Example sentences of "but [pers pn] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On that , I think it is generally known , that we , that Telford was n't anywhere near the top of the list , and it had been taken purely on the question of the er , needs of the various areas , it 's unlikely that Telford would have succeeded , even with its reduced geographical area , but I made discrete enquiries and was told that the factor which tipped er , the Commission in favour of Telford , and this has an important bearing on what we 're going to discuss later , was the fact that Telford has been very good in taking up schemes and providing their section , and not just the Wreakin District Council , other area , other bodies in Telford , of getting good innovative schemes off the ground and providing the cash , they did n't , as some areas did , get the status , and then hardly do anything about it . |
| 2 | Could n't really tell you what it was now , but I made four locks for Lord 's cricket ground . |
| 3 | And your totems have the same names as my masks , but I made those names up ! |
| 4 | There are no tears but I make squeaky sounds with my mouth . |
| 5 | After what he 'd said she did n't dare turn the key in the lock , but she made short work of undressing . |
| 6 | But she made light work of polishing off the shopping at a supermarket near her West London home . |
| 7 | Leith could feel her anger straining at the leash at his sarcastic comment , but she made enormous efforts to stay cool . |
| 8 | ‘ But she makes nice chocolate cake and she 's handy when the cook 's on holiday , ’ she admitted as she examined her face in the shine . |
| 9 | The weather was not too promising , but we made good time and were soon at the first terrace . |
| 10 | But we make common cause in attaching more significance to them than do the theories ( except perhaps for Idealism ) discussed so far . |
| 11 | Proposals such as these aroused considerable debate in the 1930s ( particularly on the question of whether , for every job vacated by an older worker , a new one would be created for a younger person ) , but they made little headway with the National Government . |
| 12 | Bicker muttered to himself as he rode in front , but they made better time for the wind had not risen and the sun was almost warm . |
| 13 | Editor , — Martin E Wilkie and colleagues have prepared a comprehensive review on diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection in adults , but they made several statements that are not necessarily firmly established or on which recent views have changed . |
| 14 | Now things like erm , well one of my old favourites Arran Pilot i if you dig it out when it 's young , then of course it stays as it should , cos it 's a very very waxy potato but , but I can remember growing varieties like Majestic and things like that and I mean they would never fall , they would never fall in the water but they make good chips er of the modern varieties I think I 'd go for er Kondor with a K er which is a very very good potato and does stay as it is i in the ground but one other thing I think also comes into it . |
| 15 | Not only are their resources in demand , but they make powerful appeals to instinct and emotion . |
| 16 | They do not ‘ solve ’ intractable problems , but they make other organizations carry the can for policy failures , a factor which commonly underlies systems which accord wide discretion to local governments . |
| 17 | Like the silkmoth , ants sense pheromones through their antennae ; but they make continual use of both antennae to keep them in the right direction . |
| 18 | Farther north Dargaville has a pleasant little club , mainly a weekend operation , but they make visiting pilots welcome . |
| 19 | ‘ But he make big money . |
| 20 | Officially Wordsworth continued to dwell on the virtues of landed proprietors , but he made occasional remarks which surprised his companions . |
| 21 | Upon his Roman nose , a tiny pair of gold-rimmed spectacles might have seemed insignificant — but he made great play with them . |
| 22 | In classifying them he followed Aristotle in considering as many characters as possible ; but he made great use of the ‘ principle of correlation ’ , the way in which all the parts of an animal work together . |
| 23 | But he made little effort to develop this outside his own definitions of the genealogical method , while his shift into the problematics of power seemed to lead him into a labyrinth from which it was virtually impossible to extract himself . |
| 24 | Editor , — Nicholas Wald rightly emphasises the importance and the ethical nature of randomised multicentre prevention trials , but he makes two statements that can not go unchallenged . |
| 25 | But he makes new friends easily , and it was Prevert who once related the most revealing anecdote about Doisneau and his commitment to his accomplices . |
| 26 | And he said er ten pound were n't it , but it made four joints , yeah |
| 27 | But it made awful mess . |
| 28 | So when Fleischmann and Pons announced test-tube fusion as a source of energy — which was the ‘ angle ’ that the media took up and portrayed it as a clean source — the news that they apparently saw tritium as a fusion product was lost on most media , but it made many scientists concerned and others excited . |
| 29 | It may have rained for hours , but it made little difference to the River Lambourn . |
| 30 | The first meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers was held on 2 January 1818 with eight founder members present , but it made slow progress until in 1820 Telford , who never joined the Smeatonians , agreed to become the first president . |