Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] to make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Bovet won the prize it was noted that he had never taken out a patent in his own name or sought to make a penny from the commercial expoitation of his research . |
| 2 | Really , I moved into a building site and tried to make a life while work was in progress ! |
| 3 | The prison chaplain came to me in my cell and tried to make a bargain with me . |
| 4 | The Chancellor , Kenneth Clarke , declared in his Mansion House speech that he ‘ should like to be remembered as a Chancellor who helped British industry and British commerce through another difficult period and helped to make a difference to the wealth creating capacity of the nation . ’ |
| 5 | She spent four days with her husband over Christmas and vowed to make a go of their marriage , denying she was involved with Gilbey , 36 . |
| 6 | Cramer ran out to his car , took the handset from the dashboard and began to make a series of frantic calls as the car rolled . |
| 7 | She drew a notebook out of her bag , and began to make a list . |
| 8 | She ran to it , scooped up handfuls of loose earth and began to make a barrier of it between the edge of the fire and the hayfield . |
| 9 | Feeling out of place , Cameron laid his rope on the ground , bundled a mass of hay onto it , and began to make a slip-knot round it . |
| 10 | Maximilian drew out a plastic notebook from underwater with his left hand and started to make a note in it with his right , using a gadget pencil with his name on it in gold . |
| 11 | A bird that thought so and decided to make a meal of it would quickly die . |
| 12 | They played a concert in Lancaster and managed to make a profit on a £40 fee , after playing for van hire and petrol . |
| 13 | In those days the fieldworker retained his status as a privileged stranger and proceeded to make a catalogue of ancient manners and customs much as if he were a policeman investigating a crime . |
| 14 | He waited while Father Barnes unlocked the front door , then followed him in and offered to make a cup of tea , the British specific against disaster , grief and shock . |
| 15 | But it was rumoured that the Palace was enchanted by what it had heard of the planned event and wished to make a non-committal gesture of support while not embroiling itself in politics . |
| 16 | I had staked a lot on coming to Ghana and wanted to make a contribution . |
| 17 | ‘ conspired amongst themselves and others to defraud the plaintiffs , and with intent to injure the plaintiffs , by a scheme for extracting moneys from the plaintiffs by way of inflated valuations and percentage fees and commission payments based upon such inflated valuations and by otherwise exposing the plaintiffs to liabilities , and calculated to make a profit for themselves … and/or companies in which the same were interested … by false representations , including forged and/or fraudulently altered and/or concealed loan application documentation by [ the third defendant ] . |
| 18 | He saw the body in functionalist terms , but failed to make a distinction between the different functions of the male and female bodies . |
| 19 | She found the sheer sophistication of Constance 's answer staggering , but managed to make a joke of it to Louise . |
| 20 | Mr Armstrong said there had been a similar incident last year when Mr Bowler had been stabbed but refused to make a statement to the police . |