Example sentences of "[adv] be make a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I better be making a start . |
2 | ‘ Ee — well , it 's getting near my time for going home , I think I 'd better be making a move … ’ |
3 | ‘ I guess not , ’ the gardener answered , awkward at suddenly being made a spokesman for his generation . |
4 | Doing long division is a mental process and so is making a joke . |
5 | I do hope my son has not been making a nuisance of himself . ’ |
6 | ‘ I thought you 'd just been made a director of this firm ? ’ |
7 | I 'd just been making a documentary about real heroes and I was n't in any mood to put up with actors who were only heroic on screen . |
8 | Fans of the Rome episode in Jim Jarmusch 's Tom Waits-soundtracked Night On Earth will be pleased to know that cab driver ROBERTO BENIGNI , for years a boffo box office certainty in his homeland , will soon be making a revival of Blake Edwards ' Pink Panther series . |
9 | Follow the tips I 've given above and you will soon be making a start on your own collection of Civil War coins and relics . |
10 | The result is that if a Japanese firm was systematically making investments using its earnings yield as a measure of the cost of capital , it would soon be making a loss . |
11 | Otters could soon be making a comeback along the banks of our rivers , if a new project launched by a wildlife trust is successful . |
12 | The mummified corpses , which Sadat decreed should not be made a spectacle of , include those of Seti I , Segnere III and Ramses II . |
13 | She could not bind herself personally , with the result that she could not be made a bankrupt , unless she was carrying on a trade . |
14 | The one can not be made a substitute for the other ; indeed , any failure in right conduct inevitably brings about a downfall in right beliefs . |
15 | That the archbishop of the prestigious see of Milan , graced by St Ambrose and St Charles Borromeo , should not be made a cardinal looked like a deliberate snub . |
16 | There are cases not in any way in doubt on this appeal which establish the general proposition that a foetus enjoys , while still a foetus , no independent legal personality — a foetus can not , while a foetus , sue and can not be made a ward of court : see Paton v. British Pregnancy Advisory Service Trustees [ 1979 ] Q.B . |
17 | Since that Act came into force , a child who is the subject of a care order , as W. was and is , can not be made a ward of court : see section 100(2) ( c ) of that Act . |
18 | W. , being in the care of the local authority , can not be made a ward of court : see section 100(2) of , and paragraph 15 of Schedule 14 to , the Children Act 1989 . |
19 | ‘ It is a personal matter and the university will not be making a comment . ’ |
20 | But Souness last night stressed that James is not being made a scapegoat for Liverpool 's disastrous start , nor for the eight goals they have conceded in the last two games . |
21 | There has been much comment by Cleese , as well as others , about how being 6ft at the age of 12 ( he 's now 6ft 5in ) , and not being made a prefect at his public school , and being the only child of older , lower middle-class parents , set for a career as a solicitor , began the problems and embarrassments that inspire his comedy . |
22 | Attempts by " several gentlemen " to end these customs had been of little avail for a complaint of a very similar kind was still being made a century later . |
23 | Five little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are four green speckled frog , frog , frog , four little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are three green speckled frog , frog , frog , three little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they now there are two green speckled frog , frog , frog , two little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now now there 's just one green speckled frog , frog , frog , sshh , one little speckled frog had all his speckles off he did look delicious yum , yum , yum , he wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they |
24 | Five little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are four green speckled frog , frog , frog , four little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are three green speckled frog , frog , frog , three little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they now there are two green speckled frog , frog , frog , two little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now now there 's just one green speckled frog , frog , frog , sshh , one little speckled frog had all his speckles off he did look delicious yum , yum , yum , he wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they |
25 | Five little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are four green speckled frog , frog , frog , four little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are three green speckled frog , frog , frog , three little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they now there are two green speckled frog , frog , frog , two little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now now there 's just one green speckled frog , frog , frog , sshh , one little speckled frog had all his speckles off he did look delicious yum , yum , yum , he wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they |
26 | Five little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are four green speckled frog , frog , frog , four little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are three green speckled frog , frog , frog , three little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they now there are two green speckled frog , frog , frog , two little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now now there 's just one green speckled frog , frog , frog , sshh , one little speckled frog had all his speckles off he did look delicious yum , yum , yum , he wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they |
27 | Five little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are four green speckled frog , frog , frog , four little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are three green speckled frog , frog , frog , three little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they now there are two green speckled frog , frog , frog , two little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now now there 's just one green speckled frog , frog , frog , sshh , one little speckled frog had all his speckles off he did look delicious yum , yum , yum , he wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they |
28 | ‘ No , Mr Vass , I wo n't be making a bonfire with my sketches . |
29 | Then , quickly , ‘ But I promise you I wo n't be making a habit of it . ’ |
30 | Something out there was making a noise . |