Example sentences of "[is] making [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They may be large — around 40 feet long — but like icebergs 90 per cent is under the water and that is making them incredibly difficult to see among the waves . ’ |
| 2 | The Charities Act is making them more aware ; we find an increasingly professional attitude . ’ |
| 3 | Apparently Hanna Brunner has offered to come forward and give evidence in court about your behaviour to your fellow artistes , and Hans has said he is making it plain to all the other agents that none of his clients will be allowed to sing in Hochhauser and he recommends that they do the same . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ One thing that is making it more expensive is getting souvenirs in the pro 's shop , ’ he said . |
| 5 | And erm should you go round them in such a way that erm is making it more difficult for you and more difficult for other people ? |
| 6 | The road that they have created I think is having a damaging effect on the team and is making it more difficult for us to get the results . |
| 7 | Pluto in your own sign is making you more secretive even than usual . |
| 8 | well er , I 'm sorry to interrupt you , I 'm sorry I do apologise , perhaps it 's my tooth , it 's making me even more testier than usual , erm , I , I thought your case was that these agreements were void |
| 9 | He 's making me out to be some sort of thick , brainless loony on a self-destruct road to ruin . |
| 10 | and we 'll sort it out ourselves and what they do , if a customer says oh there 's a phone that 's broke , or it 's not working or something like that , they 'll say oh okay we 'll get in touch with the maintenance for you , you see , cos he 's making nowt out of it , if you say we dropped the phone and broke it , well we 'll send a and then they send an engin one of their blokes out with a replacement phone and charge him for a new one , once they say wants some re-programming doing , oh yeah were sending an engineer round and they get , the dealer then gets the money for it so all we get is the flack end of it you know so we , a service contract it 's priced because , low because you know you 're gon na make a bit on moves and changes |
| 11 | ‘ It 's getting to us a bit but it 's making us even more determined . |
| 12 | especially as Paul 's making us fairly unpopular with all this , the success he 's having in lobbying . |
| 13 | She 's the one that 's making us out of work . |
| 14 | who who do you think , I mean , th , you know , the government 's making it pretty clear at the moment , Mrs , that that er , in these troubled times something 's gon na get squeezed because there 's so m , many people out of work that gi , you know , they 're having to pay more unemployment benefit , there 's not enough tax money coming and and generally the government is hard up , so someone 's going to get squeezed in the social security system . |
| 15 | I du n no if he 's making it up . |
| 16 | " He 's making it up . |
| 17 | He 's making it so hard for himself . |
| 18 | It is , yes , that 's making it worse she 's an old lady |
| 19 | She 's making it very clear she does n't believe Anna 's good enough for that brother of hers . |
| 20 | ‘ Tell me what 's making you so miserable . |
| 21 | Anyway , what 's making you so paranoid ? ’ |
| 22 | The council 's housing officer says she 's got to go back to her flat with an injunction , otherwise she 's making herself intentionally homeless , and he says the arrears are £4OO , that 's impossible , the DHSS has been paying it direct ! |