Example sentences of "[v-ing] make a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been dying to make a good ginger pudding for years ! |
| 2 | A definition of that sort might allow the person addressed to take into account the fact that the person making the utterance was seeking to make a serious point , or engage him in reasoned discussion , or was acting unintentionally . |
| 3 | There 's a danger when you 're inexperienced of wanting to make a visible mark just in case people do n't notice you . |
| 4 | Anyone wanting to make a successful career as a professional musician must have an eternal sense of optimism tinged with gilt-edged charm and a business sense which would put Richard Branson in the shade . |
| 5 | It is hard for those wanting to make a fresh start , maintain good health and stay off drugs . |
| 6 | With the Gunners looking to make a rapid movement up the Premier League , Graham added : ‘ I would like to be higher in the table and now it 's time to put things right . |
| 7 | It had been all very well announcing that he was going to make a privateering cruise , but the preparations for it and the difficulties in getting a crew together had been enormous . |
| 8 | Swindon having been beaten in the League Cup recently by Bicester , erm looked as though they were going to make a real match of it today when they scored in the eleventh minute . |
| 9 | The question in Hunt 's mind , when I saw him at the beginning of the 1976 season , was whether changing teams and style was going to make a substantial difference in his way of life : in his informality , his private life , his sense of his own personal liberty . |
| 10 | The London middleweight Rod Douglas , who has been in hospital since being beaten by the British champion Herol Graham two weeks ago , is expected to leave hospital ‘ in a week or so ’ , according to his manager Mickey Duff , who said last night : ‘ He is going to make a complete recovery . |
| 11 | ‘ You do n't think he 's going to make a terrible fool of himself , do you , Bob ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ This is going to make a frightful mess of my suit , ’ he said to Leila with another dazzling smile . |
| 13 | ‘ And suddenly , one night , after Jacqui had gone to bed , Marius suddenly said he was going to make a new will , and there was someone on holiday down there who was a solicitor — ’ |
| 14 | But I have to say for Shropshire , it means one I think , er , per year , and that 's not going to make a big dent . |
| 15 | ‘ Four clubs have asked me to play next season , and I 'm going to make a big effort to get fit again . |
| 16 | ‘ Paul told me it was all over between us ; that it would never work out and that he and Sonia were going to make a fresh start . |
| 17 | OK , so he was well-built , and he was going to make a tough opponent , but there had to be some chink she could work at . |
| 18 | I was just going to make a quick comment if I may on Oxfam , because I noticed that they 're down for the street collections and for the flag day , now next year 's their fiftieth anniversary , so I think it 's quite appropriate next year , but I do , my own view is , that we will get , we ought to get one comprehensive list of all these organisations , for both the street collections and the flag days , with an indication in the column of whether it 's flag day they 've gone for or a street collection , so that we can identify that sort of situation . |
| 19 | ‘ I just know you 're going to make a huge success . |
| 20 | From the look in her eyes , I was n't going to make a smart remark about that either . |
| 21 | Simply smear on a generous amount over your skin after cleansing to make a revitalising face mask . |
| 22 | During the turn-off , there is time for a reassessment of the height remaining relative to trees and buildings , and a decision has to be made either to continue turning to make a low circuit , or to turn back into wind after using up a little more height ( this is known as an S-turn ) . |
| 23 | Being a European offshore island was beginning to make a greater impact upon British affairs . |
| 24 | The RMCs were seen as perhaps the major vehicle for such provision and it is encouraging that they are beginning to make a substantial contribution by developing a wide range of in-service short courses and workshops , which in some areas are showing signs of laying the foundation for longer qualification-based programmes . |
| 25 | Nothing traumatic happened ; there were just the ordinary ups and downs which would naturally have occurred in the life of a humble family striving to make a reasonable living in a somewhat precarious way . |
| 26 | No politician , whether a great magnate intent on retaining a traditional dominance in his region , a minister of the crown seeking favourable returns for his administration , or a landowner merely wishing to make a good figure in his own county , could manage without access to patronage with which to reward his friends ' loyalty by helping them in their times of need . |
| 27 | Readers wishing to make a similar tray should note that it is not possible to assign values arbitrarily to the sides of the rectangle and ‘ rise ’ of both flaps and expect the resulting outline to be a smooth one . |
| 28 | ( a ) Powers of a single justice A single justice may exercise the jurisdiction of the family proceedings court : ( 1 ) To make the following orders on an ex parte application : ( i ) a prohibited steps or specific issue order ( s10 ) ; ( ii ) an emergency protection order ( s44(1) ) ; ( iii ) a warrant for police assistance in the execution of an emergency protection order ( s48(9) ) ; ( iv ) a recovery order ( s50(1) ) ; ( v ) cancellation of registration or variation of requirement imposed on person providing day care ( s75(1) ) ; ( vi ) a warrant for police assistance to search for children or inspect premises in circumstances specified in s102(6). ( 2 ) To grant leave to commence proceedings : ( i ) to a child wishing to apply for the discharge of a parental responsibility order ( s4(3) ( b ) ) ; ( ii ) to a person not otherwise entitled to apply for contact with a child in care ( s34(1) ( b ) ) ; ( iii ) to anyone wishing to apply for a child assessment order , the substitution of supervision order for a care order or the discharge of a care order , supervision order , or education supervision order within six months of a previous application ( s91(15) ) ; ( iv ) to anyone wishing to make a further application for a contact order under s34 ( contact with a child in care ) within six months of refusal of a previous application ( s91(17) ) ; ( v ) to a child wishing to apply for discharge of an existing custody or access order under the transitional provisions ( Sched 4 , para 11(4) ) . |
| 29 | Ainslie Thin said the Booksellers Association 's Books for Giving made a strong impact in Scotland . |
| 30 | The psychological structure for the talker requires , broadly speaking , two kinds of pretence : ( 1 ) an emotional one of having made a momentous decision and ( 2 ) a fictitious factual background . |