Example sentences of "and [vb mod] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Get your goddam diary and let's make a date . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Pull up your chairs and let's make a start . |
| 3 | Get your butt on a bird , Slick , and let's make Bad Money . |
| 4 | So I ask this congress to watch closely this benefits agency , and let's make sure that the sick and maternity grants get paid correctly to what they are entitled to . |
| 5 | And let's make a vow . |
| 6 | I 've argued that for twenty years , now suddenly overnight it 's become unfashionable and let's make it clear why it 's become unfashionable . |
| 7 | Now we all know because we 're print buyers to a larger or greater degree but they 're clients they over-estimate they add about twenty five per cent more on than they need and you have to send them back to sharpen their pencils several times before you 've seen the estimate , they of course know that all print buyers are idiots who keep forgetting all the important things and do n't give them half the information they need like the weight of paper or the fact that there 's to be a pocket at the back so , I think if we got the man I think if we maybe started off with H M S O the print buyer which is more akin to what we are and say well you know these are the problems I 've got I 'm sitting with a six million pound budget buying for the whole of the government of Scotland and I have problems and these are the problems that I have , then we get to the wee man from who says now wait a minute boys I get the rubbish that you send out , that was the message and let's make it funny but slightly aggressive let's highlight the real problems because that 's what it 's about , we 're not here for a nice night we 're here to learn |
| 8 | so let's get rid of some of it and let's make the angle theta . |
| 9 | And let's make do and mend . |
| 10 | He will lengthen his nose to allow him to nuzzle and may make nudging movements with his head to attract attention . |
| 11 | Following an investigation , the commissioner will prepare a report and may make recommendations . |
| 12 | If your organization is slap-happy it will unnerve candidates and may make them think twice before accepting a job with you . |
| 13 | It is an aspect of privacy we should take more seriously ; it may seem a frail distinction to draw when armed police can batter down your front door on suspicion that a wanted person may be inside , but at least it gives the possibility of some redress , and may make it more difficult to achieve the total surveillance of society . |
| 14 | The Distributor may specify the standard and format of these copy masters and may make one U- Matic back-up copy of each copy master . |
| 15 | A few glasses of wine also seem to justify a splurge on the main dishes , and may make it harder to say no when the orders for dessert come round . |
| 16 | Every nation believes that its enemies were the aggressors , and may make war again in a few years unless they are utterly defeated . |
| 17 | Ask Computer Systems Inc warns that it will only break even , and may make a loss for its fiscal third quarter , adding that the poor profit forecast results from its failure to close about $10m in sales in the period but that does not necessarily mean the company permanently lost those sales ; the company said a significant amount of software licence sales it had expected for the quarter did not close in time . |
| 18 | As part of the process the auditor may include an examination of accounting and information systems , and may make recommendations to management to improve these systems . |
| 19 | A decision not to prescribe or an underestimate of need , with justified caution , may aggravate or precipitate a distressing withdrawal state , which a doctor has a responsibility to prevent or relieve and may make the prisoner unfit to be interviewed . |
| 20 | Of this the donor receives less than $1,000 and may make as little as $250 . |
| 21 | The 15-member House of Chiefs considers draft legislation relating to alterations to the Constitution or to chieftaincy matters , and may make representation to the President on matters affecting the tribes or tribal organizations . |
| 22 | Understanding general differences between spelling and speaking may help you to improve your own spelling , and may make it more interesting to focus on spelling as an issue in your writing . |
| 23 | They show disapproval of the addressee 's views and may make the addressee feel bad about him/herself . |
| 24 | Integrity , in contrast , insists that each citizen must accept demands on him , and may make demands on others , that share and extend the moral dimension of any explicit political decisions . |
| 25 | Leicester lie sixth in the First Division after a midweek defeat at Charlton and may make a change of captaincy . |
| 26 | Nearly all the proposed course is at present good grass land and ought to make a capital sporting course . |
| 27 | The same irony is enriched and plangently deepened in another fine poem by Tate of the same year , in which once again the many Virgilian echoes point to a deeper affinity — with the fable of the Aeneid as making more sense than he can find anywhere else , for the historical predicament that the American Southerner has inherited and must make sense of . |
| 28 | Man is master of his own destiny and must make his god accordingly , i.e. the Created God of this book . |
| 29 | Rabbits do n't relish the prospect of sharing a home with rats but they are unable to move them out and must make the best of it . |
| 30 | They pass it around behind their backs and must make sure that it is ringing loudly . |