Example sentences of "[pers pn] make [det] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Had any of them made any approaches to her ?
2 None of them made any concessions to the local Muslim culture .
3 Shall I make another pot of tea .
4 Mr Y wrote me a note , ‘ would I make some notes on her , there is a possibility of her going into the unit ’ ( withdrawal unit for disruptive pupils ) .
5 Can I make some comment about the meeting because something arise from that meeting which was in er important information for me , namely that the diocese are anticipating that will remain to look after , I gather .
6 And did n't I make some sort of arrangement to meet somebody ?
7 Yes , stool making , you know I 've got a stool here , I made that stool over there ages ago for me daughter-in-law and this one I can not get it right I 've , I 've , it 's , it 's , I 'm trying I 've got to undo it again there , it 's not right , I think it is because the cord 's too thick , it 's a very thick cord and I 've not got enough stitches you know not enough strands on it , but I 'm gon na do it , it 'll be done before Christmas I 've got to do it otherwise
8 Then the mesh , she told Sally the next time she saw her , I 'm sorry I made that mistake about you having a sister she said to Sally , I 've written to tell mother you 've said you have n't one she must of been mistaken what your mother said .
9 ‘ Actually , I did n't think I made much impression on her .
10 In the years that followed I made many flights with those ‘ intrepid bush pilots ’ and watched the development of aviation in Canada .
11 I made many friends among them .
12 Of course , I made many mistakes in my new life as King .
13 I made many speeches during the passage of that legislation .
14 ‘ Then last night I made this promise to him .
15 And then I , and I made this bit of a faux pas , I says , oh you must have got a very good rate , cos I knew she 'd been retired years and years , you see .
16 I made this ascent on a lowering afternoon that turned thundery , and I stood only momentarily I will admit on the bridge , as the storms brewed noisily up in the mountains all around and the lightning began .
17 I made this arrangement with Señor Parnham .
18 Nevertheless , I do not believe for one moment — I made this point on enough occasions to the hon. Member for Antrim , East ( Mr. Beggs ) — that , if we had not given potential investors the opportunity to buy a power station that could be converted to gas , there would have been much hope of bringing a gas pipeline to Northern Ireland .
19 Ye yes it it does , and I think I made this point in erm in my evidence that it lies at the extreme erm southeastern corner of the paddock erm and if if , This is making an assumption .
20 Naturally , when I made this suggestion to St John and his sisters , they protested strongly , and it was with great difficulty that I finally managed to convince them of my firm intention to carry out this plan .
21 There was , of course , a great deal of fun as well , and I made some contribution to the musical life of INSEAD by setting up an 11-piece band which played at the summer ball amongst other events .
22 In addition to conducting this particular case study I made some visits to another school ( which I have called ‘ Southend ’ ) in the same LEA which had gone through an identical appraisal exercise a year earlier .
23 I made some comm-calls to contacts on planets here and there , pretending to some that I was looking for commissions , to others that I was in different parts of the galaxy transporting things for different people .
24 Never having been one to look an unguarded telephone in the mouth , I made another call to the number on the Exhilarator brochure I 'd taken from Salome 's case .
25 As I made these suggestions to her , I was continually reminding her that she was feeling very relaxed and comfortable and that she was in complete control of the situation and need do nothing ( even in her imagination ) that she did not choose to .
26 I made those notes in crude capital letters .
27 I made several speeches in the Lords propounding my belief that the Biafran side should have had our support , and I still believe we would have been very much better off had that ensued .
28 But I always wanted to travel , and so I made several voyages as a ship 's doctor .
29 I make that suggestion for this reason .
30 I make that point with proper sensitivity .
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