Example sentences of "and make [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The trick here is to know what you want to say and make sure that you say it .
2 I 'll phone up and make sure they are all right .
3 She would have to go and make sure that everything was all right — and that meant goodbye to walking home along the sands .
4 All we can do is try and make sure we 've assessed the risks correctly . ’
5 ‘ Our aim is to go there and make sure United stay at the bottom of the Premier League .
6 Third : sign the biggest , nastiest , quickest fast bowler you can find and make sure he 's good for a full season and wo n't go missing half the time . ’
7 Erm I think what we have to do in particular as , as , as full time officers is , is probably try and er and erm chase things up although they they 're within the realms of the respo the respective LEC 's but to try and make sure that they do get some clearer , if not confirmed , insight into re in relation to the contribution aspect .
8 " I think I 'll come round and make sure you 're all right , " he said suddenly .
9 Now if anybody 's finished and is wondering what to do check through and make sure everything is up to date .
10 We just have to rebuild and make sure that it can never happen again . ’
11 And she 'd be sitting on the edge of her chair with a smile stitched to her face as she willed the rest of the party to get a move-on so she could go and make sure Camille was home and safe .
12 If you are eligible for financial help , we will tell you how much we will pay and make sure you know how much you will pay , before you move .
13 I can phone through and make sure that there 'll be enough groceries to last through till Monday . ’
14 If we are to meet our business objectives , we all have a responsibility to communicate well and make sure our communications are open , honest , effective and can be easily understood .
15 I 'll wait here and make sure it 's all ready for when you get back . ’
16 ‘ No , I 'll wait and make sure everything 's ready for when they get back . ’
17 Our task is to try and make sure that two and two come out at five and the members get a better deal from the new union than they got from either of the amalgamating unions .
18 We need to try and make sure from the grass roots level up , we have involvement .
19 If the attack went wrong the assailant stood a good chance of not being identified and if it was apparently successful it would be safe to come down and make sure .
20 Remember to stop and make sure you are well balanced before letting go of the zimmer frame .
21 So , the object of that part of the project is to try and address that issue , to try and make sure that N V Ss build up their links with environmental groups .
22 And now if with your wish we can certainly go ahead and make sure it is in tip top condition .
23 We 'll just have to try and make sure they do n't meet . ’
24 ‘ I think she 'll come round in ten to fifteen minutes and I 'd like to wait and make sure , ’ she said .
25 So we have to do what we can to try and make sure it survives .
26 Two teams of computer specialists are now at work , one to try and make sure the department 's existing system can cope , the second to have a new computer system at work from 1 January next year .
27 And then when they get bigger you give them more and more freedom to do just what they want to do and all you do is watch carefully and make sure they 're not doing anything obviously , outrageously daft but you let them find themselves and if there are problems they bring their problems to you and you sit down and you quietly talk about it , there 's not shouting , no I say you 've got to do this because I am your parent !
28 And I think the way we did it we marked down the three shops we wanted to do and make sure you do those three shops .
29 Well I hope she 'll be interested enough to , but , not really before she 's six , cos I asked him last couple of times ago , he said , what sort of age , cos obviously the size of the hands comes into it , they ca n't do too much , but he said he would n't consider before six and you ough t 'a have to take the parents into consideration , of a child that age you got ta have a parent who 's prepared to sit there and make sure the child does what he 's set them to do , because , oh Amy , you not getting any out of that .
30 and speak to Geoff there , I thought well I 'll go and make sure
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