Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] make [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Rather I make short jabbing strokes like the pecking of a chicken .
2 Rather I make short jabbing strokes like the pecking of a chicken .
3 So we made this room into a chapel again .
4 Lancaster meanwhile was encamped near Bedford , and seeing his support ebb away he made another offer of submission .
5 Thus it makes little sense to refer to ‘ immigrant ’ communities ; what we now have are minority black British communities , that have already made a very substantial contribution to the growth and prosperity of the British economy .
6 Hopefully I have improved in that regard and perhaps also I make better assessment of what is on .
7 Later it made economic sense to plan for the vehicle to carry things which had been given free in England but which were too heavy for me to manage for the whole way .
8 Now I make enough money to pay others to help at home and queue for me .
9 Therefore m g /m i has the same value for all materials , and by choosing units appropriately we make this ratio equal to unity .
10 Oh well it makes this house tidy and junky !
11 Surely it makes more sense to have a lottery that would benefit the NHS .
12 Yes and then I made that call .
13 And sometimes we make that mistake as though speaking in tongues was the Holy Spirit .
14 Unfortunately they make admirable firewood , and vast numbers have been destroyed deliberately or by accident .
15 Initially they make respectful small-talk about him , but their comments grow increasingly resentful as it becomes apparent he will not show up .
16 If a group anticipates no response at all , a blunt refusal , or even an attack upon its very integrity , then it makes good sense to keep its political head down below the level of activity .
17 Then he made this behaviour steadily more difficult for his birds by challenging them with blasts of air , or baths filled with water , or by making them push past weighted doors .
18 Obviously if the whole of the surplus-value is consumed unproductively it makes little difference how it is consumed , either as necessaries or as luxuries .
19 The discussion of the gentile constitution and of the confederacy are however , intended by Marx and Engels as a preliminary to their theory of the origin of the State , and for this again they made much use of Morgan 's work .
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