Example sentences of "and [pron] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boycott led the way with 86 and everyone made a contribution of sorts , but soon after lunch on the final day they were 290 for 6 and defeat was still possible . |
| 2 | But by August 1958 both sides realized that world opinion was turning against them , partly as a result of the scientists ' warnings , partly out of revulsion and fear , partly because nuclear disarmament had begun to be a popular political issue — and nothing makes a politician have second thoughts faster than the awareness that he might be losing votes . |
| 3 | Seven-year-old Michael had written in his diary , ‘ On Saturday I helped my mum bake a cake and I made a dress for my doll ’ . |
| 4 | Friday ran back to my house to get all the guns , and the captain and I made a plan . |
| 5 | Jason and I made a pact that we would n't discuss hairdressing at home unless we had to and we think that is even more important now that we have the baby . |
| 6 | The magazine folded and we all got drunk on Bulgarian wine and I made a speech about going out to penetrate the government and cut the arteries of the police state right at its heart — you need Bulgarian wine to say things like that it makes me faint to think of it now . |
| 7 | alright just shut up a minute , I 'm talking to ya , so she said afterwards oh I says that was good were n't it could n't even switch the machine on and she said it does n't matter does it , she said it 's not what happens its the way you deal with it , and I made a joke of it and I said to him oh this is good i n't it ? relax you 're in safe hands I ca n't even switch the machine on , but anyway I did it in the end and he was alright , and he said thank you very much , that was , you were very good , you were very kind , cos it is frightening and one thing I said to him do n't hold your breath , because people think when their having an E C G they 've got ta hold their breath for some reason , just lie there take a deep breath and do n't breathe again but you 've never had one so you would n't no , I 'm just going to mix this up |
| 8 | Erm I brought in the old flurry tape , I 've I 've taped I taped our when you 've read my play for me , I erm I taped it and I made a copy for Dave I you know , erm Cybil makes a good effort in that so eventually I 'll lend you the tape . |
| 9 | Tremayne vaguely suggested coffee , and I made a mug of instant for us each . |
| 10 | After school the following afternoon , Alf Norris and I made a beeline to see the damage . |
| 11 | He had landed a contract as pleased as Punch , and I made a feast for his friends . |
| 12 | Sure enough , Lewis Luther , or whoever , turned up in full Airborne rig — I was pretty sure it was the same bike and I made a note of its number this time — and they did the business as they had at Holborn . |
| 13 | ‘ The bit about Pooh Bear , and I made a sound like Eeyore and everybody laughed … |
| 14 | And I made a garage . |
| 15 | It 's a spectacular scene and I make a point of leaving my dictation and watching through the curtains each evening . |
| 16 | And I make a place for myself where I can watch them both out of the corner of my eye while I read . |
| 17 | We wo n't go into that because I 've got it and I make a joke . |
| 18 | And look this grate here 's the same thing now as it was in nineteen O eight and I make a fire in it everyday but I have n't made it today . |
| 19 | The reason it 's come out in this way is that you had the debate on the er original proposals for this extra money which did n't go as was recommended er and you made a decision on that and then later in the agenda , and I ca n't find the , the exact point now but you had a discussion and a suggestion was made and agreed that if there was any money left over investigations should be made and that the surveyor should give erm consideration Madam Chairman to using any of that , perhaps for a camera , and that was agreed , and it is noted somewhere , and that 's what Mr has done . |
| 20 | Well we could set , like you say and no you know , and get it going and you make a salary |
| 21 | Of course , if we put too low a price on the asset we are selling , perhaps because we want large queues of buyers for this asset so we can claim how popular it is , we make a loss on the sale and you make a profit . |
| 22 | Well you mix up er you mix up some colours , black and er and black and wh i stuff Bismarck brown which Mix them together and you make a colour to match up the rest and maybe bring in darker streaks and make a pat You know what I mean ? |
| 23 | If you get into a roundabout and you m and you make a mistake , what 's the best thing to do ? |
| 24 | and you do n't , you do n't and you make a mistake |
| 25 | I think if we go through and have a look at these other ones that Jenny has done and you make a decision at that point as to whether . |
| 26 | And you make a fifteen-piastre profit on each one , do n't you ? |
| 27 | If you do n't see him , you 've got to make all your points religiously until you see him , and having found him , he makes a note in his diary , and you make a note in yours and you 're away . |
| 28 | SERAFIN : And you make a gesture which the tape-recorder wo n't pick up , but which suggests , I imagine , impatience with pedantic nitpicking . |
| 29 | Terrible ! and you make a heaps of the field and then that 's the first handling , and then these heaps had to be loaded on to a trailer and then they were all dumped in a big heap at the bottom of the drive , and then we wait till there was a truck for each Stow station and load it all up again , and do you know there 's those forks with big Cumberland Cross on the end , and we 'd load those up , take them to Stow station , and unload it into the waggon . |
| 30 | While his loyalism gave him urban working-class support , it was the rural Protestants who were most receptive to his evangelical emphases and who made a seat like Bannside obviously attractive . |