Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] make [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you will only accept the offer of payment I made to you earlier , then the rest of the debt will be paid very shortly . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I wish to impress on you that the rules I made in London still stand . |
| 3 | ‘ I still lie awake at night trying to justify the decision I made in Libya . |
| 4 | In fact , my recent painting of Paddington Station was inspired by a sketch I made in 1953 when I was still a student . |
| 5 | And this is of course , as if I agree with the view that you expressed yesterday in a general context , although it was made specifically then in relation to one village , any recommendation I make in relation to that village , if it is based on the general principle , must apply by analogy also to Skelton , and I would have little choice but to recommend to the councils that they may wish or indeed they should , reconsider this question of washing-over or insetting elsewhere . |
| 6 | The ships themselves offer a more comfortable ride these days : of the 16 trips I made in blustery March , only one was anything like rough . |
| 7 | I 'll play the secret tape I made in the orchard |
| 8 | So the little sketchbook doodles I made from the car might be all that is needed : a few slight marks pointing to the lack of incident in a country where you can travel a long way without seeming to get anywhere — which is what I felt about my own artistic journey . |
| 9 | As regards finding more ‘ absolute ’ tempo area indications for automatic mechanical instruments : there are mechanical noises on the recordings I made of the 1793 and undated Niemecz mechanical organs associated with the turning of these instruments ' flywheels . |
| 10 | We could eventually remove from human life all the characteristics which make for human distress — criminality , war-making , and the like . ’ |
| 11 | One of them , a leather skirt she made for Dannii , still occupies pride of place in her little sister 's wardrobe . |
| 12 | " That was a fine offering you made to Krander and Sampanena , " he remarked . |
| 13 | And the cost savings that result — which come on top of the remarkable savings you make through buying director from CompuAdd . |
| 14 | I ca n't stand the demands you make on me sometimes . ’ |
| 15 | Oh , by the way , ’ Luke said , locking the door behind them , ‘ Bob Tilling in Accounts just happened to mention the other day that you had settled an invoice for a piece we made for a client in Sherwood Forest . ’ |
| 16 | The savings we make by supplying direct are passed on to you … up to 50% can be saved off high street prices . |
| 17 | I can not stress enough how important it is for teachers to realise that because drama is such a powerful tool for helping people change , as teachers we need to be very sensitive to the emotional demands we make on our students . |
| 18 | He also has the rather unenviable job of being the go-between between the leadership and us , which means he has to tell us any things which ‘ are not done ’ ( for example that I ill-advisedly introduced Confucius into one of my examples ) , and also has to clear any demands we make with the leadership . |
| 19 | He had no sense of give and take ; no idea of the concessions one made for the sake of social comfort . |
| 20 | We can re-examine the choices of data we make in demonstrating statistics as a tool . |
| 21 | There is a footnote from the editors : ‘ We now unreservedly withdraw any recommendation we made about this book . ’ |
| 22 | Not all their reactions by any means are negative ; you can capitalize ( in your efforts to foster understanding and friendship ) on any steps they make in the direction of greater independence and on any interest ( or overtures of affection ) shown towards the infant sibling . |
| 23 | However the demands they make of each student are rigorous and varied . |
| 24 | The problem is that the same — different task and the labelling task are unlikely to be matched in the demands they make on the subjects . |
| 25 | Far from disregarding them , however , such comments need to be ‘ heard ’ , since our personal experiences can affect our reactions to others in general and teachers ' reactions to pupils and the demands they make on them . |
| 26 | Even the kindest of souls , and the housekeeper for whom I work is certainly that , have no idea of the magnitude of the demands they make on one . |
| 27 | As figure 7.2 shows , all are interrelated in the demands they make on pupils . |
| 28 | It was an entry to international football as perfectly timed as any of the crisp , balanced tackles he made in the course of his remarkable playing career . |
| 29 | Above : A Jaffna schoolboy shows a drawing he made of helicopters strafing his home town . |
| 30 | Whenever he saw her he would ask her to explain the Bible to him , and in the drawing he made of her , he wrote the Hebrew version of her name , Chana , daughter of Rafael , in Hebrew characters across the top of the head . |