Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year Dillons got John Mortimer on a holiday weekend , which was not good timing , but it has since made a niche for itself with local books . |
| 2 | In creating one she has inadvertently made a move towards alternative methods of selling that could have great significance for organic farming . |
| 3 | ‘ One has long made a habit of beheading his wife at intervals in what is now my study : the other , a lady named Madam Sharpe , drops rings and other small objects into a china basin in my dressing room … . |
| 4 | Poppy seemed so much happier — the staff at the home had obviously helped to build her trust in people , although she still cowered if someone bent down to make a fuss of her . |
| 5 | ‘ As the sexy songbird marvelled at the underwater wildlife , the huge maneater moved in to make a meal of the talented star , ’ reported the Sport . |
| 6 | Therefore I am entreating you most earnestly to send me those men you aught to send , well armed , as soon as possible as we are going to assemble beside Colrane and the general is to come shortly to make a muster there … [ to fight the Irish rebels ] . |
| 7 | In 1153 Frederick I , by the pact of Constance , promised not to make a truce with the two other groups that threatened the papacy — the Romans and the ruler , Roger of Sicily . |
| 8 | ‘ Burra has not made a song and dance about how it has been affected , ’ he said . |
| 9 | If the person has not made a will then the process usually takes a good deal longer which may mean that a whole range of practical issues are held in abeyance whilst the situation is resolved . |
| 10 | Overall , however , the railways are likely to be one of the toughest state sell-offs of them all , for BR has not made a profit for 40 years and is widely perceived as demoralised and run-down . |
| 11 | If your child has not made a move or defiantly says , ‘ No , I wo n't ’ , repeat the command in a louder voice . |
| 12 | Since the defence must be given a copy of the statement of a proposed witness who has not made a deposition , it must follow that , if a Crown witness 's evidence is intended to depart significantly from his deposition and to be based on his statement to the police , it is the duty of the Crown to give the defence a copy of that statement in advance of the hearing . |
| 13 | Len Wright , who narrowly escaped death during the battle , made famous in the film , A Bridge Too Far , has not made a parachute jump for nearly 40 years . |
| 14 | If Jimmy does not completely enclose his chickens he has not made a polygon . |
| 15 | ‘ I tried not to make a noise , in case you were asleep . ’ |
| 16 | She tried not to make a sound , because she did n't want to disturb her husband . |
| 17 | Miranda tried not to make a face . |
| 18 | The effect to the pilot is that the model has just made a half turn and proceeded to fly backwards ( Fig. 5.13 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ Many people feel that Radio 1 has just made a couple of minor alterations to get the critics off their backs . |
| 20 | Some ads will be irrelevant : the viewer or reader is not in the target group , or has just made a purchase in that product group and does not want another just yet . |
| 21 | The Board has just made a visit to the North West Region of . |
| 22 | A sort of cross between Kurt Cobain and a Fraggle , James has already made a name for himself in the office for dancing around and waving his arms wildly while he talks , not forgetting the regular swishing back of that blond mop . |
| 23 | Bowie has already made a name for himself as an actor in a string of top movies , including The Hunger and The Man Who Fell To Earth , but this is the TV break he has been waiting for . |
| 24 | But the Malcolm X crisp has already made a guest appearance at this year 's African American merchandise mart . |
| 25 | All this might sound far-fetched ; but one firm , Sanyo , has already made a step in the direction of home automation . |
| 26 | An extensive treatment of this issue is not the concern of this book , and it is assumed that the reader has already made a study of it elsewhere , usually in some introductory study of economics . |
| 27 | The commission has already made a number of improvements . |
| 28 | Where , then , did and do the remainder , the ‘ others ’ fit : — ‘ on the edge ’ ; in some buffer zone between categories ; or in a hybrid form , grappling both to make a space and to find a name : Fibre Art — Who Are you ? ’ talks of this hybrid form as an ‘ undecidable ’ ( Derrida ) , ‘ something that seems to belong to one genre , but overshoots its borders and seems no less at home in another … |
| 29 | The grey tracksuited Apostle , who had come up to make a routine check of the sleeping quarters , doubled over with a grunt of agony . |
| 30 | He has also made a film telling young people not to do the same . |