Example sentences of "we make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We made small talk to everyone we knew and I drank rather a lot of gin and ginger ale . |
| 2 | We 've got attendance I was going to suggest that we made that attendance stroke punctuality |
| 3 | And it was on that basis that we made that statement there . |
| 4 | Edinburgh district council estimated the cost of clearing the backlog at £25.5 million and we made that allocation to it over a two-year period . |
| 5 | When he joined the organization , and later , when the meetings of the high command were actually held in your own house , we made certain inquiries . |
| 6 | On the second anniversary of his kidnap , we made sure John was in the news . |
| 7 | With our increasing clarity of the racism we faced daily , we made tentative overtures to involve ourselves in Black women 's activities . |
| 8 | We made many friends there , and valued very much the help and inspiration of the beautiful services held every Sunday . |
| 9 | We made many friends in Lourdes . |
| 10 | We made many years ago . |
| 11 | We made many mistakes , but there was one piece of common ground for hon. Members on both sides of the House , which apparently no longer exists . |
| 12 | Initially , partly sheltered by the great landmass of North Uist , we made good progress southwards . |
| 13 | We made good progress , but a combination of better health promotion , screening and treatment should deliver say , a twenty five per cent reduction by the end of the century . |
| 14 | Which we made good margins on . |
| 15 | The weather was not too promising , but we made good time and were soon at the first terrace . |
| 16 | For years we had no telephone , and the house was lit in our time by acetylene gas which we made each evening in the pigsty . |
| 17 | We put up posters , we persuaded work colleagues to vote Labour and we made financial contributions . |
| 18 | We made better progress in the canoe , which Ian lent us . |
| 19 | We made better use of NHS resources than ever before . |
| 20 | ‘ We made two mistakes which cost us dearly . |
| 21 | And we made two cars one big and one small . |
| 22 | We made two sales last year at around four times the highest price paid for Chadwick at auction . |
| 23 | Now and again we made such mistakes . |
| 24 | As the right hon. Gentleman pointed out , we made new arrangements on 5 November to ensure that income support payments can be paid directly to the lender . |
| 25 | People were left feeling disconnected from sexism until we made all oppressions centre-stage . |
| 26 | However , we made little progress , since none of us knew what techniques would be appropriate . |
| 27 | Continuing up the easy gradient of the ridge we made frequent stops to admire the icy crest and fearsome north west face of Chamlang , soaring skywards . |
| 28 | Our profits are disappointingly small in relation to , er er , the , er first half of last year er then , we had buoyant conditions and we made more money than we ever had before . |
| 29 | Postage , stationery , fourteen O six raffle tickets , eleven pound , making a total of two thirty twenty six as against on the other side the income , three ninety six so we made a hundred and sixty six pound on on the open show which is a great increase on last year because last year we only made twelve pounds something twelve pound and a penny we made last year , so this is a great increase . |
| 30 | ‘ So the wills we made last week are irrelevant . ’ |