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

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1 He bought four rounds of double scotches last night and it did n't even make a hole in what he 'd got . ’
2 One could even make a case for delaying it until the Club celebrates its Centenary Year 20 years hence .
3 Anyway , that Richardson sells smack so cheap he does n't even make a profit . ’
4 Forty-five per cent of this group said that they could not even make a guess at the likely interest rate .
5 Pacy wing once told to give up rugby because he would never even make a club player .
6 Allen thought this ‘ a very ingratiating-type comment ’ with no substance and no meaning ; he did not even make a note of it .
7 Erm in fact you notice I did n't even make a note on it .
8 But the accountant could well be the guy that you went and played tennis with and the boy does n't even make a move unless he gets the accountant and
9 The fact is , USL 's total revenues for 1992 were about $90m and we even made a bit of a profit .
10 He even made a pot of tea and poured her a cup when she got up for work .
11 Yet it even made a suggestion to CSM that might have made a dent in its sales graph .
12 He even made a number of slips and repetitions that on a different evening he would have been quick to reprimand in others .
13 In them , she again described the work she did and the success she had achieved ; she gave details of her height , weight and false hair colour ; she even made a comment or two - as some of the men had in their letters — on her sexual preferences .
14 You could choose a plain dark colour and cover it with a pale piece of lace , or even make a patchwork background on which to place your flowers .
15 There are farmers who with the existing lack of any political support are looking at different avenues to improve their profits or even make a profit .
16 The reason for the above study was the possibility of including a reliability check in the program , to compare each reading with a predicted value and indeed even make a correction or output a diagnostic message that a given reading should be regarded with suspicion .
17 The following afternoon — i.e. the day the Germans made their most menacing gains — he telephoned that the attack had ‘ slowed down and it looked as though we would be able to hold out and even make a counter-attack ’ .
18 Artis even made a plaster bust of Clare , who once described his friend as ‘ a clever man & everything but a poet ’ .
19 Despite this apparent endorsement , SCO wo n't say whether it has even made a decision yet , suggesting that it is still trying to picture a future for OSF/1 , given the lack of industry support for it and the shadows cast by OSF 's re-focusing .
20 She has even made a solo visit to the United States .
21 In many cases they have gone long periods before they have even made a profit .
22 The business has even made a bit of money this year .
23 He 'd even made a series of phone calls to arrange a lift .
24 He had even made a suggestion about a piece she might write on the role of women in the Tory Party , perhaps in the Government Whips ' Office .
25 Reaching her room , she wanted with all her heart to leave Parkwood , and even made a move to get out her overnight bag .
26 When they reached the town of Paulstock , Hubert Molland even made a joke .
27 The all-powerful ICC even made a balls up of it by refusing to clear the tourists when asked to do so .
28 In some cases it 's even making a loss .
29 Enough space even to make a stop at a Le Havre supermarché worthwhile .
30 However , he even makes a way to deal with wrong behaviour .
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