Example sentences of "they make [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , they made various sorties to test Great Britain 's coastal defences : as early as 1914 , German squadrons had bombarded the Norfolk coast and , farther north , Scarborough and Whitby in Yorkshire . |
| 2 | They made sure children got safely on to the chairlift and picked them up and dusted them down if they fell . |
| 3 | ‘ They are enchanted by him , and that is why they made special arrangements to bring him home to the United States . ’ |
| 4 | United though were their own worst enemies … they made enough chances to win but then went and missed them |
| 5 | United though were their own worst enemies … they made enough chances to win but then went and missed them |
| 6 | When planted in threes or fives they make good clumps to grow and flower above other plantings . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | As they sit , they make these filaments move and flicker . |
| 9 | The main advantage of compression joints is that they make complicated pipe runs much easier since the joints can all be assembled , tightened , slackened off again and the pipe rotated in the joint to get the position right before the nuts are all re-tightened . |
| 10 | They will sink unless they make positive moves to arrest the slide . |
| 11 | Oh yes , they make wonderful stock do n't they ? |
| 12 | Such beliefs serve to explain the system to its members : they make social inequality appear rational and reasonable . |