Example sentences of "he [be] [adv] make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is also making an oak flower stand to hold the flowers placed in the chapel every week by the Guild , and a new case for the facsimile of St Margaret 's Gospel Book . |
| 2 | Apart from an admission , the prosecution have to rely on catching the offender redhanded by keeping observations on a suspect or by British Telecom tracing a persistent caller when he is actually making a call etc . |
| 3 | He is there to make a point and symbolise perfection and , in a real group of children , would not exist . |
| 4 | When he says Truth is God he is really making a confession of faith rather than a statement in the indicative mood . |
| 5 | ( He 's also made a chat show pilot for Channel 4 that the station are currently considering . ) |
| 6 | He 's probably making a mistake . |
| 7 | But he 's no stranger to dare devil stunts , he 's already made a bungee jump from more than ten thousand feet . |
| 8 | He 's since made a full recovery and now has a realistic chance of becoming Lotus 's first world champion since Mario Andretti . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's now made a brave decision in many respects , because he 's been brought up playing for one club in one way . |
| 10 | Luckily for Paul a donor was found and he 's now made an almost complete recovery . |
| 11 | Well , he 's certainly made a lot of it , did n't he ? |
| 12 | I mean , so there 's he 's still making a reasonable mark- up on that . |
| 13 | oh dear me oh he 's still making a noise up there |
| 14 | I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me ! |
| 15 | He 's never made a film before and is pleased with what he 's achieved . |
| 16 | A few days later , Charles thought fleetingly of the Superintendent 's little shock and the blackbird singing away as if he was just making a bad joke . |
| 17 | The local police had told him that Mr Steen possessed such a vehicle , and he was just making a routine check on the whereabouts of the car at that time . |
| 18 | The two foremen in charge of this shell machine shop were , Sid Freeman and Percy Dyball , both toolmakers , the former for a time employed at Woolwich Arsenal during the first war ; he was later made a foreman in the Fitting Shop . |
| 19 | He was also made a member of the Irish Privy Council . |
| 20 | In December 1675 he was appointed one of the commissioners of the customs : two years later he was also made a commissioner to enquire into abuses in the mint . |
| 21 | He was also made an honorary villager of Guilin , one of the main centres for child artists and his status in China means that he can now travel freely and have access to areas of Chinese life which are not generally open to foreign visitors . |
| 22 | The honours showered upon him in recognition of his distinguished military and literary career were K.T. , G.C.M.G. , G.C.V.O. , D.S.O. , and O.B.E. He was also made an Honorary LL.D of Strathclyde University , Honorary D.Litt. of St. Andrews University , Chancellor of St. Andrews University and Lord High Commissioner of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland . |
| 23 | Edward Thomas may not have known that he was also making an ecological point when he pinned down so precisely the atmosphere and feel of these places : |
| 24 | Eyes of darkest brown , ’ he continued softly , but he did n't sound as though he were amused , or teasing — rather as though he was merely making a statement of fact , which she found slightly disconcerting . |
| 25 | He was obviously making a great effort to cope with a load of premature responsibility . |
| 26 | I looked to see if he was trying to be unpleasant but he was obviously making an effort to be polite . |
| 27 | At the end of the morning a very young doctor made his rounds and told Richard on no account to talk , he was only making a routine check-up . |