Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of them has made a hash of things like the British government . |
| 2 | I 've got a friend who is a punk ; her make-up takes her ages , but she wants to make a statement , to be noticed . |
| 3 | She says she wants to make a statement . ’ |
| 4 | Every one of you has made a contribution to the character of this institution and I take pleasure in acknowledging what each of you has done to make this such a satisfying academic and social environment . |
| 5 | ‘ But one of you has to make a start , Amy . |
| 6 | ‘ You must tell your friend , ’ continued the lady , ‘ that she has made a mistake . |
| 7 | She has made a choice not only of person , but of class . |
| 8 | We learn that John has had an affair with a fashion model ( Sunny Griffin ) , who moves in with her dresses , wigs and dog , but decides to leave after she has made a mess of the kitchen by boiling the spaghetti over . |
| 9 | At times the loneliness of her position has brought her to the edge of despair , so much so that she has made a number of suicide attempts , some more half-hearted than others . |
| 10 | She has made a career as a backbencher , taking an interest in penal affairs and animal welfare . |
| 11 | She has made a list of the items the business owns . |
| 12 | She has made an art form out of dodging classification . |
| 13 | But I hope he 'll be able to make her understand that she ca n't ever have me , and that she has to make a life for herself away from me . ’ |
| 14 | If he or she undertakes to make a part of his or her income over to a charity for four years or more , the tax the individual pays on that income is given by the tax authorities to the charity concerned . |
| 15 | If she does make a noise you probably wo n't shoot her , and anyway there 's a chance she could n't make enough of a noise to be heard outside the front door ; it 's a big house and although there are a lot of hard , sound-reflective surfaces in it , you 're not convinced a scream would make it all the way to whoever 's outside , either down the stairwell or through the double-glazed balcony windows . |
| 16 | I think she 's realized she 's made a mistake she was waving away . |
| 17 | Well I think she 's made a mistake with Joan because Joan did n't get the plate for er the highest number of silver stars , it was gold stars . |
| 18 | But she i if they say she 's made a payment , she must have made a payment . |
| 19 | I mean , she 's made a lot of friends . |
| 20 | Thereafter , we allays made a point of asking the culprit , whenever we wanted to use the bucket for anything from watering the flowers to doing the ironing , ‘ Is this water in here or urine ? ’ |
| 21 | Thou hast done wonders in a little time , not only made a rake a husband but thou has made a rake a preacher . |
| 22 | While the pestilence is raging , he buys the threshing floor of Araunah for 50 shekels , an altar is built and , after he has made a sacrifice , the pestilence ceases . |
| 23 | Monte Samana is his , I know that now , and he deserves his profits , because he has made a holiday place that sits on the side of the hill as though it were set there by the Spaniards themselves , the Andalusians and the descendants of the Moors . ’ |
| 24 | There is nothing which can be guaranteed to alienate the affections of a statistician more than the surveyor who goes for advice after he has made a mess of sampling and needs someone to get him out of the mess . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps Martin Edwards will admit that he has made a mistake selling to the person he has done and the way in which he has sold it . |
| 26 | I asked Ulu Grosbard , who knew Nichols , to ask him what he felt about me : ‘ I think he feels he has made a mistake . |
| 27 | Nichols does feel he has made a mistake . ’ |
| 28 | If the arrest is lawful but the accused believes it to be unlawful , he is guilty because he has made a mistake of law : Bentley ( 1850 ) 4 Cox CC 406 . |
| 29 | Even if he has made a mistake they are still bound by it . |
| 30 | But Wilkinson denies he has made a £1.5 m bid for Arsenal right-back Lee Dixon and centre-half Steve Bould . |