Example sentences of "they [verb] [prep] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps they are so anxious for everything to go well for their offspring that they insist on making all his decisions for him . |
| 2 | If it 's impossible to placate them or reason with them , if they insist on making your life a misery , if you ca n't get help from friends or a higher authority , then you must turn the tables on them — and fast . |
| 3 | If you get angry with your tormentors they delight in making you angrier . |
| 4 | However , it agreed to a demand that Gdlyan and Ivanov be dismissed from working in the Procuracy , and in a resolution it warned them that their parliamentary immunity from prosecution could yet be withdrawn if they persisted in making " groundless " statements attacking the country 's leaders . |
| 5 | I think I left the Bench at least with an impression that they had someone very special to deal with , I was , of course , all the time praying that no one for the police would ask for his Conduct Sheet , which they overlooked after making a dutiful response to the Bench , and I hurried away to be met outside the Court by Stewart , who at once asked me to lend him a pound . |
| 6 | The resources on which they call in making this decision include the above typifications , as well as local knowledge of the area and its crime , and contextual and time variables . |
| 7 | The principal concern of Edward 's ministers , as always , was to raise money for the war , and they hoped by making concessions to receive the grants the king needed ; but the concession of pardon for all debts of £10 or less was insufficient , and the commons insisted that they dare not grant a tax without consulting their communities . |
| 8 | Now it is generally observed that most civil servants whatever country they come from make sure that they er give each other pay rises and I know it happens in this country the Civil Service pay pays quite well and it 's certainly a key erm feature in er pay structure in developing countries that if your , if you work for the government you are very very well paid , like government wages can be , you know , four , five , six , ten , twenty times |
| 9 | Their catalogue illustrates the many boxes and boards they have constructed , and they specialise in making boxes to clients ' own specifications . |
| 10 | The family will have to decide on how much its teenage members will be allowed to spend , and how much discretion they have in making their own choice of clothes , records , holidays or motor cycles . |