Example sentences of "of [noun sg] for make " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we have left behind the turbulence of adolescence and shed some of the more harrowing demands of responsibility for making careers and caring for the next generation , we may seek opportunities to assess our lives and face its later stages with some serenity . |
| 2 | Er we was on the beach , you know sea front , he 'd er gathered some er brands of seaweed for making what they call Irish moss , Caragium And that would give you a good think emulsion , you see then in the , what was the cod season , cod fishing , you 'd go down to the harbour where the er fishing boat came in and where they were cleaning , and you 'd get the boss would have arranged that you get the cod 's livers . |
| 3 | found out , my final question tonight is do you enjoy crime fiction ? and that includes television , after all the station that this programme goes out on , wins a lot of revenue for making a very popular er detective fictional thing called Taggart , I do n't know whether you watch that , or what you read but seventy eight of you enjoy crime fiction , now there 's an interesting paradox that we will discuss , why you can discuss at home , we 'll discuss it now , good night . |
| 4 | ‘ I think you deserve more than a certain amount of punishment for making me wet and nearly giving me a heart-attack — Do you know how difficult it would have been to get an ambulance out here to you ? ’ |
| 5 | Cannabis comes from hemp , which was among the first plants to be domesticated , especially in parts of South-East Asia , where it is a valuable source of fibre for making rope and twine . |
| 6 | The politics of economic reform in the Soviet Union were dominated in 1990-1991 by the choice of strategy for making the transition from an administrative-command to a market-based economy , and by emergency measures to tackle the immediate economic crisis which verged on the catastrophic . |
| 7 | In Britain at the beginning of the century the naval dockyards were among the largest industrial concerns ; and there Marc Brunel first introduced high technology in the form of machinery for making pulley-blocks for the rigging of warships . |
| 8 | " Nothing like laying on thick dollops of paint for making a person feel better . |
| 9 | The wordsmiths who put wooden jokes into his speeches are writing for a man who lacks the essential sense of timing for making them . |
| 10 | This gives the kite flyers a precise notice of timing for making any change of direction . |
| 11 | However , our findings certainly show that interested analysts do not regard Wellcome 's annual report as the most important source of information for making ongoing investment decisions in their day to day work . |