Example sentences of "they [vb base] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they intend to make a zombi of her , they will do it there . ’ |
| 2 | Have you , Mr. Speaker , had any intimation from Ministers that they intend to make a statement , today or in the very near future , that would at least enable the House to question Ministers about that meeting and to show that , even if Ministers have no solution to offer , the Opposition have ? |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think they want to make a profit . ’ |
| 4 | Two girls ( just turned 6 ) approach ; they want to make a television . |
| 5 | Now , they want to make a commitment to the child they handed back . |
| 6 | That 's good for them , because they stand to make a commission of hundreds of pounds . |
| 7 | They 're well able to take care of themselves and they do make a mess . |
| 8 | They 've made a contribution towards |
| 9 | I thought you were gon na say they 've made a mess . |
| 10 | still we want this , we want this , they 've made a request to have this done and it 's government funded and so it 's quite an interesting project really just to record things |
| 11 | I mean , they should n't want more than seven per cent because the cost of living , you know , the inflation 's gone down , but then when a bloke gets forty five thousand quid , you know eh , on a firm where they 've a , they 've made a profit , but he got an increase of forty five thousand pound which was of , no , no about forty per cent rather , forty per cent increase in his salary , I mean it 's bloody , I mean , how can , how can they expect , you know , the ordinary working man to put up with bloody awful increase , if , if they go and give bosses increases like that , I mean it does n't make sense . |
| 12 | They can either admit they 've made a mistake , or they can make it compulsory . |
| 13 | They 've made a mistake have n't they ? |
| 14 | er they say , and if then they 've made a mistake you have done what you are told , I mean if you take a big ladder and it 's only a wee fire , a small car bump and then there is a big fire later on , somewhere else and they have n't got their , the right appliances because you 're at that place with the wrong stuff , then that would cause problems would n't it ? |
| 15 | Doctors believe they 've made a breakthough in the treatment of breast cancer using drugs instead of surgery . |
| 16 | Nearly a thousand years ago the first settlers made the Glemmtal valley their home , and ever since they 've made a point of extending a warm welcome to all-comers . |
| 17 | they snapped it up at that price that his er sold and then they could n't pay er when , when the time came , you know the everything went off , so they sold it and bought something else and they 've made a lot of money on that so they 've paid it off and have er a lot of money on the house |
| 18 | Usually they really believe this and do not accept that they have made a mistake . |
| 19 | If Hamer have sought to redesign this feature so that it looks better overall then I 'd suggest that they have made a mistake . |
| 20 | I know few people in my situation will admit they have made a mistake for rear of looking silly . |
| 21 | They can be bare records of numbers and events or they can be windows on a living school and most heads will be able to think of ways in which reports can be used to enrich governor perceptions , prompt good questions and solicit positive advice and support as soon as they have made a breakthrough into a sense of their responsibility for creating a favourable climate . |
| 22 | Detectives think they have made a breakthrough in their search for a college rapist . |
| 23 | When they re-emerge , a morning later , they have made a television set , a video recorder with space to insert cassettes , three appropriately sized cassettes labelled with the names of the programmes and three alternative pictures of ‘ scenes ’ from each cassette to fit the TV screen . |
| 24 | They have made a host of friends who will greatly miss them . |
| 25 | The supervisor can see from the depth gauge that they have made a seal , and contact between bell and supervisor would then be via a through water communications system . |
| 26 | So they have to make a choice : should they stay Japanese , or try to blend in with the locals ? |
| 27 | But they have to make a claim before you can issue a B one . |
| 28 | ‘ When those concerned turn their attention to this problem , they may find they have to make a distinction between litigation in which there is a direct public interest in the result and that in which the public interest is limited to ensuring that an adequate system of justice is available . |
| 29 | If they have to make a lot of noise , spend a lot of time or risk being seen while breaking into your home , they may not even bother . |
| 30 | This is a type of environment used by decision makers where they may be working on one piece of information in the application and they need to make a decision based on an information which is elsewhere in the application . |