Example sentences of "i make [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 This document is nice and clear plain English , but quite frankly some of the replies and some of the er , er things understood by the public , can we ensure that we do use plain English , I 've got no criticism with this , this is okay , but when we get the replies to our customers erm that we service can we use plain English , that 's my first point , do you want to respond or can I make my second one ?
2 I made me second team debut when I was eight year old , ’ he claims .
3 I made it last Friday .
4 The front door was locked , and that was when I made my first acquaintance with a venerable traditional figure , the sereno , an old man with a stick , a big brass badge and a large bunch of keys .
5 But the old market square was still there , the ferry to North Shields ; Ocean Road , the Town Hall , the Library , Trow Rocks , the sands , the pier … . ft was on the pier that I made my first stumbling attempts to start writing poetry on my own again ; my very own poetry :
6 We did not make a direct trip for we took the train to London , then I made my first underground journey to Finsbury Park , the most northerly point on the tube at that time .
7 In these labs I made my first acquaintance with physics , scattering iron filings on a paper placed over a magnet to produce a pattern which I then had to reproduce in an exercise book .
8 She seated me on her right , and I made my first direct pass as soon as we sat down .
9 He goes on with self-glorifying statements like , ‘ I made my first tube amplifier in 1957 ’ .
10 I was about fifteen ; I made my first record and I started playing in nightclubs and I had my first drink .
11 I was 19 and still studying at RADA when I made my first TV appearance .
12 Somehow , even at the age of five when I made my first visits to Colchester Zoo , I felt they stood out from other birds .
13 During the reception I made my first major mistake .
14 Because I happened to be fluent in French , I was promoted 11 months later to loan officer and assigned to the French-speaking Arab countries of North Africa , where I made my first international calls .
15 I brought a keyboard and an eight-track machine , and Juan and I set it up in my apartment on campus , even though we were n't supposed to play music loud.Then I made my first record , Triangle Of Love .
16 And some silly woman crashed her tray to the floor just as I made my second entrance — disgraceful ! ’
17 I made my second journey to Cosford in 1980 , an Olympic year — though I had no aspirations in that direction .
18 A month later , I made my third trip to Rhodesia .
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