Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] to make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You wired them together to make a kind of pyramid . |
| 2 | She told me not to make a fuss over such a small thing . |
| 3 | A testator who had a son and daughter made a will and provided for his daughter as follows : ‘ I instruct you not to make a will until you have children . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I thought I warned you not to make a habit of this , ’ a deep voice remarked gruffly , close to her ear , and she realised that the swaying sensation was that of Fen carrying her to her own bunk . |
| 5 | Sue Phillips will be in Twickenham on 12 March telling you how to make a cottage garden , and Hazel le Rougetel will tackle roses on 14 March at Holmbush , in West Sussex . |
| 6 | The second shows you how to make a tie-back , rosette , frill and piping . |
| 7 | The first one teaches you how to make a sample lined and interlined curtain , with heading , mitred corners and weights . |
| 8 | ‘ You may pick daisies and I 'll show you how to make a daisy chain . ’ |
| 9 | I sent him outside to make a start on the exterior painting , and went back to tidy up the mess . |
| 10 | He showed her how to make a love-knot |
| 11 | He says will you show him how to make a snowman ? |
| 12 | That 's what makes it so popular , say Matthew and Sandra Bragg , the directors of Soft Byte , as their daughter shows them how to make a bunny pattern . |
| 13 | One o'clock — after lunch my mother shows me how to make a cake so that I can have it for tea . |
| 14 | As chairman Sir Peter Thompson explains in his statement , ‘ With the spotlight on corporate governance following the report of the Cadbury Committee , we have felt it right to make a statement on how the group complies with best practice in this area . ’ |
| 15 | And you 'd say , right , and you 'd go the , after the baby was born you , you 'd go back again to what we call the nur nursing , nursing up and you 'd want the bowl again for the baby and you 'd say wh where 's the bowl and they 'd say , oh well I think it 's downstairs , we used it yesterday to make a pudding in . |
| 16 | You can also adapt this design by turning it round to make a landscape design , so that the curve resembles a flattened horseshoe . |
| 17 | Lee pushed the nail through , working it round to make a hole . |
| 18 | A teacher showed us how to make a turkey , using two hands superimposed . |
| 19 | We smeared mud ( to simulate human excrement , which would infect wounds ) on sharpened wooden stakes which we buried in holes in the path covered up with leaves and brush , and Gibeau showed us how to make a mine out of a spring , some ball bearings and a walnut-sized lump of plastic explosive . |