Example sentences of "making [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be more effective to involve people by education , by making them part of the system so that they gain from helping , to give them a vested interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem and the wildlife around them — very much cheaper than a law force , WWF and CITES secretariats . |
| 2 | I could stay in the house and be marked as frightened , or I could do battle with the elements , making my way to the family as usual . |
| 3 | Making my way along the zigzag corridor in Car 2 , I found the bed in my single " roomette " facing the rear of the train . |
| 4 | So I continued south , making my way along the great chalk road which snaked across the Downs to Dover . |
| 5 | I found myself making my way through the guests , a bottle of port upon my tray . |
| 6 | Thankfully , there 'd been no traffic coming ; the concept of striking up an intimate — indeed potentially penetrative — relationship with the rocks on the far side of the road had been bad enough ; but even the prospect of a head-on with another lump of metal travelling at anything remotely like the sort of speed we were sustaining might have resulted in me making my mark in the most embarrassing fashion on the leather upholstery of the Bavarian macht-wagen . |
| 7 | I have to confess extreme disappointment with most new versions over the last few years , making my pleasure in the newcomer even greater . |
| 8 | The court must take into account , in making its assessment in the case of any particular plaintiff , of the pain which he has actually suffered and will suffer and the suffering which he has undergone and will undergo . |
| 9 | Far below me the sea was making its lacework on the water and flinging wreaths of gold on the shore . |
| 10 | Making its debut on the Summerfield stand at this year 's British Music Fair was an attractive new range of acoustic guitars . |
| 11 | Well , the Doc Marten has now been granted official recognition — it 's one of the words making its debut in the new Shorter Oxford English Dictionary . |
| 12 | The housebuilder and Channel tunnel contractor is making its decision on the dividend in the face of a dismal trading outlook in Britain . |
| 13 | He can take no more pleasure from a second initiative that is making its rounds on the Hill . |
| 14 | In Brighton , the Prince Regent 's city , people do not go to bed early , and an observer would have noticed a small group of revellers making its way along the strand to the accompaniment of snatches of song and bursts of loud laughter . |
| 15 | I could see her face very clearly in the wisp of cloud that was now making its way across the sky . |
| 16 | When Tom the cabin boy went out again into Witchball Street , to fetch the cat in this time , he saw a very different procession making its way across the churchyard . |
| 17 | Within an hour of embarkation , the ‘ Saint Andrew ’ had turned and was making its way across the Firth . |
| 18 | The crew hailed a fishing-skiff who gave them information that a French ship had been seen making its way up the Firth the previous day . |
| 19 | Somewhere outside , an oxcart was making its way up the steep hill upon which the Quinta de Santo António stood , and its wheels creaked and groaned abominably . |
| 20 | Soon , the craft was making its way through the darkness over twenty-foot waves and taking on water . |
| 21 | However , at the time of writing , a new Children Bill is making its way through the legislative process , and will , once enacted , form the basic legislation relating to childcare in the 1990s . |
| 22 | The oars dipped unhurriedly in the calm water , and when the boat eventually arrived at the shore there was a further infuriating delay before the procession formed up and began making its way round the harbour to Ballingolin . |
| 23 | Mr Grover was as good as his word and on Christmas morning soon after breakfast a very strange procession began making its way from the market . |
| 24 | A spokesman for the Department of Transport said last night that the DoT would be making its response to the National Audit Office report today . |
| 25 | Desktop publishing is also making its mark on the professional publishing industry with products like Quark XPress , PageMaker , Ventura and , for more specialised users , Talbot 's Dialtext system . |
| 26 | Kaifu 's revised package , including further compromises and in particular meeting Komeito 's insistence that the entire sum should not be raised by tax increases , was publicly accepted by Komeito on Feb. 16 , thereby making its approval by the end of March almost inevitable . |
| 27 | Hewlett-Packard Co moved in on Compaq Computer Corp yesterday , making its entry into the iAPX-86-based server business . |
| 28 | Australia has a marsupial " mole " , superficially almost indistinguishable from the familiar moles of other continents , but pouched , making its living in the same way as other moles and with the same enormously strengthened forepaws for digging . |
| 29 | Twenty years ago she was Lucy and Frieda 's age , putting on school uniform for the first day of the winter term , long serge skirt suddenly covering the scratched knees used to shorts , thick woolly stockings sliding strangely up the white smooth skin , nylon suspender belt holding in her stomach making her think of the opening under the dark bush below . |
| 30 | He closed the door and reached out to switch on the light , making her blink in the sudden flood of brilliant light . |