Example sentences of "and [pos pn] [noun] make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've had erm on two separate Sundays I 've had volunteers to come and help but and my son-in-law made a silt trap , and the Water Board erm made the sluice gate , because it goes into their stream , and it was part of their responsibility . |
| 2 | The gleaming £50,000 car and its driver made a glossy match . |
| 3 | He was deternined to use the dramatic location and its views to make a powerful memorial rather than to build a lofty edifice that would dominate the skyline . |
| 4 | The poems may almost be considered as examples of literary collaboration , and , though her own attempts at verse were not successful , the originality and freshness of perception in the Journals and her letters make a clear case for assessing her as a ‘ poet ’ in her own right . |
| 5 | Svetlana and her mother made a genuine impression on me because they were the first woman and child to arrive here from Poland . |
| 6 | They flew just above the surface of the water and their wings made a loud wubbering noise like canvas flapping in the wind . |
| 7 | He walked to Hause Point twice a day and apart from that … he wrote one or two letters and delighted her father by franking one of his ; he waited for him to get a full free day so that they could go char fishing ; he declined all invitations and although he was irreproachably welcoming when Mr Skelton and his daughter made a surprise detour on one of their visits up the valley from Lorton to call in at the Fish , Mary thought that she could tell that he was happier to see them depart than he had been to see them arrive . |
| 8 | Fierce Eyes and his mother made a wall of snow around the mound . |
| 9 | Piatakov and his faction made a virtue of necessity . |
| 10 | William Knipe and his partner made a bargain at £24 : 17s. to quarry rock for the houses : they were charged £1 : 19s. : 8d. for powder , and 11/6 for blacksmith 's cost , Abraham Pattinson and William Harrison contracted to build the row for £181 : 6s. a figure which included £4 : 9s. : 6d , for extra walling — 71 sq . |
| 11 | Louis Blom-Cooper and his team made a reasonably promising start yesterday . |
| 12 | Louis Blom-Cooper and his team made a reasonably promising start yesterday . |
| 13 | After Berry returned home to England with his party , Valeri Krishchaty and his team made a second attempt on the North-East ridge from their camp five at around 7,900m. close to the beginning of the pinnacles . |
| 14 | Sergeant Davidson and his colleagues made a thorough search of Ballytreabhair Farm , but all they found that night was the sleeping form of Old Den snoring contentedly in his own bed . |
| 15 | There was no necessary relationship between the real importance of a state and the willingness of its ruler and his representatives to make a fuss over things of this sort . |
| 16 | Powell and his men made a three-hour portage around the left shore . |
| 17 | Charles was probably justified in suspecting bad faith : he and his men made a swoop on Bernard , who narrowly escaped with his life , leaving his men to be killed or captured and his baggage-train seized . |
| 18 | If you and your committee make a mistake in college affairs the results are usually not disastrous . |
| 19 | That , and your reluctance to make a final decision , may cause a few sleepless nights . |