Example sentences of "be making [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sally-Anne did not know of this conversation , of course , and by the next day she was her usual bouncing , energetic self , and it being Monday not only was it wash-day — oh , dear — but summer cleaning also began again , with everything being put back , and the whole place was shining and sweet-smelling , so that , Wednesday having come round , McAllister had sunk down into Dr Neil 's big armchair with a great , ‘ Phew , I 'm glad that 's all over ! ’ amusing Matey , whose soft spot for the girl who seemed to be making Dr Neil more reconciled to his lot grew greater every day . |
| 2 | Yet I seemed at the time to be thinking rationally , to be making common-sense plans . |
| 3 | CELLULOID RECORDS was one of those insanely annoying New York labels where everyone seemed to be making records based on weird theories and somehow all the records were great . |
| 4 | As well as being aesthetically pleasing , trees absorb carbon dioxide which is thought to be making holes in the ozone layer . |
| 5 | It would certainly damage the apostle 's prophecy of future judgment of the world by God if he were found to be making reference to events which were only myth and legend . |
| 6 | Oh , I think I should be making things for Jamie when she comes |
| 7 | well , they would n't be making curtains , I do n't think they could |
| 8 | But Mr Milburn warned that the Government would not be making resources available on a continuous basis to cut waiting lists . |
| 9 | We shall be making music . |
| 10 | Most felt that the most important thing was to be making art , and making it on their own terms . |
| 11 | The Commission wants to avoid unjustified double taxation of boats , and will be making proposals accordingly . |
| 12 | That is why in due course we shall be making proposals to do just that . |
| 13 | They seemed to be making women into honorary men . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , ’ one of the philanthropists chipped in , ‘ but you 'll be making money out of it , ’ to which his response was the chilling , ‘ Yes , well ? ’ |
| 15 | It will be making money soon , he says . |
| 16 | PRISON staff are carrying out a full investigation after it was revealed that former London gangland killer Reggie Kray could be making money from an 0898-style telephone line . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , it must be making money for somebody ; maybe you were n't able to invest enough . |
| 18 | Yet they do appear to be making money . |
| 19 | yeah and they can sell duds and they 're , you know , they 're not missing out , they 'll be making money and it can kill you , and it can kill you even if , you know , you can take the real Ecstasy and it can but supposedly what 's good about Ecstasy is that it 's a designer drug and it gets you on a really good high and you know you dance a lot and you |
| 20 | Moreover , economic factors , such as the ‘ blind alley ’ , seemed to be making matters worse . |
| 21 | I would have thought you 'd be making pie today . |
| 22 | Other people will be making changes today , you may feel put out that you have not been consulted , however it will pay off if you curb your famous temper . |
| 23 | Other people will be making changes today , and you may feel out feel put out if you have not been consulted well that should be your stars . |
| 24 | and that 's what I 'm gon na be aiming to do , if it , if I break even in two years I 'd be happy cos I 've made money back and then I 'll be making profit after that , and you wo n't make it back in the first year , no way |
| 25 | Beside it our hero would be making notes — a gentleman astronomer like that gentleman chemist , Sherlock Holmes . |
| 26 | During our discussions with the client I 'll be making notes can the situation but one foot in your own regarding your own future plans . |
| 27 | Party leaders will be making efforts to ensure that Mr Lawson is not openly attacked at the conference . |
| 28 | The ‘ something ’ , after much thought , turned out to be making contact with ‘ moderate ’ Iranians and selling them arms in concert with Israel . |
| 29 | We 'll be making contact with Ravenscraig and Shotton in North Wales . |
| 30 | Because when I was thinking about trying to talking to you today , I thought although we 've worked quite a lot with people along this group , you might be sitting here and thinking well you do n't seem to be doing any specific work for and with old people erm , well I think your quite independent and can work out your right that , but one of the things this front line review erm it erm , it 's considering Council front line services under various headings , one of which is Retired Services that the Council provide as a group , now the leader of the Council wants to erm , get public views on how we look at these services , so , and that 's , that 's individuals and groups and one of the things that you might like to think about and I 'm that we as a local government unit who are servicing this review can help you with , is to consider how you might want to fee in for that review , erm and , and consider this , that the re-services for retired people , that the Council provides that you use and basically whether you use that , or service , we want to hear that , the Council would need to know that cos were gon na be making decisions about whether or not they should continue in this front line review erm , and erm , you know , or what things you would , what , what are your questions on about those services , what other things you would like to see provided , things like that and I thing this group could quite easily make a collective representation , a collective submission to that process then you could do it as individual 's as well , so that , that exercise it , it should be over by the eleventh of October it starts on the sixth of September . |