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

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1 He wondered how many people in all the mental hospitals in the country — or the world " , — come to that — were really fallen Warriors who had either cracked up from the strain of trying to live in this hell-hole , or simply made the wrong choice and thought that the test was just seeing through the whole thing and then having the courage to stand out and make that challenge .
2 I 'll just go and make that coffee
3 There 's a lot we can do , I think , to help the community in a wider sense , and I see that as one of the key elements of my work , to try and make that work .
4 A 200 day tie-up , even when fishermen can take the days when they want , totally ignores the issue of how they are supposed to live and make all that investment worth while .
5 Thirdly , Jesus commissioned his followers to ‘ go and make all nations my disciples ’
6 At present , interest earned in this country by overseas nationals is subject to tax but , if a tax haven state was created in Britain , this liability would disappear and make such deposits more attractive .
7 ‘ Rather silly of me , was n't it , to go and make such a careless mistake ? ’
8 Hemmed in by bicks and shoulders , besieged by people wanting to shake his hand , put questions , or merely to remind him of past meetings , Cameron was struggling to respond and make each person feel attended to .
9 And when the muttered reply , ‘ He 's … he 's gone on a trip to try and make some money so we could … could get married , ’ came from her shoulder , she pushed Jessie upwards , saying , ‘ Oh my God ! ’
10 Sometimes I will have abandoned a painting , got really tired of it and feel it 's not getting anywhere , and you will come and make some remark that makes me look at it again and think : oh yes , I could just pull that one together .
11 The task of the social scientist is to try and make some sense of any observable patterns and the motivations , whether unspoken or not , behind them .
12 " I 'll go and make some tea for us , " said Miranda in a small voice .
13 ‘ I 'll try and make some time .
14 I 'll go and make some enquiries . ’
15 Oh , yeah let me go and make some drinks then , oh dear little man
16 So so we know roughly going up to get and make some stars and he 's going to put chains and like all round these stars .
17 ‘ I really want someone to come along with an order so I can get on and make half a dozen . ’
18 I I think erm a a as you 've kindly called me er I think I will try and make this debate a little more lively erm but I 'm not sure about being controversial er because here I was last week , I was making a speech about the significance of er the deregulation of contracting out bill and er I said then that the bill is so important because it is the first major attempt by government to slay the red tape dragon .
19 Yes , but I do n't think we should try and make this happen .
20 But I think possibly what I might do is try and make this grape vine one the first one where we actually do do it properly .
21 ‘ How dare you stand there and make these sweeping statements ?
22 I do n't think we ought to go out and make any panic buys .
23 If you wanted to you could work a few more rows of stocking stitch and just put in a single row of holes again , but for our practise piece it is better to carry on and make more holes .
24 Will she try and make more of this than it was ?
25 He 'd come back and make another excuse to keep me hanging around .
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