Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [pron] [vb past] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elizabeth Adams : ‘ I think perhaps I did not require from Somerville as much as I might here , fromJean Stanier : ‘ Somehow the fact that it was wartime put a sharper edge on things , as if we had to make the most of something that might not last ’ . |
| 2 | Ipswich re-emerged five minutes after the end as if they had made certain of promotion . |
| 3 | So when I stumbled against him and threw my arms round his neck he just stood there , unmoving except for a slight step backwards to keep his balance — though I thought I felt his hands touch my waist for just an instant as if they had made an automatic move to hold me which he had cancelled . |
| 4 | Pushing Charlotte home in the dusk , she felt rather exhilarated , as if she had made a discovery . |
| 5 | It was as if she had made her decision , her momentous decision to marry , sleepwalking . |
| 6 | Here she felt lonely and depressed , as it seemed as if she 'd made no progress and was back in the same vicious circle again . |
| 7 | She was feeling as if she 'd made a long , exhausting hike instead of just the kilometre or so that she 'd actually walked , but it was n't a bad feeling . |
| 8 | Azmaveth considered something for a few moments and then nodded to herself , as if she 'd made a decision . |
| 9 | Luckily she had proof , because she did n't think it was going to take long before he took steps to make it seem as if she 'd made a criminally stupid error . |
| 10 | ‘ Appen he wants to get his hands on the money from your dad 's books , ’ said Bill Clough , looking around him with eager interest , as if he had made a discovery . |
| 11 | Where the beneficiary 's interest comes to an end to any extent or is in any way disposed of during his lifetime , then unless he becomes at the same time beneficially entitled to the property in which the interest subsisted or to another interest in possession in it CTT is to be charged as if he had made a transfer ( Continued on page 129 ) of value at that time and the value transferred had been equal to the value of the property in which the interest subsisted . |
| 12 | It was as if he 'd made up his mind about something yet was not sure if it was the right thing to do . |
| 13 | They grinned as if he 'd made a joke , and they walked him inside . |
| 14 | Michael , when he was at s When he was at school , he won a scholarship to university , when he got to the university he said as if he 'd made a great discovery . |
| 15 | " Nonsense ! " roared Dr Dunstaple and started forward as if he meant to make a physical assault on Dr McNab . |
| 16 | He was speaking very slowly and clearly , as if he wanted to make sure that the boy understood . |
| 17 | She could see her grandfather was keeping his hands to himself , standing quiet and still , as if he wanted to make the least contact possible with the room . |
| 18 | But then the weather changed and although things were given and flowering it was cold and windy and it seemed strange there should be all that blossom , wrong like , as if it had made a mistake and popped up at the wrong time — that was because I had felt the warmth of those few nice days . |
| 19 | It is as if I had made a small betrayal . |
| 20 | I asked why should I bother to do that when presumably if I had set the trap I would expect Harry 's car still to be there after the races , and he just wrote down my answer as if I 'd made a confession . ’ |
| 21 | Maximilian laughed as if someone had made a joke . |
| 22 | She thought of the jokes they 'd shared , bundled up chastely in her bed , and she wondered what it would have been like if they had made love . |
| 23 | You would need to be selective and have many to choose from if you wanted to make regular use of this kind of material . |
| 24 | Lenihan was accused of dishonesty as to whether he had made any such calls himself . |
| 25 | The Court of Appeal held that whether the officer had taken possession was a question for the jury , and that the answer depended on whether he had made his mind up to take possession so that they would not be removed , or whether he had an open mind and merely wanted to stop the driver getting away without being questioned . |