Example sentences of "[pers pn] make [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Elephants have bigger brains than humans but , probably with some justice , we like to think that we are cleverer than elephants and that our brains are ‘ really ’ bigger if you make allowance for the fact that we are much smaller animals . |
2 | When you get to the small conglomeration of villages called , variously , Lecumberry , Men dive and Béhorléguy , you make half-left for the Col d'Aphanize and beyond it Ahusquy . |
3 | ‘ But if you make trouble for the O'Malleys , ’ Gerry said , ‘ the police will blame Brogan , Kerrigan and Mullen . |
4 | When we make love for the second time this throbbing afternoon it is like lingering over liqueurs by a log fire . |
5 | We make camp for the night in earshot of Crystal Rapid , which in recent years has flipped more boats , taken more lives , and humbled more boatmen than any other on the river . |
6 | Well they , they just you know they they just have this erm craft sort of , they do stall and and they make stuff for the shop they had he had a couple of retail shops , he had a factory yeah I think he said he had fifty two people working for him . |
7 | These new arrangements contain two important features : they allow institutions to propose variations from normal validation arrangements ; and they make provision for the granting of discretion to institutions to make modifications to approved courses within agreed limits . |
8 | They make leather for the clothing industry and the international recession has taken its toll . |