Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun] make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not part of my plan to make a detour via Chastlecombe , but since you wo n't talk to me on the phone I did n't have much choice . |
| 2 | And as a kid , you live very Technicolour experiences , and it all influences how you live the rest of your life , and so since all that horror , I 've spent the major part of my life making a safe place for myself . |
| 3 | Or did you pretend not to read it because of my invitation to make a real life together ? |
| 4 | The stoicism with which the Masai endured the harsh circumstances of their lives made a deep impression on the British , and the opportunity to share that hard life and thus to display to some extent their own possession of this admirable quality was part of Masailand 's attraction for many Englishmen . |
| 5 | They had trampled down the rye ahead of their line to make a killing ground some sixty yards deep and , judging by the sound of their musketry , the Dutch-Belgian skirmishers were fighting with a brisk energy . |
| 6 | Before issuing an offer document , the offeror must notify the supervisory authority and the target company of its intention to make a bid . |
| 7 | Perhaps she even got Grandma thinking the same , not realizing that Grandma was a person who needed the near-replica of her childhood to make a background for her life ; and that although she gave , she also received . |
| 8 | She was n't heavy and although I 'm no weight-training freak , I lifted her until her backside was balanced on the tailboard and then it was just a matter of rolling her in to the well of the truck , the back of her head making a satisfying thud as she landed . |
| 9 | She had been irritated by the cook 's refusal of her offer to make a simple white sauce , though Mrs Cranbrook was up to her eyes in work . |
| 10 | Sophie shook the collar of her blouse to make a little breeze , but did n't think of opening the window . |
| 11 | Asil Nadir has been reluctant to return to Britain , partly because he says , media coverage of his case makes a fair trial unlikely . |
| 12 | so this memento of the artist at the height of his powers makes a welcome return to the catalogue , sounding finer still on CD . |
| 13 | The inhabitant of two dimensional space could also refine the use of his measurement to make a quantitive determination of curvature . |
| 14 | ( 11 ) When you 've finished your investigation and your notes on title are complete , it 's useful at the foot of your notes to make a table of the major matters you must commonly consider , and mark them as satisfactory or otherwise . |
| 15 | ‘ You do n't go out of your way to make a series , ’ said Peter Rogers , who produced the entire batch . |
| 16 | For the sake of your health make a determined effort to stop smoking . |
| 17 | If any of our players make a mistake then Wigan will make us pay for it . |