Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] make a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Champagne had brought Ninotchka to her feet , declaiming , I vant to make a speech ! |
| 2 | Chairman , am I am I eligible to make a comment from the floor ? |
| 3 | I think if you all make a mess you should be severely reprimanded quite frankly expect other people to come round and pick up your mess . |
| 4 | The teacher in mufti ( giggle , giggle , point , snigger ) called over the rabble : ‘ Girls , girls , pleeese , now can you all make a circle and — QUIET , PLEASE — settle DOWN ! ’ |
| 5 | For Christmas Brown Owl thought it would be a good idea if we each made a Christmas cracker for the children in our local hospital . |
| 6 | But always there is the implication that , ‘ we all make a bit on the side … know what I mean ? ’ . |
| 7 | It has been nigh on a full month since we first made a landfall on to the north shore : since we rode in the longboat on the crest of the shining surf and I set my foot withal on this fair land in the name of the King . |
| 8 | ‘ We both read them and we both made a mistake . |
| 9 | A public officer has discretion wherever the effective limits on his power leave him free to make a choice among possible courses of action or inaction . |
| 10 | They all made a complaint of unfair dismissal . |
| 11 | And they all make a bee-line for the famous phone box , calling whatever part of the world they come from , no matter what the time difference is . ’ |
| 12 | Erm they all make a salt . |
| 13 | They both made a contribution to the village and the school , but sadly of late these have been demolished , so shrinking village life . |
| 14 | They both made a dive for it , but Rory 's litheness and agility won the day over bulk and sheer brute strength , and she hit the ground at a roll , grabbing the revolver and jumping to her feet again in one graceful , almost balletic movement . |
| 15 | Why is n't it possible to make a set of electric guitar strings that feel ‘ even ’ to bend all the way across ? |
| 16 | Some girls — Felicity Grant , for instance — would have found it impossible to make a speech like that , but Breeze , frank in all her undertakings , said it so naturally that the old doctor took it quite as a matter of course . |
| 17 | It could therefore be argued that as the districts were neither fully responsible nor fully accountable for the level of poll tax paid by their residents , electors would find it hard to make a judgement on the performance of their own authority based solely on that criterion . |
| 18 | Some find it hard to make a decision because they 've got out of the habit or they no longer see the need . |
| 19 | Some people find it helpful to make a recording of the lists to listen to later . |
| 20 | You may find it helpful to make a chart about her like the one below . |
| 21 | Leonora knew perfectly well it was time for her to grovel , but found it difficult to make a start . |
| 22 | I fancy that he would not have cared to make that argument in Budapest or in Prague , and I find it difficult to make a distinction between the two . |
| 23 | Rather , your problem is one of why you find it difficult to make a commitment to the relationship . |
| 24 | Rather than risk losing its MFN position , the Chinese government has clearly thought it expedient to make a good-will gesture to the new Clinton administration , ( though at the same time appending warnings that outsiders should stop interfering in China 's internal affairs . ) |