Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] to make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But , even when people have had spells of very bad illness , they may still live for many years and there will be time for them to make good plans for their children . |
2 | From these women 's descriptions of their days , it is clear that rarely , if ever , is it possible for them to make this distinction either . |
3 | But Britain 's Vice-Consul Harold Jenkins told me : ‘ Sadly it may be quite impossible for them to make positive identifications . ’ |
4 | They were they were asking for them to make more slates for for less money and they were n't prepared to sit down and really talk it through with the men they just treated you know they just had this awful attitude |
5 | Perhaps the brothers had waited in vain for me to make some retraction . |
6 | According to his account to the House of Commons , Baldwin replied : ‘ Sir , that is most grievous news , and it is impossible for me to make any comment on it today . ’ |
7 | They lived the lives of the folk among whom they worked ; and this may have helped many of them to make real contact with their parishioners . |
8 | Obviously a figure higher than that would take some pressure of us to make those incursions into the green belt , a lower figure conversely would require us to make higher la larger incursions into our greenbelt . |
9 | Your doctor and the hospital will arrange for you to make regular visits for antenatal care . |
10 | I would have sworn there had n't been time for you to make any kind of progress since last night . |
11 | Or is it still too young for you to make any evaluations apart from tentative ones ? ’ |
12 | I 'm waiting for you to make those things in your erm |
13 | It may be difficult for you to make instantaneous response to what is said . |
14 | Claudia pleaded with him to make some defence . |
15 | I do n't think they 're in it to make zillions and zillions of pounds , I think they 're in it to make great records . |
16 | But it was a flop , and Wilcox moved on from US to make successive deals with Universal and RKO . |
17 | It was n't easy for him to make new friends , particularly outside of whatever cast list he was currently a part , but occasionally it happened — as during the run of One Over The Eight . |
18 | For him to make that sort of joke on the recording was in keeping with the impression Charles was beginning to form of his character . |
19 | As he pushed away the empty plates she waited for him to make some comment about the meal . |
20 | In spite of my appeals for him to make some effort to intervene with the King , who could often attain success with a father bent on violent punishment , Kareem dismissed my cries of alarm with unconcealed irritation and insisted the subject be dropped . |
21 | She was waiting for him to make some reply , and he said slowly : ‘ I guess you must be homesick , now Captain Dawson is n't here . ’ |
22 | And even Gazzer did not appreciate the strength of character it needed for her to make that choice . |
23 | Owning an animal also makes it easier for her to make new friends and contacts , particularly children . |
24 | This assumes that social worker has the information available to them to make correct decisions . |
25 | Some of these proposals seems to me to make great sense . |
26 | Looking at things squarely , I should say that most of the £5 million you have advanced to Ingard will have to be written off — and it does n't seem to me to make much difference to the bank whether this becomes open knowledge now , or in a week or so . |
27 | But why should the onus be on me to make this request ? |
28 | Man works far below his capacity ; some writers have put a figure on the deficiency but it is of little value to you to make quantitative estimates . |
29 | If you 're the earner , and she 's looking after the children , it 's usually down to you to make regular payments for the children 's upkeep at least until they reach the age of seventeen — and longer if they 're still in education . |
30 | Unless you 're a tenant , it 's down to you to make sure gas appliances receive the regular expert servicing they need . |