Example sentences of "and [pers pn] make [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ANTHONY GREEN ON HIS WIFE , MARY : ‘ I 've just finished a picture about Mary and me making love on my mother 's spare bed . |
2 | Each man makes the sword which will kill him , and I made Jessamyn Bonney . ’ |
3 | ‘ My safety was pathetic and I made things too easy for him ’ . |
4 | There was a hum in the air like radio static ; I took it to be his voice , and I made answers when the static paused . |
5 | After a long week , I received a phone call at lunchtime to say that the specimen was at the airport about to be collected , and I made arrangements to go up the following day . |
6 | And I made locks for lighthouses , I 'm not boasting my lad , and they 'd li locks , locks for lighthouses pretty near all round the world . |
7 | There were many goats on the island , and I made fields with high fences to keep them in . |
8 | Erm now you 've had a chance first of all I after our chat er par particularly on the phone and I make notes of people who er I think come well across on the phone because you know how important that is to us . |
9 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
10 | It 's great , Frankie boy ; I 'm keeping to the fields and the woods and walking a lot and getting lifts and when I get near a town I look for a good fat juicy dog and I make friends with it and take it out to the woods and then I kill it and eat it . |
11 | Ideal scene — Man U bugger up ( again ) AND I make pots of money out of it ! ! ! |
12 | I do a good job and I make mistakes . |
13 | I know when my stress levels are too high and I make time to manage them . |
14 | and you put the cluster of wool in it and pull it back and it 's like little bobbles of wool and er I 've got a beige and a brown I 've done it with it will look nice you know , it will come right here , it 's a beautiful rug , quite nice , so I 've been busy and I make coat hangers |
15 | ‘ You put things very nicely , Professor , and you make things very clear . |
16 | When yo , people just gather informally , and friends and neighbours and you make music and you sing songs , you tell stories , play instruments , do what you like , eat , drink talk . |
17 | ‘ And you make money at this inn-fewer-ants ? ’ |
18 | And then you see you come along where you 're pushing them to live on their own and you make suggestions . |
19 | But she and the other investors received 4,700 per cent on their investment , and she made Drake a knight . |
20 | She concluded that although her findings showed considerable improvement since previous studies , there were still problems and she made proposals to rectify at least some of them . |
21 | Granny had a cheerful fire burning in the hearth , and she made Mary take her uniform off and put it to dry while she had lemonade and biscuits . |
22 | — Amadé looks on the rat 's body with sorrow , she 's soft-hearted , you know that , when the rat wife come running out , eyes left and right , watching out , a red flower in her teeth , and she makes passes over the dead creature from tip of tail to tip of nose . |
23 | Charlie 's a man of the world , and she makes Pollyanna seem like a painted hussy . ’ |
24 | and she uses that you know and she makes rugs and |
25 | No and we make mistakes Matt , but we do n't willingly sin . |
26 | He looked quite normal , however , and we made conversation for a while , although he seemed to be thinking of something else . |
27 | ‘ The night you stayed at the house and we made love . |
28 | Exports also climbed , to a 20-year-high at £9.2 billion , and we made £200 million on ‘ invisible ’ earnings . |
29 | When she 'd calmed down she asked me if I 'd been to the doctors , and we made arrangements for her to take me down . |
30 | The only available slipway that could take Venturous was at Stornoway and we made arrangements to call there for repairs . |