Example sentences of "they make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He , like many others , was to learn the truth of the Talmud that , ‘ our passions are like travellers : at first they make a brief stay ; then they are like guests , who visit often ; and then they turn into tyrants , who hold us in their power . ’ |
| 2 | They make a bowl turning tool rest , and two straight tools rests . |
| 3 | Her actions are unquestionably deedy ; they bear no theoretical burden , unlike Kirillov 's suicide ; they run deeper — while she is on the job — than the paper person in her , and they make a rigid , final opposing of the profane midwife and the God-seeking husband academic and quite inadequate to the novel . |
| 4 | But coloured girls , they make a gang and defend each other or beat others up … |
| 5 | The stunning bell-shaped flowers of the Brazilian or the florist 's gloxinia are often beautifully marked so they make a real splash of vibrant colour in your home . |
| 6 | They make a really versatile choice for summer |
| 7 | Although they make a go of the cinema for a while , by showing desert pictures and pushing up the heat so that they can sell cool refreshments , their only aim is to get back to middle-class life , but with enough money to avoid any more ‘ petty , stupid problems . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ They make a huge margin on a smaller turnover , Andy , out of punters like us . ’ |
| 9 | Added to a simple white sauce , they make a good accompaniment to plain meats such as boiled bacon . |
| 10 | They make a powerful trio . |
| 11 | Jerusalem artichokes , they make a lovely cream soup so long as you do n't mind the flatulence . ’ |
| 12 | Embedded in his initial instructions to Joshua concerning the actions the people are to take on the seventh day we find the clause , ‘ … when they make a long blast with the ram 's horn ’ . |
| 13 | The single Hebrew word translated ‘ when they make a long blast ’ is a common enough verb meaning to ‘ draw ’ or ‘ drag ’ . |
| 14 | They make a good team — Lester a black man who thinks James are the greatest , Norman a white man whose life was changed when he heard James Brown . |
| 15 | Through that system they learn a lot about agriculture and the farm stock as well as technology skills and when they make a farm visit are well prepared for what they are going to see . |
| 16 | It 's only by ignoring them that they make a real effort to survive . |
| 17 | They make a variety of points in laying the charge , but what their complaints come down to , in Mr Jackson 's succint phrase , is : ‘ It 's just too damned soon . ’ |
| 18 | As they do it they make a wish , presumably for children . |
| 19 | They make a good double act in the Treasury team , where she is shadow Chief Secretary . |
| 20 | Oh , yes , they 're very influential ; but they make a lot of mistakes and they do n't come back and correct them later . |
| 21 | They make a clean start in every generation . |
| 22 | They have always been unseemly , since they make a mockery of the moral values they purport to uphold . |
| 23 | They make a variety of short- , medium- , and long-term decisions , each frequently requiring different configurations and quality of information . |
| 24 | Squash is one of these : there is nothing wrong with the game , but very few people warm up well before playing , and so they make a sudden demand on the body which imposes stress on the heart . |
| 25 | The point is that they think differently from us ; and we and they make a great team . |
| 26 | There is no reason why a couple should continue to have sex into old age if they decide together that they do not want to , but it is important that they make a decision rather than lapse into no sex as a result of neglect or unresolved problems . |
| 27 | They make a sudden darting movement at the highest possible speed and then quickly freeze , staying quite still in the undergrowth . |
| 28 | Peter faced them with flint , and now they make a splendid feature , with lots of interesting things at eye level . |
| 29 | They make a permanent and pleasurable addition to ourselves as individuals . |
| 30 | When cooking with the children we want to finish with something eatable , so we are likely to add the liquid carefully ourselves , but we could let children experiment with the play-dough and if they make the first lot too soggy , more flour and salt can be added without much trouble until they make a ‘ workable ’ dough , and there can be plenty of conversation about too much , too little , a little more , a lot more and enough . |