Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I jumped in and frothed about a bit , then went back inside and made some coffee . |
| 2 | I went back to it carefully , stroking it gently and making shushing noises with my mouth . |
| 3 | They looked furious when they saw our faces peering in and made frantic signs for us to close the curtains again . |
| 4 | She 'd bought some fancy underwear and was showing it to Franca and I came in and made some remarks . |
| 5 | The happiest results came when householders gave their evacuees time to settle in and made some attempt to understand their cultural differences . |
| 6 | ‘ Because that team is almost all new , we were very wary of rushing in and making inappropriate changes , which is why we did nothing permanent with the marketing of the 1992 Festival which was Brian McMaster 's first . |
| 7 | Peas and beans can be grown in jars , supported by damp paper ; carrot and parsnip tops grow in saucers of water ; onions , potatoes and hyacinths resting on the top of jars of water will send roots down and make top growth ; cuttings such as Busy Lizzie and Tradescantia will produce roots when standing in water . |
| 8 | and then other , like this morning I woke up about quarter to seven , well I 'd been awake a while but I thought I 'd came to at quarter to seven I went down and make some tea and having breakfast |
| 9 | That 's what he wanted to do to from the start , cut the wages down and make more slate , that 's what he had in mind . |
| 10 | Donald and Jean had disappeared and Mary was in a black mood , striding along and making old Donald gasp . |
| 11 | Even now , as she smiled at her son 's antics — he was laughing and clapping his little hands together and making mischievous faces at Cissie , who adored him — memories of Tyler besieged her heart . |
| 12 | Jenna stood perfectly still and felt unable to look away or make any sort of move . |
| 13 | With an effort she looked away and made some remark to one of the schoolteachers and became consciously absorbed in the conversation which followed . |
| 14 | ‘ If I could have a few minutes — let's say half an hour — to think it over and make some notes , I daresay we 'll be as right as a snail 's whisker . ’ |
| 15 | And because I took the trouble to save this life of yours I insist on seeing you recover properly and make full use of it . |
| 16 | The wartime commentator 's jingoistic jangle was this time replaced by a solemn voice , and we were confronted with pictures of moving skeletons , some of them smiling weakly and making slow gestures . |
| 17 | A few days before his chanceless century , Dean expressed a wish ‘ to go on and make bigger scores . |
| 18 | If you wanted to you could work a few more rows of stocking stitch and just put in a single row of holes again , but for our practise piece it is better to carry on and make more holes . |
| 19 | I think it 's about time that you stopped blaming , and I think it 's about time that you started accepting re le responsibility that you are in it and getting on and making this council . |
| 20 | Besides , people were too drained by the heat to move about quickly or to make much noise . |
| 21 | Whereas in a spoken interaction the speaker has the advantage of being able to monitor his listener 's minute-by-minute reaction to what he says , he also suffers from the disadvantage of exposing his own feelings ( 'leaking' ; Ekman & Friesen , 1969 ) and of having to speak clearly and concisely and make immediate response to whichever way his interlocutor reacts . |
| 22 | ‘ If the NIE shares offer a good premium , and I expect that they will , then people should be able to buy them , sell them quickly and make some money to buy into BT3 if they want . ’ |
| 23 | Quite the opposite ; I think of you more than ever and make mental clutches at you like a frightened baby . |
| 24 | Come forth and make this assay . ’ |
| 25 | They will ride the surf or the bows of a vessel , constantly passing back and forth and making boisterous leaps . |
| 26 | Diana drafted her reply carefully and made several attempts at matching the frosty tone which Philip had used in his . |
| 27 | Please read it carefully and make any amendments necessary . |
| 28 | Eyvør woke up and made food-begging noises , so the Birdman finished his story and cut up some more strips of herring which he fed to the little bird . |
| 29 | Quite clearly the reason that people have been asked to come along this evening and have come along this evening is to put there points of view about how the see the theatre in the future what is programme facilities are the things that are n't happening here they feel should be happening here that 's what it 's for not here to serve any purpose for individuals to get up and make personal cuts on people or say what happen on a Saturday morning or a Thursday afternoon cos I |
| 30 | Why did genes choose to gang up and make large bodies for themselves to live in ? |