ |
| 14 | The best type of lock to use is one made from a loop of solid steel . |
| 15 | It is a process whereby jobs are placed in a rank order , according to the overall demands each one makes on a person doing it . |
| 16 | WHAT are we to make of a claim by the Surrey Wildlife Trust that more than a million wild animals and birds are ‘ probably ’ killed every year on the roads of Britain ? |
| 17 | Now Michael White and John Gribbin have given us Stephen Hawking : a Life in Science , or rather Mr White has given us the life and Mr Gribbin the science ; the latter is awash with black holes , white dwarfs , protons , pulsars , quasars and quarks and is therefore no more comprehensible than Brief History ; also , what is one to make of a writer who speaks at one moment of ‘ tiny black holes ’ and the next of ‘ black holes which could eat solar systems for breakfast ’ ? |
| 18 | His approach to clients was summed up in a remark I overheard him make to a colleague at the bar : ‘ You know me — I believe everybody ’ . |
| 19 | He saw the daft circles they made as a wind lifted the flames and turned them ; he saw their hysterical galloping back and forth , and saw the cherry-red line crackling across the stumps of corn , towing its apron of smoke . |
| 20 | The social worker helps clients become aware of information processing biases that can distort the sense they make of a situation . |
| 21 | When disturbed , they make for a crevice or hole where they can jam themselves in so tight with their powerful claws that it is almost impossible to dislodge them . |
| 22 | They are very happy places and they make for a lot of happiness with parents too I think . |
| 23 | Club promotion reflects the importance of dance clubs and the contribution they make towards a record 's popularity . |
| 24 | He could never entirely regret it , because it reminded him of working with Willie , and the passing resolves he made as a grown-up to lose some of it always contained a tang of unease about betraying his professional qualifications in the eyes of a man who would have belted him for such a thing . |
| 25 | He made for a line of scrub between two gates and waited until the street outside was fairly clear , then climbed the railings and dropped down . |
| 26 | As soon as we had cleared customs he made for a bank of telephones , and when he rejoined me he was smiling . |
| 27 | At 18 , Couples hooked his drive out of bounds , one of the few mistakes he made on a day that turned cold and windy by the time the five-hour 25-minute round had ended . |
| 28 | All this on top of the irony of an innocent request he made to a man with a radio listening to the cricket immediately he arrived in England after spending time with his family in Barbados . |
| 29 | The sport 's governing body is also considering suing the American athlete for libel over accusations he made during a campaign to clear his name after he tested positive for steroids in Monte Carlo in August 1990 and was subsequently banned for two years . |
| 30 | His new house , built of hammer dressed limestone , with Westmorland slates for the roof , abutted on to the remains of the original house which he made into a service wing , and on the south side he made the grand entrance . |