Example sentences of "of [pers pn] make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd be surprised , some of them make bookings with the beautician and hairdresser even before they come on board . ’ |
| 2 | In other words , manners not only make the man , but lack of them make men into animals . |
| 3 | One of them made crochet toilet-seat covers that they sold at the shop . |
| 4 | But none of them made sense . |
| 5 | They reduced nausea and prevented vomiting , and many of them made people sleepy . |
| 6 | Twenty-four backbenchers took part in the debate , most of them making speeches opposed to the Bill . |
| 7 | Mr Rifkind believes it would be foolish to split BR by region when the present management has split it by business ; besides , the government would have to subsidise all the privatised regions , since none of them makes money . |
| 8 | Should the zoos get rid of them to make room for , say , concolors ? |
| 9 | We 're just playing with twelve pennies and she 's making patterns out of them to make multiplication tables |
| 10 | " What business is it of yours to make insinuations against me , I 'd like to know , eh ? |
| 11 | Er I do n't know how many of you made wills but er draw him out on other things if you 've got any problems I mean we we had quite an interesting session at one of the power station talks on a er tenant er tenancy agreement that a chap had been bothered about for some years . |
| 12 | and Ruth says I commit myself to him , he will now be my god , and therefore your people will be my people , your home will be my home , your destiny will be my destiny the way is clear , she makes that greatest decision of her life , a decision that will affect the whole of her life but its not as say a life decision is a commitment now , we , we , we are always confronted , day after day we are confronted to make decisions , some of you make decisions and were not too committed about them , and if things alter they will change our minds , not just a ladies prerogative to change her mind , men do it as well and things happen and we think oh no well , I wo n't go through with that I 'll change my mind before its too late , but here Ruth she is not just making a decision , she is making a total commitment , a commitment that is worth time of the whole of her life , to promised to be loyal to de to Naomi and her deceased husband , she promises loyalty to Naomi 's race and the people of god , but above all she acknowledge 's Naomi 's god and her willingness to follow him to the end , you know this , how she finishes of this commitment where you die I will die its to the end its to the end of my life , I will not walk out of it and even after you 've gone mother in law , even after you are dead I am still committed to that decision , this decision I am making today where you die I will die , there I will be buried , and here she sorts of puts this solemn vow to this commitment , thus may the lord to do me and worse if any thing but death parts you and me . |
| 13 | Leave enough space between you and the vehicle in front so that you can pull up safely if it slows down or stops suddenly , the safe rule is never to get closer than the overall stopping distance shown below , but on the open road in good conditions leave a gap of one metre for each mile an hour of your speed or a two second time gap may be enough , they will also leave space for an overtaking vehicle pulling or wet or icy or the gap should be at least double that , drop back if you know that taking vehicle closing gap in front of you make way for ambulance , fire engines , police or van emergency vehicles when their blue lamps are flashing or their bells , two tone cones or sirens or . |
| 14 | ‘ How good of you to make tea . |
| 15 | Just to think of her made Shiona anxious . |
| 16 | The sight of him made Tallis freeze . |
| 17 | Lydia was contrite , not because of her treatment of Finn but because her rejection of him made Betty 's kindly presence with her seem not only pointless but rather foolish . |
| 18 | The moon , the mountains , the man — himself — standing there in the darkness : none of it made sense to him . |
| 19 | None of it made sense . |
| 20 | Holly and ivy , the green leaves of winter … the thought of it made Tallis sing the carol , and Wynne-Jones joined in , adding his cracking voice to the melancholy memory of Christmas festivity . |
| 21 | The size of the camp when they came in sight of it made Rostov 's eyes widen with surprise . |
| 22 | The way you say that it sounds like crap , but I guess the essence of it makes sense . |
| 23 | ‘ None of it makes sense , ’ Goodenache said finally . |
| 24 | But how many of us make time to unwind ? |