Example sentences of "make [noun sg] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The Orc army made camp at the Three Towers , the ancient Elf ruins on the borders of the Moot . |
2 | She was worrying that they 'd made love at the wrong time of the month . |
3 | He holed big birdie putts on the 15th and 16th , made par at the tricky short 17th , and then eagled the water strewn 18th with a three iron to 25 feet , and a putt that raced into the centre of the hole . |
4 | You could feel the crowd willing it in but it did n't make it and I was beginning to feel it was slipping away , and especially when we could only make par at the 17th . |
5 | If you have anything to offer please make contact at the two addresses at the end of this newsletter . |
6 | So his strategy made sense at the same time as it seemed wantonly ruinous . |
7 | Request his views on whether the meeting is making progress at the right pace and whether he has any ideas on ways of moving things forward . |
8 | It is significant that a popular monarch , making war at the very start of his reign , after a long period of peace , could only raise such inadequate sums . |
9 | Jim Milligan and Neil Roderick also made it , both making birdie at the first play-off hole , after being tied on 149 , to make the final 64 . |
10 | But the borrower must cooperate with the lender , particularly by answering correspondence and making contact at the earliest possible moment . |
11 | On a more positive note , the expedition did make port at the appointed hour on the appointed day , having spent several hours in a public house further up the estuary to avoid being early , which made for a very ‘ happy ’ reunion . |
12 | As Appendix II , and indeed the main survey results , make clear , it is not necessarily low income which makes credit at the same time both an obvious refuge and an unduly heavy burden — though in the main survey we found that in general people on low incomes were more likely to say that they were worried about money than people on high incomes . |