Example sentences of "[conj] make [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like last year , it also seeks a disapplication of the pre-VXKVK rights on a rights issue so as to allow the Directors , when making a rights issue , to exclude or make such other arrangements as may be appropriate to resolve legal or practical problems which might for example arise with overseas shareholders . |
| 2 | For some reason it never occurred to me to lie or make any effort at all to save my invaluable little tin box . |
| 3 | She did n't stop me talking , but neither did she reply or make any comment on what I had to say . |
| 4 | Forward Publishing did not bother to reply or make any changes to their entry form . |
| 5 | Jenna stood perfectly still and felt unable to look away or make any sort of move . |
| 6 | To understand and enjoy Versailles , several days are necessary : rather than make several trips from a Paris base itself , it is better to stay in the town . |
| 7 | Up to and including the 1988 social security changes , the basic policy response to the growing numbers of lone-parent families has been to add to or modify the existing system of benefits rather than make any fundamental changes . |
| 8 | I say metamorphosing because it is our firm intention to continue the natural development process which has been going on in recent years , rather than make any radical changes just because we are now a university . |
| 9 | He wondered how many people in all the mental hospitals in the country — or the world " , — come to that — were really fallen Warriors who had either cracked up from the strain of trying to live in this hell-hole , or simply made the wrong choice and thought that the test was just seeing through the whole thing and then having the courage to stand out and make that challenge . |
| 10 | I 'll just go and make that coffee |
| 11 | There 's a lot we can do , I think , to help the community in a wider sense , and I see that as one of the key elements of my work , to try and make that work . |
| 12 | A 200 day tie-up , even when fishermen can take the days when they want , totally ignores the issue of how they are supposed to live and make all that investment worth while . |
| 13 | Thirdly , Jesus commissioned his followers to ‘ go and make all nations my disciples ’ |
| 14 | At present , interest earned in this country by overseas nationals is subject to tax but , if a tax haven state was created in Britain , this liability would disappear and make such deposits more attractive . |
| 15 | ‘ Rather silly of me , was n't it , to go and make such a careless mistake ? ’ |
| 16 | Hemmed in by bicks and shoulders , besieged by people wanting to shake his hand , put questions , or merely to remind him of past meetings , Cameron was struggling to respond and make each person feel attended to . |
| 17 | And when the muttered reply , ‘ He 's … he 's gone on a trip to try and make some money so we could … could get married , ’ came from her shoulder , she pushed Jessie upwards , saying , ‘ Oh my God ! ’ |
| 18 | Sometimes I will have abandoned a painting , got really tired of it and feel it 's not getting anywhere , and you will come and make some remark that makes me look at it again and think : oh yes , I could just pull that one together . |
| 19 | The task of the social scientist is to try and make some sense of any observable patterns and the motivations , whether unspoken or not , behind them . |
| 20 | " I 'll go and make some tea for us , " said Miranda in a small voice . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll try and make some time . |
| 22 | I 'll go and make some enquiries . ’ |
| 23 | Oh , yeah let me go and make some drinks then , oh dear little man |
| 24 | So so we know roughly going up to get and make some stars and he 's going to put chains and like all round these stars . |
| 25 | ‘ I really want someone to come along with an order so I can get on and make half a dozen . ’ |
| 26 | I I think erm a a as you 've kindly called me er I think I will try and make this debate a little more lively erm but I 'm not sure about being controversial er because here I was last week , I was making a speech about the significance of er the deregulation of contracting out bill and er I said then that the bill is so important because it is the first major attempt by government to slay the red tape dragon . |
| 27 | Yes , but I do n't think we should try and make this happen . |
| 28 | But I think possibly what I might do is try and make this grape vine one the first one where we actually do do it properly . |
| 29 | ‘ How dare you stand there and make these sweeping statements ? |
| 30 | I do n't think we ought to go out and make any panic buys . |