Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv] make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am here making recordings of the Masai singing about cows and meanwhile my father is sitting in Paris pretending to be a man of the world , a saviour of his people while they are being sent off to be killed . ’ |
| 2 | I am here to make speeches and take part in processions . |
| 3 | " I am simply making conversation while I decide whether to risk my job by telling you things that I certainly ought not to tell you . " |
| 4 | I 'm just making excuses . |
| 5 | I was just making conversation , ’ she answered with dignity ; and he tried to look chastened . |
| 6 | ROS : I was just making conversation . |
| 7 | I was just making supper when that stupid eunuch came along making a great commotion . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I was only making conversation . |
| 9 | ‘ You are just making excuses , ’ complained Anne , recognizing Joan 's reluctance to gate-crash on royal celebrations . |
| 10 | ‘ Mr Beckenham , you are really making matters very difficult . ’ |
| 11 | I hope you feel that you are really making progress . |
| 12 | However , while you are still making samples why not experiment with alternating crossovers ? |
| 13 | So you are merely making life more difficult for yourself if you neglect the recruitment and selection process . |
| 14 | you , if you put yourself in the position of a burglar , and y you 're already , you 've done it , you 're already making choices . |
| 15 | Right now , you 're probably making guesses of your own and , listen , I 'm not giving you any help with those . |
| 16 | But there 's a lot of incidents that I do that I just go out , clear it up and I do n't even report a lot of them because you 're only making paperwork for yourself . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're deliberately making things easy for us . |
| 18 | I says , she were just making arrangements to come to your house depending |
| 19 | Yet by doing so she was also making difficulties for herself . |
| 20 | We are also making investments to improve the quality of our fuels . |
| 21 | Manager Benne Johannsen said : ‘ We are already making travel arrangements for Belfast . |
| 22 | Manager Benne Johannsen said : ‘ We are already making travel arrangements for Belfast . |
| 23 | Wendy was so furious at the demand by the bank , whose motto is ‘ We are here to make life easier ’ , that she stormed out of the branch in Eastwood , Notts . |
| 24 | A Tyne Tees spokesman said : ‘ We are currently making inquiries concerning candidates for a number of seats . |
| 25 | Now we are really making progress ! |
| 26 | Yes , well then we 're also making provision for disaster funds coming up , emergency funds . |
| 27 | And even though we 're finally making strides at the secondary education stage , says Ward , the fact remains that 40 per cent of tomorrow 's talent still leaves school at 16 against just 4 per cent in Japan and 10 per cent in Germany , France and America . |
| 28 | If we pay him at time and three quarters which is the most we can pay him , we 're still making point six of a er on top of that . |
| 29 | ‘ Except that we ca n't spend every minute of the time we 're together making love , can we ? |
| 30 | Less generous names suggested were Wiping the Slate Clean , and We 're Only Making Holds for Nigel . |