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

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1 It was at this point I think Batty came on and it made a f- of a difference .
2 ‘ Powick still had its reputation for cheapness and it made a profit . ’
3 And it made a change to be told before and not after the job that a cow was a kicker .
4 His prestige stood high , and it made a sensation when he denounced the CPP for corruption and waste .
5 I made a face at my face and it made a face back at me .
6 It was going very fast and it made a lot of noise .
7 Asparagus is extremely difficult to eat without front teeth , because it means pulling the things through the side molars and it makes a mess of the lipstick .
8 ‘ I 've got mates there , the beer 's good and it makes a change . ’
9 If you get it right , the cricket ball will travel two hundred yards in four seconds , and all you 've done is give it a knock like knocking the top off a bottle of stout , and it makes a noise like a trout taking a fly …
10 She 's alright yeah , well I , I bought her a book but it 's one of these , it 's like a talking book a Disney one , it 's got like a keyboard down the side and you press certain pads and it makes a noise and I thought oh rather than just getting an ordinary book , I thought that would be quite good
11 It 's lighter , it 's springier , it 's livelier and it makes a lot less fuss about the whole business .
12 Now that 's the normal way we think about things , and it makes a lot of sense .
13 ‘ Jeffrey and I go back an awful long way , and it makes a lot of sense for him to be published by us on both sides of the Atlantic , ’ Mr Bell commented .
14 The race is good fun and it makes a lot of money for charity .
15 And it becomes number one , and it makes a lot of money for everybody and it makes everybody hum and it makes everybody toe tap
16 The core of weekday daytime programming is the ‘ playlist ’ , which has three major uses for Radio I : it provides an overall sound or ‘ station feel ’ ; it is an effective way to monitor how often the most popular records are played ; and it makes a group responsibility out of a decision which may have far-reaching effects for individual musicians and the music industry .
17 Ruth never felt that she was good at it , but it made a change , and she enjoyed listening to her mistress 's accounts of her days .
18 This proved nothing in itself , but it made a mockery of the Commission 's repeated claims to be particularly scientific in its approach .
19 It would n't have made any difference to my daughter 's well being , but it made a hell of a difference to her erm her social standing .
20 Fortunately it did n't go off , but it made a hell of a mess , and I came down in a shell-hole just outside our wire . ’
21 " I do n't suppose so , " said Clara , " but it makes a qualification , does n't it ? "
22 Karnataka 's aluminium smelter may make little sense to an energy planner , but it makes a lot of sense to the politically powerful elite that reap the profits , small though they may be , from the production of aluminium .
23 It 's hard to explain but it makes a lot of sense . ’
24 I think it fails but it makes a point .
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