Example sentences of "[be] [adv] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What right have I to criticise so strongly ivory traders in China who are merely making a living , while I am sitting here killing unsuspecting animals for no reason at all ? |
| 2 | Er er in hole that 's like that and you 're grabbing out , well you 're only making a hole and fill in again but they into that one place do n't they |
| 3 | A a as I say er i it takes a bit of getting used to when you 're just making a meal for yourself , you know what I mean you 're you 're that used to carry 'em about and picking after 'em and |
| 4 | Now you 're always making a balance in developing drugs and I have nothing to do with the drug industry , I 'm a G P , you have a balance between trying to move things forward to get people better and on the other hand making sure that you 're not going to do them any great harm . |
| 5 | ‘ They 're hardly making a secret of it , and after the exhibition they seem to have made , if Thomas is right , he could n't deny it . ’ |
| 6 | You 're simply making a spectacle of yourself . |
| 7 | Yeah but if we charge twenty P each we 're actually making a profit selling them . |
| 8 | Prices are also made a lot more volatile right simply because the world market becomes a residual market , instead of everybody buying and selling through the world market right , if virtually everybody becomes self sufficient , the world market becomes a bit of a misnomer right , there is n't such a thing as a world market in that in that particular case it it may just be a few very small countries trade on the world market , it becomes very small market and therefore prone to supply erm fluctuations in any one country and as we know , supply fluctuations on inelastic demand causes price volatility . |
| 9 | These schemes have largely replaced trading stamps , which were used in a similar way although trading stamps are now making a comeback . |
| 10 | For the future of course , we have now erm negotiated with Eurofighter a rather better arrangement , they 're setting up a joint team , they 're trying to do all the work in one place and they really are now making a lot of progress . |
| 11 | You might find architects who a few years ago were working on major projects , but are now making a living from loft extensions . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm not forcing her , I 'm merely making a business proposition . |
| 13 | John Rose , for example , a son of the laird of Kilravock , was commissioned ensign in Lord Semple 's Regiment in 1741 , but , upon receiving his choice of the company to which he would be attached , fixed upon that of Captain Campbell of Carrick ‘ because the Lieutenant of that Company is a very pretty fellow & will probably be soon made a Capt. which ( with Interest ) will make room for John 's own preferment ’ . |
| 14 | She guessed that the alternative manufacturer must be deliberately making a loss to get the contract . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm always making a Phil of myself with fool , ’ he explains to Rose . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm really making a plea in the lectures that if the British want to get involved in Europe , they should show a few signs , be prepared to learn other languages , open up to other cultures . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I 'm really making a mess of your first day of term . |
| 18 | I 'm here to make a killing . |
| 19 | ‘ No , I 'm here to make a report to the governor . ’ |
| 20 | The quotation marks in the last sentence are there to make a point . |
| 21 | And I would n't say that we were being fleeced , I mean I , I think we 've always been fleeced up to a certain point but they were always making a loss in the past and |
| 22 | But since response from ministers by the 1840s was extremely circumspect the reformers were probably making a virtue of necessity . |
| 23 | Many of the ‘ underground ’ at this period in social history were consciously making a journey towards a new spiritual growth ; and this , as Furlong ( 1973 : 106 ) suggests , |
| 24 | They were then made a sign in the store , and if the job came up again , all you did was to go down the store , and it was a one-off exercise , instead of travelling back and forwards to get a particular tool , erm er that was all eliminated . |
| 25 | She claimed photographers who took pictures of her as she walked the streets or appeared at public events were then making a fortune by selling their shots to companies ready to churn out posters , T-shirts and magazines by the million . |
| 26 | Although the players at the top are earning vast sums of money , there are many girls who are barely making a living . |
| 27 | David 's already made a will , has n't he ? |
| 28 | But he 's no stranger to dare devil stunts , he 's already made a bungee jump from more than ten thousand feet . |
| 29 | To describe companies as social enterprises is thus to make a claim about the grounds of their legitimacy , and its practical significance is to hold that the state is entitled to prescribe the terms on which corporate power may be possessed and exercised . |
| 30 | The method I prefer , however , is just to make a play of looking at the coin after each few rubs on the elbow . |