Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , he was still developing the characteristics that would eventually make him a character actor . |
| 2 | I 'd want to go on seeing you a lot , though . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ That meeting with Ken and his decision to make Ken 's part big made it a sort of broken-back type of play . |
| 4 | While she was ponderously explaining what an LOA presentation was , they could n't probe at him . |
| 5 | Music became the voice of opposition to the war and its senseless waste of life , and effectively found itself a conscience . |
| 6 | Music became the voice of opposition to the war and its senseless waste of life , and effectively found itself a conscience . |
| 7 | Less than a year later we got married and I moved down here and eventually found myself a job . |
| 8 | I thought it was very unfortunate that Catherine had only given him a daughter , not a son . |
| 9 | Yes , but I 've , I 've only given him a lump figure you see . |
| 10 | The couple were taken to police headquarters for questioning where they admitted they had picked up a man on the night of 10 July by the harbour but did not know him and had only given him a lift into town . |
| 11 | But they would have only given you a book for |
| 12 | Before any of the officially appointed Dealers below sell you a Saab Approved used Car it will have undergone a stringent 40 Point Check and Service by dedicated Saab-trained Technicians using factory approved equipment and only genuine Saab parts . |
| 13 | Why should he suddenly grant you an audience ? |
| 14 | Victoria Worsley appeared in Make Me A Statue , a one-woman show at the Burton-Taylor rooms , Oxford Playhouse , in April . |
| 15 | Killing him would only make him a martyr . |
| 16 | Mr Tsongas , a pro-business liberal , argued that to restart the campaign he abandoned three weeks ago for lack of funds would only make him a spoiler . |
| 17 | The average man may perhaps think it an exaggeration but I do assure you that this is factually so and nights are not now so dark that I can not be completely aware of what is happening around me before , during and after the nets have been set . |
| 18 | ‘ Better make me a list for Christmas , ’ Wayne said , and he gave her his hand to help her out onto the lakeside track . |
| 19 | ‘ Better make it a fruit juice this time , then , ’ she said . |
| 20 | Better make it a pound each . ’ |
| 21 | Thrill-seeking impulses led them to many momentary and immediate adventures , and it was this period of his life he referred to when he said he had never been in an orgy of more than three people , although he tried ineffectively to promote it a time or two . |
| 22 | do you want some posters for Gordon and Adam , well I can only lend you a couple of ones , but those might do if she turns them over |
| 23 | The new crossing will obviously make it a lot safer . ’ |
| 24 | A rented suit will be collected from a hire firm on the day before the wedding so make yourself a checklist which includes , ‘ Put speech notes in jacket pocket . |
| 25 | As they queued to pay , each of them was told : ‘ We ca n't add up your bill , so make us an offer ! ’ |
| 26 | So I settle down to write her a letter explaining my erratic behaviour . |
| 27 | We know there are plenty of you howlers out there — so send us an example of your most tuneful work , as soon as possible . |
| 28 | but I mean you do n't think erm cos he said to me he said oh I suppose I 'd better buy you a Christmas present and I said yeah buy me something that I 'd use . |
| 29 | Only send us a sign … ’ |
| 30 | I 'm glad I did n't buy a sling because I only used it a couple of times . |