Example sentences of "they make a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If you mixed all your pieces of writing together , would they make a story ?
2 Did they make a mistake by their decision to oppose changes ?
3 Now , the wee pink tablets , did , when you started them , did they make a difference ?
4 ‘ My parents , when visiting to see the newborn , were always very careful to ignore , almost , the new baby and fuss the older one just as she was used to , and only after she had gone to sleep did they make a fuss of the new baby .
5 Tell me did you have a nice day at school , did they make a fuss of you ? ’
6 They belonged to they were ships you know , but they had one sailing ship , the herself , They made a road into quarry you see .
7 Then they made a bonfire of his father 's music and his collection of imported Deutsche Gramophon records .
8 If they made a perfume called En Suite , she would wear it .
9 BITS OF Colourbox and AR Kane got to hang out with CJ Mackintosh the DJ plus conceptual obermeister / NME vet Dave Dorrell , and together they made a dance record that was different from everything before .
10 They reckon arrests were made down but they were down at Beskett Station and they made a couple inside the ground , but I think they were just people running on the pitch you know , they were over enthusiastic .
11 On some occasions they made a response if the word and picture name sounded similar ; otherwise they decided whether the two stimuli were related in meaning .
12 Focusing on the ‘ ideological cracks ’ e.g. internal contradictions of the film text , they made a case for a women 's discourse where it was previously thought none could possibly exist .
13 If they made a profit margin of 15 per cent to 20 per cent then the the value of the deal , which includes the rights to Merck 's Elavil anti-depressant , is equivalent to 18 times pre-tax profits .
14 erm one did take up on public individuals if they made a profit have the board not considered perhaps teaming public individuals to run the theatre ? .
15 I liked the way the usherette threaded the torn half-tickets on to a long string so they made a branch of monkey-puzzle tree .
16 Great chart success has eluded the band , but they made a dent on the charts two years ago with Nothing Ever Happens .
17 They made a dam on the stream , which was something they often did when they came to the spinney .
18 When they finally entered the ground they made a dash for the lift .
19 The smallness of the demonstration , compared with the Dungannon march , showed the modest scale of the organisers , influence , although McCann is probably right in saying that they made a mistake in starting it in hostile territory .
20 But red-faced valuers admitted they made a mistake when Mary , 41 , invited them to view it .
21 ‘ I first thought they made a mistake with the test but later I thought it was more anti-American . ’
22 If they made a mistake on this account then it was the wood 's fault , not theirs .
23 ‘ Last week they made a mistake on a prescription label . ’
24 I criticise them for refusing to accept that they made a mistake and for refusing to take any action to put matters right , when it was patently obvious that everything was going disastrously wrong .
25 Maybe the sentence was a bit short but I 've served my time on remand , I 've been in prison six times and have served about thirteen weeks altogether , but I do think they made a mistake I do n't know why .
26 Maybe the sentence was a bit short but I 've served my time on remand , I 've been in prison six times and have served about thirteen weeks altogether , but I do think they made a mistake I do n't know why .
27 ‘ They say every man has his double and it is conceivable they made a mistake , ’ he said .
28 So they made a mistake filling it in ?
29 Now I ca n't remember which English player it was , either Bobby Moore or Norman Hunter , I think it was Norman Hunter because he played for Leeds , but they made a mistake and they scored a breakaway goal .
30 But because of their concern they made a direction at the same time as they made the care order .
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