Example sentences of "and making [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she said what it is is basically we 're all just starting from the bottom because this new idea of where they 're buying small homes and making them small communities |
| 2 | For example , it is very important for a wife who is also a busy mother to learn to speak the local language , but she may have no time for sitting at a desk and making her own drills or doing her own analysis . |
| 3 | Tyler 's love was only a passing thing , or he would be here now , loving her , helping to raise their son , and making her lonely life complete . |
| 4 | Grown people who are capable of thinking for themselves and making their own decisions . |
| 5 | But , instead of playing cards and talking and making their own enjoyment probably ? |
| 6 | When the Cordorys had finished landscaping their garden , they decided to add the finishing touches and brighten it up by designing and making their own garden furniture |
| 7 | The triumphant tour of England in 1950 saw Worrell way out on top of the averages , scoring 539 runs in four matches at almost 90 , and making his highest Test score of 261 at Nottingham . |
| 8 | It seems an odd word until you discover that this little boy was born with a devastating skin condition which is baffling the medical world and making his young life a misery . |
| 9 | With four minutes remaining until half time McCoy , so often a match-winner and making his second appearance after a prolonged lay-off with a groin injury , darted down the left flank , crossed and Ferris with a hurtling header of power beat the hapless Eachus . |
| 10 | He looked with appreciation at her deep cream pleated skirt and cream and jade blouse , while in her turn Claudia thought how well the tan trousers and matching shirt suited him , moulding his large frame lovingly and making his amber eyes appear gold . |
| 11 | It is perhaps a mistake , though , to try to identify too many categories of independent craftsmen , even though the sources can attest a surprising level of specialization ; in a small community , a jobbing builder could be his own mason , bricklayer , carpenter , tiler , thatcher , and slater , possibly even burning his own lime and making his own bricks . |
| 12 | Of the plays , Macbeth appears to have received his greatest attention , and , in 1745 , while still in his thirties and making his literary way , he produced his ‘ Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth ’ , which begins : ‘ In order to make a true estimate of the abilities and merit of a writer it is always necessary to examine the genius of his age and the opinions of his contemporaries . ’ |
| 13 | This is primarily achieved by taking his appointment out of the control of the executive and making his statutory responsibility that of reporting to the House of Commons . |
| 14 | In 1969 he was Polonius in the Roundhouse , prior-to-Broadway , Hamlet , before returning to the RSC in 1972 and making his National Theatre debut in 1974 . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's like doing a jigsaw and making your own pieces up ’ , said Mrs Joel as she deftly removed a petal that was too large and replaced it with a smaller one . |