Example sentences of "they make [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But if they wanted to kidnap you , why did n't they make a better job of it ? ’ asked Jack . |
| 2 | Did they make a three d one ? |
| 3 | Only if would-be parents fully understand about mental handicap can they make the right sort of rational decisions when faced with these circumstances and face the situation with a true sense of proportion . |
| 4 | Neither in Germany nor in the Habsburg empire did they make the slightest difference to the way in which foreign policy was decided and carried out . |
| 5 | Is it that would they make the same kind of comment to one of their male students , like ‘ that 's a nice jumper you 've got on ’ , something like that ? |
| 6 | Nor could they make an effective search in the mist and the dark , even if they wanted to . |
| 7 | As a volunteer washer-up remarked ‘ if they can get to the Moon , why ca n't they make an etch-proof glass ? ’ |
| 8 | The following month they made a similar objection to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers beating the retreat in Shipquay Street . |
| 9 | Pro-ETA demonstrators had greeted King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia when they made a two-day visit to San Sebastián , in the Basque region , at the end of July . |
| 10 | When he was younger he used to trap them ; they were dry and husky to bite , but inside , they made a tender morsel . |
| 11 | Their wings were outspread above her like a canopy , and at the side they made a white-feathered screen for her . |
| 12 | They made a wide circle through the grounds . |
| 13 | ‘ We neither blame the Duke nor Mr. Burn , but we think they made a great mistake in accepting their nomination ’ . |
| 14 | When the Japanese counter-attacked on other occasions they made a great hullabaloo , often shouting to each other as they came forward . |
| 15 | But they made a great thing with the salt fish . |
| 16 | In 1987 Graham Gooch joined the company , and together they made a great team , leading to Gooch 's innings of 333 in the Lord 's Test match in 1990 . |
| 17 | They made a great show of prayers but treated people wrongly . |
| 18 | They made a great fuss of him , because he was new and had come from Por Tanssie which had a bad reputation . |
| 19 | They made a good pair , both dark-haired , Simone animated and bubbly , laughing as he related amusing anecdotes about his travels . |
| 20 | They made a good pair , people would have said who saw them . |
| 21 | I mean the mixer 's just as bad but really we 've got on to them Brian did and they made a good job , they squared it up . |
| 22 | But they made a good offer . |
| 23 | If they made a good impression during that brief stay at the University , they would be given priority of consideration for becoming undergraduates when they were demobilised . |
| 24 | After he died , they made a new graveyard on the other side of the village . |
| 25 | Sometimes they made a new fort , throwing up a ditched mound with a palisade on the crown enclosing a timber citadel , with a defensible yard at its feet . |
| 26 | And then , er , I think , er , a beautiful conception they just finish this , they made a new train station , did you know the ? |
| 27 | While they made a deep impression upon French society in this age , it should not be forgotten that mercenaries constituted a phenomenon encountered elsewhere , in Spain , in Germany and , in particular , in the country dominated by merchant states , Italy . |
| 28 | Last year they made a net profit of £17,345,000 , of which 79p in every pound goes to the charity 's overseas programme . |
| 29 | She went to sit on the sofa , and there she dreamed of Johnny , tenderly and with affection ; she thought of the words that he had said , and they made a warm spot , infinitely sweet , deep inside her where it could not be touched ; for just an hour or two , she began to believe that she truly loved him . |
| 30 | Another commando raid that summer was mounted by 12 Commando ; 16 men led by 2nd Lieutenant Pinkney landing near Ambleteuse where they made a general reconnaissance returning safely to England although a stoker on the naval craft was killed by enemy action , probably during the withdrawal . |