Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] make a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You simply screw the strips to the walls just under the ceiling and just above the skirting or baseboards to make a kind of frame , and use the special tool provided to push the fabric into the frame and secure it in position .
2 I might find a plank in the junk room , or some rope or cable to make a life-line .
3 Just like you , French Louvettes or Jeanettes make a promise , but they call it une Promesse .
4 You and your fiancé simply wander around your chosen stores or shops making a note of the items you want .
5 ‘ If a black man or woman made a film about that it would come out totally different .
6 Many hoteliers , both independents and chain operators , feel they have to charge £50 or £100 to make a profit .
7 too high a concentration of calcium or magnesium makes a peroxide bleach bath too stable .
8 Barretts & Baird made a profit of £180,000 in the year to end-March on a turnover of £117m .
9 The Creative Weaver can be used on your lap or table to make a variety of articles , including cushion covers , mats , rugs , wall hangings , pictures , belts and scarves .
10 So we went back in and things were patched up and Mum made a pot of tea and tried to make amends by promising to do her best to make the wedding the best in the district .
11 In 1955 Khrushchev and Bulganin made a visit to Belgrade in an attempt to secure a reconciliation , and the following year a Soviet-Yugoslav communiqué was signed in Moscow which brought the dispute to an end .
12 Have you received a request from the Department of Trade and Industry to make a statement on the sale of the Export Credits Guarantee Department ?
13 11.7 When an employee has been assaulted in the course of duty , the police must be called unless the manager and employee make a case for this not to be done .
14 The romantic equation of orphan and monster makes a Satanist of this forlorn Dyer : ‘ nor can we but by doing Evil avoid the rage of evil Spirits . ’
15 But it was the possibility of attack from ships which concerned him most ; and he proposed that he and Moray make a survey , by boat , to consider what , if anything , might be done protectively .
16 The hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire made a plea for a comprehensive disability scheme .
17 Tzampa , a mixture of barley flour , tea and yak butter , is added to the flesh and bones to make a paste .
18 Science and cookery make a combination even more suspect .
19 suffered at home and because of all the dirties and scruffies making a fuss they do n't get attended to properly
20 In the third quarter of this year , pharmaceuticals profits fell slightly , specialities broke even and agrochemicals and seeds made a loss ; of the rump ICI activities , industrial chemicals and materials made losses , and profits generated by paints and explosives were down .
21 Everton stayed calm , Keown , Ablett and Jackson made a series of crucial tackles , clearances and interceptions and the visitors weathered the storm .
22 Divine intervention might also have allowed him two straightforward chances ; a top-edged hook off Ambrose when on 22 spiralled to long-leg where Walsh got both hands to it without holding onto it , and at 66 , two balls after the end of his 125- run second wicket partnership with Wessels , he edged Patrick Patterson and Williams made a hash of a regulation catch .
23 Practical matters also reared their head when 15 teams were given three hours and a selection of Meccano , paper cups , cotton reels and other bits and pieces to make a machine that would take a bag of coins all in one go , and dispense them one at a time for sorting .
24 You know , Marilla , I thought you and Matthew made a mistake when you adopted her .
25 They drove out to a delightful restaurant , and Alyssia made a pig of herself .
26 Mary , the author and Edie make a spice cake at Pillsbury Island
27 ‘ There 's this laddie in my year , he canna read or write and the teachers pick on him , except Mr X , he 's good and disnae make a fool o ’ him and helps him wi' forms and things .
28 I ca n't see Mike and Robin making a cake , can you ?
29 A target of 128 should not have been beyond England , but four wickets went down for 15 and it was left to Gower and Botham to make a game of it .
30 It happened with me , when at the age of 18 , I took up pen and paper to make a reply to the readers ' letters column of the Glasgow Evening Times , in answer to a man who supported the rise of Nazism in Germany .
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