Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] and make [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I jumped to my feet and made a motion for him . |
| 2 | However , the brothers filed through their shackles and made a desperate and final bid for freedom . |
| 3 | Standing stork-like and hanging on to the various bathroom fittings , she cleaned her teeth and made a reasonable toilet . |
| 4 | It reared high above their heads and made the river market into a town of ants , the meaningless scurryings of insects . |
| 5 | She crossed her eyes and made a face . |
| 6 | Robyn closed her eyes and made a tremendous effort . |
| 7 | ‘ Maybe it is n't accessible , ’ Ash said , fag in mouth , holding the steering wheel with her knees and making a stretching , circling motion with her shoulders ( we were on a quiet stretch of motorway , thankfully ) . |
| 8 | ON being mistreated by British Rail most passengers probably prefer to forget the experience , get on with their lives and make a mental note to take night classes in the ridiculously complicated ticket system . |
| 9 | Scrambling , she got to her feet and made a grab at the kitchen knife at the sink . |
| 10 | Slip arms through their armpits and make a wrist crossed-over grip in front of their chest . |
| 11 | The campaign to have creation science taught in schools makes little of the supposed moral harm of evolutionary theory because this would expose the fundamentalism of its proponents and make the subject inadmissable as being religious teaching . |
| 12 | The jet has a high bottom line , the operator has to find as much work for it as he can to spread its costs and make a profitable . |
| 13 | I had to find it , going through her things and making a record as her grand London Lawyer instructed me ! ’ |
| 14 | Merchants folded their stalls and made a run for it , their goods wrapped in voluminous sleeves . |
| 15 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
| 16 | hike a herd of antelope , grazing indifferently while one of their number was being savaged by lions , they would go on , singing and clapping their hands and making a great noise against the darkness . |
| 17 | Dexter turned round one of the gold rings that adorned his fingers and made a stab at humour . |
| 18 | They pinched his toes and rubbed the back of his heels and made a rat-tat sound on the stone flags that echoed through the spooky quiet to announce his presence . |
| 19 | For a moment Ben seemed about to say something , then he dropped his eyes and made a small movement of his head . |
| 20 | Sam put the Madonna to his lips and made the sign of the Cross with it before putting the chain about his own neck . |
| 21 | He scrambled to his feet and made a dash for the door , skidding to a halt only inches short of the now frantic bulldog . |
| 22 | Ashton had tried to see him out after that , and even wanted to shake hands with him , but Steven had spat at his feet and made a rude sign at him . |
| 23 | It was a mistake : the fine , white sand collapsed away from under his feet and made the going difficult . |
| 24 | The hon. Member for Salisbury got to his feet and made the most amazing pronouncement in the two-day debate . |
| 25 | Sir Brian is loud-mouthing Sir Bernard , who is assaulting the other five with caustic wit ; Sir Oliver has fallen off his mount ( pissed ) , Sir Keith ( famed for sartorial elegance ) is annoyed about the dragon blood on his armour ; Sir Kenneth has lost his specs and makes a quixotic charge in the wrong direction ; and Sir Malcolm is miffed by all this disorderly conduct . |
| 26 | Because Ballantyne is one of the characters it somewhat restricts his actions and makes the character more adult whereas in ‘ Lord of the Flies ’ the characters are their own people with their own personalities . |
| 27 | Modigliani knew how to adapt himself to his surroundings and made a great impression on the day he came to sketch Bakst . |
| 28 | Though he could have stuck with any one of his developments and made a reputation , he is always looking for some new challenge on the lathe . |
| 29 | Crilly tries to coax me into the booth but I shrug out from under his arms and make an excuse about the family . |
| 30 | He beat the air with his hands and made the most heart-rending cries . |