Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] make [noun sg] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	I di er , I only have er I only make chocolate .
2	I also made contact with the local cycle touring group and did several rides with them at weekends and on Tuesday evenings .
3	I mainly make shrine cabinets and meditation tables , ’ he said .
4	‘ I initially made contact with Ilona because I wanted to be a porn star as well as an art star .
5	Then there is the matter of sex and lifestyle , on which subject I recall a curious interview between Stirling Moss and Hunt in which Hunt says something like , ‘ Luckily , I never made no-sex a rule before a race .
6	" How could she possibly make head or tail — "
7	And as proof in the healing power of accepted love her hands undid him , as he undid her , until , naked together , he lifted himself to enter her , and if for McAllister there was a moment of trapped fear it disappeared when she was truly his , and they were , at last , one thing , moving together in harmony in an experience quite unlike the shock and terror which she had felt with Havvie , and had always feared would happen to her if she ever made love again .
8	But she still made change .
9	‘ Did you ever make love to her ? ’
10	have you ever made marzipan ?
11	Did you really make custard ?
12	She now makes jewellery boxes , pencil holders , and Christmas decorations .
13	She frequently made use of Coptic craftsmen and one of them , a leather-worker , who had been repairing a handbag she was particularly fond of , was bringing it to her flat with his small son when he was attacked by a gang of youths .
14	She even made pound cake — you know , a pound of butter , a pound of flour , a pound of eggs — without weighing anything . ’
15	Somehow she again made contact with the young man .
16	Fru Gertlinger knew that Elisabeth did not want to unpick the past with her and she never made mention of it .
17	Of particular interest in this context is Cornwell 's study of family relationships in Bethnal Green in the 1980s , in which she explicitly makes comparison with Young and Willmott 's earlier work .
18	You certainly make money if you begin .
19	We rarely make love any more
20	we only make adultery .
21	As Programme Director for the new radio station , I enlisted the services of our original staff ( Sid Boyling , Louis Bourgeois and Bob McLean ) as announcers , and we shortly made use of Louis H. Lewry , later to be known as ‘ Scoop ’ Lewry , and ‘ Hendy ’ Henderson .
22	At first we just made conversation , but after a couple of drinks Reid looked at me thoughtfully , twiddling his half-empty glass , and said , ‘ There 's no reason not to tell you this , Kit , but since we 've got to work together , I 'd rather explain my mode of living before the old cats on the island — the European gossips — start telling you stories .
23	Why do we generally make wine from grapes rather than any other fruit ?
24	Many were originally instinctive and , to that limited extent , occur naturally in animals : we normally make way for others in the street , keep promises or apologise , treat people politely and respect the sense of another 's property .
25	‘ We once made love on the spur of the moment in the loo of an aircraft , ’ she recalls .
26	In closing I must remark that if we ever make contact with aliens we should take them to Bangor and let them see all that is good in the human race .
27	‘ If you mean have we ever made love , ’ Robbie felt compelled to say , ‘ the answer is no . ’
28	Where the LFS gives details of other characteristics explaining why people might define themselves as temporary workers , particularly being a participant in a special employment programme , we also make reference to them .
29	We also make use of the photo-copying facilities and use their premises for our winter evening meetings .
30	Data Protection : as a service to readers , we occasionally make dispatch lists available to carefully screened companies whose products or services we feel may be of interest .

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