Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] make [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's obviously going to make a difference to you , ’ he commented : ‘ Well , it 's marvellous to have a lot of support ’ . |
| 2 | A hole in the mattress yielded enough stuffing to make a pillow , and Sarah lined the bottom of the box with it . |
| 3 | It was bad enough having to make a detour around Page Street without . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm just going to make a phone call , all right ? ’ |
| 5 | I was just going to make a cup of tea , and now the lecky 's gone . ’ |
| 6 | Among their reasons for submitting was a fear that outlawry would lead to the destruction of the church ; in February the king was already threatening to make the outlawry permanent , and in March even the archbishop had his horses seized by royal officers while he was en route from Maidstone to London . |
| 7 | One man who spoke about already having made the decision to only have safer sex was ridiculed by some of the others . |
| 8 | He was desperately trying to make a connection . |
| 9 | I 'm just trying to make a banana cake . |
| 10 | ‘ It is an absolute red herring and they are just trying to make a mountain out of a molehill ’ — NEIL GRAY ( All Black manager in Australia ) after his team had been accused of excessively tough tactics in beating New South Wales ( 41–9 ) . |
| 11 | If they ask me Sir , they 're just trying to make a monkey out of you . |
| 12 | I know now he was just trying to make a sale and did n't have my size in stock , but since he was wearing a fleecy top and tracksuit trousers I believed him , and bought these huge leather edifices that a young married couple could quite comfortably live in and bring up a family . |
| 13 | just trying to make a point . ’ |
| 14 | to cover a wee bit of ground here , I 'm just trying to make a point to you about how many closes you 're probably not aware for the minute , these are only a few of them , right , similar situation close , right , lost sale close , right the did n't I cover that close |
| 15 | In other words , in the time it takes for one murder on the crime clock , six workers have died ‘ just trying to make a living ’ ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not just trying to make the final . |
| 17 | We are still attempting to persuade people that the figures they have been given or have invented are wrong and if we operate on the real figures there is no reason for mass closures of elderly persons homes and we are still attempting to make the refurbishment programme work as best we can to achieve the most we can in the shortest period and for the least money . |
| 18 | My first thought was that I was 320 duck-jumps behind and if I was ever going to make the state of shai-hai I would probably have to spend a whole weekend duck-jumping . |
| 19 | I saw that you must not only address the real needs of people but need to be genuinely open to new approaches and styles of work if you are ever going to make the rhetoric of involving communities in the planning and assessment of programmes a reality , or ensure active participation in health sector organizations . |
| 20 | But the 29-year-old is still waiting to make the breakthrough . |
| 21 | Now both men regretted ever having made the decision . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , some people say he died in the town , always trying to make a broom that would last ; others say he just gave up and wasted away , others that he got somebody else to make the brooms and found somebody to provide better twigs , and got people to sell the brooms in other towns and cities , and hired more people to make more brooms , and built a broom-making factory , and made lots of money and had a splendid house made … |
| 23 | Mark Bright joined the Palace from Leicester City in November 1986 in a £75,000 deal and it was the goals from this cultured striker , along with those from partner Ian Wright , which took the Palace back to the 1st Division in 1989 , while also helping to make the twosome Palace 's top scorers in the League 's higher divisions , as well as one of the most prolific striking partnerships in the country at that time . |
| 24 | I had been thinking of having a War shortly , maybe in the next week or so , but with Eric probably going to make an appearance I had decided against it . |
| 25 | ‘ But Oliver , ’ I said , trying to make some sense of the story , and also trying to make a bit of a joke of it at the same time , ‘ Is n't it traditional to give flowers to a girl when you arrive rather than after you 've left ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ God , I 'm really going to make a resolution about no beer for lunch , ’ he said . |
| 27 | He says he 's really going to make a killing ! — It 's beautiful ! ’ |
| 28 | If it ever gets them , it will probably be thanks to the Geographic Targeting Taskforce , a local activists ' group that is now beginning to make an impact on the area . |
| 29 | Brady blames a £200m ‘ black hole ’ for the crisis now threatening to make a mockery of the council 's housing plans . |
| 30 | LIFESPAN assumes that the parent of a user is the person to whom information is to be sent if the user is in some way deficient in the activities to be undertaken ; e.g. failing to make a DC assessment . |