Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] make [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , that is a mechanical provision : Williams v Singer is authority for the proposition that the trustees can not be assessed where they have made such a direction . |
| 2 | Once again I would stress that neither my client nor I have made any approach to the company apart from this letter . |
| 3 | There was one field in particular that I had made some good finds on and I had searched this piece of land time and time again . |
| 4 | I felt that I had to make some sort of social effort so I swung my legs off the bed and sat sheepishly on the edge . |
| 5 | When I was chided by someone for seeming oblivious of ‘ the magnitude of the accounting operation ’ I said that it was because of my consciousness of the magnitude of all other operations that I dared to make these demands of Mr Whalley , who perfectly understands in any case . |
| 6 | But , most importantly , its just that I have made more friends there . |
| 7 | Eventually he wrote ‘ I am in such a stew over Primavera that I have made some sketches myself . |
| 8 | ‘ Look not so dismayed , I pray you — or it will be construed that I have made some unwelcome proposal . ’ |
| 9 | OK , so I 've made some duff movies . |
| 10 | But you should certainly avoid obvious personal intrusions , such as the two following : The confession " Sorry , I had no time to complete this essay , so I have made some basic points that I would have brought out and discussed . " |
| 11 | Once I 'd made that decision nothing was going to stop me . |
| 12 | Although she had made some photocopies to study later , it was possible that Adam might be able to clear the matter up in a few moments . |
| 13 | There was a terrible urge within her to just run away and hide , curl up into a tiny ball and forget that she had made such a stupid , stupid mistake by allowing herself to fall in love with someone as ruthless and cold as Luke Denner . |
| 14 | The landlord was aware of the fact that she had made that application but , notwithstanding that , on 4 December 1989 he applied for execution . |
| 15 | She told us that she had made several visits to the London Zoo and so was familiar with the appearance of modern apes . |
| 16 | She tore across the dealing room , then up three flights of stairs , screaming that she had closed Sir Willie , and that she had made several thousand pounds in that one day . |
| 17 | Charming she thought , feeling acutely humiliated , especially as it drove home the fact that she 'd made little or no impact upon this man . |
| 18 | By using this facility it is possible to create a totally new garment simply by combining pieces from other garments , providing of course that you remember to make any necessary alterations to ensure that the pieces will fit together correctly ! |
| 19 | I note that you 've made some headway towards solving things on the technical front . |
| 20 | At the end of a year it 's good to look back and to feel that you have made some progress in your spiritual life . |
| 21 | But once you 've made this sauce of yours I suggest you have a bath and a rest before we eat . |
| 22 | of course that is a point that we 've made all the way through , it 's not if nobody would bid , it 's if the franchising director was not satisfied with the quality or the long term viability of the bids he 'd received |
| 23 | Sir : Has anyone a suggestion about how , once we have made all our graduates pay for their own education through some sort of lifelong surtax , we should set about stopping those with any marketable skills and sense leaving the country as soon as they possibly can ? |
| 24 | Although they have made some ventures into the high street , their major specialism is the finance of international trade and they deal extensively in the foreign exchange market . |
| 25 | In virtually all cases secondary teachers have experienced least activity , although they have made most use of in-service days , staff questionnaires and pupil questionnaires to conduct the review . |
| 26 | they did not feel that they had made any substantial contribution to the report ; |
| 27 | While recent scientific findings about sleep patterns receive regular exposure in the media in popular N science programmes and in magazines , there is little evidence from the results of the Hull survey that they have made any impression on the public mind . |
| 28 | Most women grow up absolutely torn and still somehow knowing that they have to make some kind of choice . |
| 29 | Even then , this is likely to be little more than an insistence that they begin to make some regular contribution to the household in the form of dried fish , tobacco , and so on . |
| 30 | Their friends told them they were crazy , it sold for a nickel and nobody , they discovered , had the curiosity to buy it although it did make all the local Greenwich Village news-stands . |