Example sentences of "[coord] [be] make a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being disenchanted with life , they may resent those who are contentedly coping with things as best they can and are making a good job of it . |
| 2 | The visitors were engineers from the in Japan and were making a fleeting tour of maltings around the UK . |
| 3 | We discovered that some had already found their way through our boots and were making a tasty meal out of our feet . |
| 4 | At 1325 hours , when about 40 nautical miles from Goose Bay , the crew of the aircraft were advised that they were very short on fuel and were making a rapid descent for straight-in approach to runway 27 . |
| 5 | On the same site , the air to water scrubber is a successful first stage in the planned control of odour emissions and is making a noticeable impact . |
| 6 | As on previous courses any Qualified Teacher wishing to attend for a day is very welcome to do so ( £10 per day ) , and is making a new list of teachers who might like to take up spare places on the Aston Clinton weekends ( £55 ) . |
| 7 | Keith Waugh has managed to make a career in the RAF a family concern — and is making a tremendous success of it . |
| 8 | Larwood refused to apologise for his bowling methods and was made a prime scapegoat of the affair . |
| 9 | John Baring 's father had been from 1882 senior partner in the merchant bank of Baring Brothers , and he himself joined the firm on leaving Cambridge , served his apprenticeship as a clerk , travelled widely in North and South America , and was made a full partner early in 1890 . |
| 10 | HE HAD just flown the Atlantic and was making a three-hour pit stop in New York before catching a connecting flight to Chicago later that evening . |
| 11 | ‘ Lucky for him you came along , ’ he said , almost as if he had recognised the implication , too , and was making a token apology for it . |