Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] make [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " In the circumstances I felt that you would prefer me to make some money . " |
| 2 | ‘ Actually , I did n't think I made much impression on her . |
| 3 | However , his relations with his tenants were never happy , because while Lowther believed his town and harbour should be developed largely at the expense of the inhabitants , with modest financial encouragement from himself , he could never bring himself to make those concessions of self-government which might have persuaded his tenants to co-operate . |
| 4 | Mitchell is also an ‘ old soldier ’ at this game but I do n't expect him to make any headlines . |
| 5 | Let's be fair , now ; I do n't expect it makes much difference to Mrs Morgan , or her cat , " Mr Smith said , and a small smile played over his lips as he glanced at Dan Ashton , who grunted and looked down at his feet while Smith continued , " whether you were joking or in deadly seriousness . " |
| 6 | ‘ Would you like me to make some enquiries ? ’ |
| 7 | While I 'm seeing him , by the way , I 'd like you to make some enquiries in the village . |
| 8 | I could n't see us making another LP together , the tie would be broken . |
| 9 | How can you stop them making these things up ? |
| 10 | He does n't suppose he makes much sense to her , but it 's nice she listens . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think it made any difference to my career or Peter 's , ’ says Finney . |
| 12 | " I do n't think it makes much difference where we do a bit of scratching , " he said . |
| 13 | But , I do n't think it makes any profit , but , you know , profit . |
| 14 | Do n't you think it makes any impact ? |
| 15 | I , I , I take all the planning and what the officer is saying , but I mean do n't you think it makes more sense from our point of view than we realize . |
| 16 | Our modern parental investment individualistic view would n't allow you to make that error , instead you 'd say you know you 've got ta look at the costs and benefits of the mother too and perhaps there are benefits to mothers in actively testing as it were their offspring , erm rather than just passively er accepting that they 're gon na have to be mothers and gon na have to get on with it and again you see , er I would er and this may have been the big mistake I made last year , er but again I stand by my er view on this and it 's a perfectly defensible one , erm again I think those who say that abortion is unnatural and kind of erm offends against er you know nature , are wrong . |
| 17 | And my employers Fitch ( Groupe Bull , Southern Electricity ) lost more sleep over whether the colours in our new letterhead would allow it to make any sense coming off a client 's monochrome fax machine than they ever did about the evocation of caring values . |
| 18 | This would allow us to make any changes we felt were appropriate and would highlight any unforeseen problems . |
| 19 | Audrey can I can I just ask you to make this point about this . |
| 20 | GUIL : I think we can say we made some headway . |
| 21 | Shall I ask her to make another appointment . ’ |