Example sentences of "he [verb] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look at the mess he made making a cup of tea . |
| 2 | Nicholas received them all himself , saying that ‘ It might be hoped that they came for their own good or his own , for he lived to make himself or others better . ’ |
| 3 | Does he want to make a thank you speech at the end ? ’ |
| 4 | If he cared to make use of it , station and train fulfilled the role of a social centre for the suburban male , a forum for the exchange of news , the making of new acquaintances and contacts , the publication of requirements , even the collection of money for charities . |
| 5 | But had he intended to make Harriet fall ? |
| 6 | He shook her awake and explained that he planned to make his way back into the forest , skirting the area of rocks , to get a closer look at whatever it was that had caught his attention . |
| 7 | After dinner he planned to make a proper start on sorting out the contents of the house . |
| 8 | Charles , who had a taste for mechanical devices , commissioned Gionallo Torriano of Cremona to repair it , but owing to corrosion he found that this was impossible and he agreed to make a similar instrument . |
| 9 | Terry Long was always a welcome visitor to Selhurst Park , but it was an enormous pleasure to everyone connected with Crystal Palace when he agreed to make a public return here in October 1984 to give recognition to Jim Cannon , who is the one man to have played more games for us than Terry himself did . |
| 10 | In fact he was so impressed he agreed to make an allowance towards James 's student fees at St Bartholomew 's , but it had not stretched to comfortable accommodation . |
| 11 | He agreed to make two of these sails for us to try and we later purchased a third from association funds . |
| 12 | And I go sorry , and he goes makes a jolly good Christmas gift and I go I ca n't do it |
| 13 | He fought to make his fingers remain closed on the dagger , but they would not obey him . |
| 14 | He invented the morning press conference for the purpose of calling an afternoon press conference to say he expected to make a shattering announcement later in the day . ’ |
| 15 | The Labour spokesman called for a quick decision on RUC requests for more manpower and Mr Brooke replied that he expected to make an announcement very soon . |
| 16 | Kinnear , who said he expected to make one more signing this week-end , looked forward to Jones the manager with a wry smile . |
| 17 | Then he ceased to make notes and listened , his clean-shaven jaw sinking lower and lower until , with a small thud , the slate dropped to the floor and Thorfinn , turning , saw that he was asleep . |
| 18 | He had centre front stage , his voice projected forward over Therese 's , and he ceased to make any attempt to act out the plotted movements with her . |
| 19 | MCLAREN 's problems appeared to intensify as the race approached , with the Austrian swapping cars 30 minutes before the start and then being forced to start from the pit-lane when he failed to make the parade lap . |
| 20 | But despite leading after the first round with a 71 he failed to make the four-round cut . |
| 21 | London-born Mike MacFarlane established himself as the top black British athlete by winning the 200 metres European title , though his form thereafter lapsed and , although he made the 1980 Olympic sprint team , he failed to make the finals . |
| 22 | Like his predecessors he failed to make any headway . |
| 23 | But his form for Victoria this winter has been depressing and he failed to make the Test team against either West Indies or New Zealand . |
| 24 | Simon was made aware that he might find himself obliged to stand down as a Parliamentary candidate if he failed to make an honest woman out of the Press Lord 's daughter . |
| 25 | He failed to make a wholly satisfactory career . |
| 26 | He failed to make only one comparison — that on crime rates . |
| 27 | Anderson , twice winner of the North of Ireland , and once the South , was hurt when he failed to make the 1989 team which won at Peach Tree . |
| 28 | He failed to make the necessary adjustments to his style of leadership — most obviously , to create some kind of transmission belt between himself and the nation . |
| 29 | Search parties and helicopters were alerted after he failed to make a rendez-vous . |
| 30 | We had the same bills after he got made redundant . |