Example sentences of "make a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The solution is not to abolish honorary degrees for this would remove the one means in the gift of the University of recognising a debt to a person who has made a contribution of time and service to the well being of the University . |
| 2 | The provision of a cycle track system in some towns also made a contribution to safety ’ |
| 3 | And he drew it out actually , remember he 's only six , seven years old and what he 'd done was to put this spring loaded hanger into the back of the tube and he 'd made a kind of trigger with a little , little plastic peg , and he said here 's your gun ! |
| 4 | We did Decadence in London and America together — and we 've made a film for Channel 4 television . |
| 5 | Her life is over-emphasized — ‘ blooming ’ , her freshness — ‘ dew ’ , and her exceeding fairness ; the ‘ fountain' , clearly made a symbol of life in the poem of that title , ‘ trips ’ 'from its rocky cave' — possibly in association with ‘ basket ’ a reference to the return of Proserpine from the underworld , combining the idea of spring and the return of a daughter . |
| 6 | The business has even made a bit of money this year . |
| 7 | It has n't made a bit of difference |
| 8 | Cos I think he would have made a bit of difference up front there wi er er cos they would have the defence |
| 9 | Barbara Coleman said : ‘ I 've made a pot of coffee . |
| 10 | ‘ We 've just made a pot of tea . ’ |
| 11 | After he had made a pot of tea they sat near the range and surveyed each other . |
| 12 | Sarah had made a pot of tea and left them together in the overcrowded room . |
| 13 | In addition to finding that many Boroughs actually made a profit from council house rents , and thus subsidized ratepayers , they found that the highest transfer from rates to council housing was no less than 443 per cent above average . |
| 14 | Every muscle in his body had ached as if stretched to its limit , but it had not made a scrap of difference to his height . |
| 15 | If they would n't have made a scrap of slate it would have a world of difference to this strike . |
| 16 | Wattie Scott , their erstwhile warrior wing , to whom Hawick recently made a presentation in recognition of 50 years of wonderful service , typifies that loyal and unpretentious breed . |
| 17 | In Prevert 's words : ‘ It was as if life , in a snapshot , had made a portrait of Doisneau . ’ |
| 18 | I moved in the end from discomfort , from stiffness : made a couple of circling shuffles on my knees , an unthought-out search for a nest to lie in , to die in , maybe . |
| 19 | I had made a flask of tea and some sandwiches but had run out of milk at home , so I brought a stoppered bottle along planning to buy some milk in Keld . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's accurate enough , ’ allowed Obispal , ‘ though by that stage my death would n't have made a whit of difference to the outcome . |
| 21 | We have made a stand on veal . |
| 22 | Gin had been the great popular comfort of Paradise Street in her childhood , gin and tea , so she took it as someone from another background might have made a dish of bread and milk . |
| 23 | If the arrest is lawful but the accused believes it to be unlawful , he is guilty because he has made a mistake of law : Bentley ( 1850 ) 4 Cox CC 406 . |
| 24 | And then And never made a mistake of course , he tried to teach me but it was just a waste of time . |
| 25 | I know few people in my situation will admit they have made a mistake for rear of looking silly . |
| 26 | The left has traditionally made a mistake within representation by positioning ‘ positive ’ images against ‘ negative ’ ones , picket lines against victims . |
| 27 | He 'd made a mistake in judgement , but that was his problem , not hers . |
| 28 | If the bookie appears to be offering unfavourable odds , then a gambler will tend not to bet , whereas if the bookie appears to have made a mistake by offering , say , odds of five to one on a horse that you think is a sure thing , then you 'll place your money there . |
| 29 | Law and Gilbert ( 1986 ) have made a survey of saltmarsh in the Western Isles , and their community definitions appear to be closely similar to those of the NVC . |
| 30 | Ben had been made a Companion of Honour in the Coronation Honours List and the very fact that he was writing an opera for the Coronation created jealousy in some quarters . |