Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] i make " in BNC.
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| 1 | One night I was joined by a visitor to Seend , anxious to be of help , Colonel Faithorne , who was some relation of the Bishop of Bath and Wells , and who showed intellectual interests , including a knowledge of Eliot , which I was not to meet again in a soldier until I made the acquaintance in 1974 of my late father-in-law . |
| 2 | Of course he 'd sue me for slander if I made the accusation publicly . |
| 3 | ‘ I think it is better for the club if I make a clean break . |
| 4 | When asked eight weeks ago what her dream for the future was , Tatum replied : ‘ It 's that when John 's career is finished he takes care of the kids while I make two pictures a year and get to pick my scripts and work with whoever I want . |
| 5 | I was enjoying Oxford so much that I sometimes forgot that moment in Clare 's bedroom when I made my decision about my future vocation . |
| 6 | My job could be at stake if I make an error of judgment . ’ |
| 7 | It could not be accomplished on the run though I made some schematic doodles based on observation : the way , for example , drainage run-off channels bulldozed off the sides of the track echoed the pattern of the tree branches or veins on a leaf . |
| 8 | ‘ Bear with me a moment while I make a phone call . ’ |
| 9 | It is not quite eight years since I made a beginning ; so that my plants must be considered as young ones . |
| 10 | ‘ It was one of her customers , in the days before I made her my manager , ’ he said lightly . |
| 11 | I take a look in the file as I make my way down to the main entrance . |
| 12 | Ronald Duncan , whom I came to know about this time ( our first meeting took place when I made a bicycle tour of Cornwall in the summer of 1947 ) , spoke of having received a telegram from Eliot cancelling an engagement and saying that he had to ‘ bury a woman ’ . |
| 13 | The train crew were already collecting in the locker room when I made my way there and introduced myself as Tommy , the actor . |
| 14 | No noise unless I make it . |
| 15 | I could make no further headway with the landlord so I made enquiries amongst the other customers : a beggar who whined for alms inside the doorway and a greasy-haired knave , but they only repeated what the landlord had said . |
| 16 | So Mrs Smith left us alone and I stripped off in front of my friend although I made her turn away when I came to my combs . |
| 17 | I had a friend who suffered from twisted testicles so I made sure part of my sponsorship arrangement is that I 'm provided with decent shorts with inner briefs that give me support . |
| 18 | In slalom I know I can win every race if I make no mistakes . |
| 19 | It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes . |
| 20 | ‘ Doctor , ’ Bernice said , standing , ‘ why do n't you come back here and answer some questions while I make sure no bits of my inner ear got left in the transmat . ’ |
| 21 | I like to see the goods before I make a decision and have a point of reference for returning them . |
| 22 | yeah if you manage to buy two things before I make eleven thousand you 've beat me . |
| 23 | He was on the water when I made the speech and the Liberals did not know what to say . |
| 24 | On the one occasion when I made a direct appeal to her , in connection with the battle against the closed shop for journalists which I describe later , her response was gratifyingly supportive and it was no fault of hers that she was unable to persuade Lord Hailsham to a course of action that might well have altered journalistic history . |
| 25 | I had a dairy before , it 's just been updated a wee bit because I make slightly more cheeses than I used to make and it 'll make it er easier hopefully . |
| 26 | Mum meant it to be Israel , after her rabbinical father so I made a compromise later by labelling myself Israel Jack ) . |
| 27 | ‘ Just enjoying the taste of the rum , Corporal , ’ I replied , getting to my feet and swilling out the mess-tins and empty mug as I made my way through the drizzle to my now very muddy slit trench . |
| 28 | I was 19 and still studying at RADA when I made my first TV appearance . |
| 29 | He wanted to close the church so I made myself known , claiming I was making a pilgrimage in atonement for my sins . |
| 30 | I never used to be able to read good before I went into prison : I used to get into the book and think , ‘ What 's that word ? ’ and then cut the word down to size until I made up what it was . |