Example sentences of "making a [noun sg] at the " in BNC.

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1 The operation involved making a hole at the back of the head , another hole in the tummy and re-routing the fluid from the brain down through a tube under the skin .
2 Leaving aside the difficulty of not making a provision at the same time as one is undertaking the assessment , this approach has produced two serious difficulties .
3 Jacques Urlus , tenor , making a recording at the Edison studio in 1916 .
4 I was recently in a top Dublin record shop , looking for a copy of ‘ Bleach ’ by Nirvana , as recommended by top H.P. scribe Mick O'Hara , when who did I see making a purchase at the counter but the diminutive indie kid himself .
5 He missed most of last season but has run well this term and was certainly going as strongly as anything before making a mistake at the third last in the Gold Cup .
6 They were making a decision at the end of March .
7 Shall we leave it that I will consider making a direction at the next hearing in relation to that figure and the question of any interest thereon but will defer any such er decision until you 've had time to consider it .
8 Most of them did nothing about it but hurried on , some scowling , one , a child , making a face at the camera , holding up his hands as if they were big ears and waggling his fingers .
9 I do not say that people ’ have it taken out of them ’ for making a complaint at the time when that complaint is made , but there may be a problem the next time something happens .
10 The Government was understood to have decided against making a statement at the request of Labour which wanted the opportunity to reply in full to the Budget .
11 The most recent idea was making a path at the side of their home incorporating large circles made of paving setts to break up the monotony of a straight path .
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