Example sentences of "and make new [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I joined the NCT , like most members , I did so because I wanted the best antenatal classes possible and it seemed that I would have the chance to meet new mothers and make new friends after the birth too . |
| 2 | If you own your house or flat you can take down partition walls , improvise new ones , block up old doors and make new openings in more convenient places to improve on the space . |
| 3 | In the later Republic and early Empire Greek artists were brought to Rome to design buildings appropriate for the display of booty , to repair old sculptures and make new ones for these and other structures , and to restore decaying old temples , once venerated for their wooden and terracotta statues , but now seen to be in need of renovation . |
| 4 | For the many foreign visitors who call at the Ponderosa each year it is often their first visit to an Irish pub , for local people it 's a chance to meet old friends , and make new ones . |
| 5 | It was to be a very full weekend of well organised and highly enlightening meetings ; the opportunity to hear some excellent speakers : and the chance to renew old friendships and make new ones . |
| 6 | It was so good to meet old friends and make new ones in such a happy atmosphere that this social event will no doubt be repeated in the future . |
| 7 | He had become interested in the culture of the place as he ventured out and made new friends , youngsters in the industry who talked nothing else but films and stars , and was suddenly struck with the notion that he might become an actor . |
| 8 | ‘ We repainted them all and made new mattresses . ’ |
| 9 | But just because Club 18–30 is a great place for meeting people and making new friends of either sex , it does n't mean to say that those people who already have someone special in their lives ca n't come and join in the fun as well . |
| 10 | Do you enjoy being stupid , having a laugh , parties , good music ( no Bros fans please ! ) and making new friends ? |
| 11 | The only drawback to the course was the way my calves refused to move first thing in the morning ; the pluses ? — meeting and making new friends and returning home refreshed and energised in mind and body . |
| 12 | Often she would also spend hours designing and making new clothes for herself and sometimes for Dannii and friends . |
| 13 | They spent only a minute or so at each tree , cleaning off dried latex , adjusting the collecting supports and making new incisions through which the day 's latex could escape . |
| 14 | It gave us a break from constant travel , enabled William to get some work done and Ned to find a job , and gave us the chance to get to know one place really well , while enjoying the company of old friends and making new ones . |
| 15 | Margaret Gantzer ( Professor Chatterjee ) over from Delhi is a visiting Fellow at Wolfson College , Oxford , fromJanuary toJuly 1991 and is looking forward to meeting old friends and making new ones . |
| 16 | There was an abundance of help ( ‘ both seen and unseen ’ as one elder put it to me ) ; there was constant anxiety about the weather ; there was joy of meeting old friends and making new ones ; there was the amazing efficiency , imperturbability and the reticence of the treasury ; and the true pleasure of finding things for people . |
| 17 | As well as a chance for the farmers and traders to do business , it was an opportunity to meet old friends and to make new ones . |
| 18 | The battery group , under Dr Colin Vincent , aims to develop a new range of materials to improve the reliability of batteries and to make new ones that are smaller and lighter than today 's batteries . |
| 19 | As they work with poetry , children are able to reflect on what they know , to extend their understanding and to make new discoveries . |
| 20 | My thesis is that the remedy is not to discard voluntary bodies but to infuse them with a new purpose and to make new demands upon them ; and I have suggested that the new purpose is nothing less than to preserve the individuality of man . |