Example sentences of "make [noun] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The National Travel Survey 1985–86 found that , overall , older people make 50% fewer journeys per week than the population as a whole .
2 We made camp that night in a clearing in the woods , and I put up my tent in what appeared to be a large sandpit , in the vague hope that perhaps the mozzies might not like it .
3 Good , do you do you make present any sort of presentations ?
4 If the objects of the society are not charitable , the rule against perpetuities ( see p. 42 ) , from which charities , provided that they are to begin within the perpetuity period , are exempt , will make void any gift of property by way of permanent endowment , whether made by will or otherwise ; but there is nothing to prevent gifts or bequests from being made to a non-charitable society in such terms that it can , at any time , dispose of the capital at its pleasure .
5 But the demands of war under his son made imperative some addition to fifteenths and tenths .
6 Anderson believes the TV deal with Warner Brothers could make Cole another £100,000 .
7 The Chinese made Groomers half inch hair brush has been on the market for eight years .
8 The EFTA deal , which includes extra tonnage of north-east arctic cod , seems to do so , but there is a fear that , when the common fisheries policy comes up for review and renewal , the wheeling and dealing over fish then will make Maastricht this week look like a teddy bears ' picnic .
9 Taczek told me he could think of nothing from those times that would have made Mills any sort of target for a KGB assassin — or any other sort of assassin come to that . ’
10 Long derided as the product of a fevered brain , Docklands has made progress this year , despite backlash from Olympia & York 's £5.8bn worldwide debts .
11 She 'd only made 60p that day .
12 But he says : ‘ They are difficult to assess because they have made changes each time .
13 They had made love that morning and it was better than the day before .
14 Here 's facing Tufnell , sweeps again , but he does n't make contact this time , the ball goes through Jack Russell 's leg who now have a bye , Ian Botham moves from slip takes off his psychedelic sunglasses and Graham 's to throw to Russell .
15 We 'll make payments each month ; that 'll seem authentic enough .
16 When we made love that day in your room , and I experienced my own frailty , it shook me .
17 Like all new lovers they made love all night , laughed , stopped for a cigarette whose smoke tantalised in the lazy glow of the room .
18 They made love all afternoon , and sometimes she was creamy and calm and slow as a cat being stroked , and sometimes the cat arched her back and revealed claws .
19 She hoped he would n't make love that night .
20 Would they make love all day at some hot , steamy house somewhere in this glittering cosmopolitan city ?
21 tried to call you both saturday nite and a couple of times on sunday — but no answer … the spurs game was just OK — but we had a great time at the newcastle game vs. scousers — great atmosphere — we stood among the newcastle supporters ( north bank ? ) and they made hell each time cole put it behind grobbelar …
22 VISTA made science more girl friendly in two ways : both boys and girls were offered an attractive image of a competent woman scientist , and talks concentrated on social and industrial applications of science , an element too often missing from science at school .
23 He had been making progress that way for almost an hour .
24 Teachers felt that it was m appropriate to help pupils move as quickly as possible from purposes to information , with emphasis on reading and note making skill that stage .
25 MAKING TRACKS This month we have more on copyright , plus we look at a great new drum machine from Yamaha and an Alesis compressor to make your home demos sound ‘ pro ’ …
26 MAKING TRACKS This month 's Making Tracks goes behind the closed doors of the record industry for an intriguing glimpse inside the minds of the A&R men and women of the business , those people on whose whim your musical career could stand or fall …
27 MAKING TRACKS This month we look at an 8-track from Tascam , plus a rack-mountable tuner and the mysterously titled Power Tool …
28 MAKING TRACKS This month : a cheap but well usable drum machine from Yamaha ; a set of recording teaching tapes from CVM ; and a noise gate from the German manufacturer Behringer …
29 Your brain is making calculations all day long .
30 She had been given a programme credit for making dresses several years before .
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