Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [noun] [conj] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saunders prusiked down the rope and made splints from pieces of sleeping mat , while the others summoned Bonington . |
| 2 | The manager , warmer than ever now , bustled down the aisle and made a short but moving speech about power-cuts and projectors , then asked us to bear with him . |
| 3 | Nirvana Inc battened down the hatches and made to ride out the storm . |
| 4 | It only takes a current of a few nanoamps to develop enough voltage to break down the insulation and make a hole in the silicon . |
| 5 | A river ran through it , wearing down the gravel and making mud into which aircraft , especially aircraft loaded with weapons , tended to sink . |
| 6 | The light crawled down the island and made the pillars of spray full of brightness … " ( p. 43 ) . |
| 7 | When we meet , we seem to go in circles ; we 're great at telling the others how wrong they are or how to solve the problem , but we are not prepared to give in a bit and make the necessary compromises . |
| 8 | Reluctantly I handed over the axe and made way for him , then stood , stretching my back . |
| 9 | Ogden 's craft was carried on by Christopher Caygill , who made brass-faced clocks with minute hands , and one of his apprentices , who married his master 's daughter , took over the business and made clocks with painted faces . |
| 10 | With the new fitting connected up and mounted , run the rest of the wiring along your selected route to the point at which it will be connected to an existing circuit , then turn off the power and make the final connections . |
| 11 | With the stem in your left hand ( if you are right-handed ) snip off the leaf and make a shallow curving scooping cut , with your thumb against the stem to steady your hand and control the cut , and take out the bud with about an inch ( 2.5cm ) long scoop , as shown in Figure 15 . |
| 12 | Yes , everybody , O K , now I 'll pay the phone bill , all I want you to do is pick up the phone and every time you pick up the phone and make an attempt to get me an appointment , I 'll give you a pound . |
| 13 | If every time you picked up the phone and made contact with somebody and I gave you a pound , would you accept that as a deal ? |
| 14 | Last month I wrote about setting up the ribber and making sure it was correctly aligned with the main bed . |
| 15 | I remember picking up the film and making my way back to Derek 's , although even now the memory 's a little hazy , and then I started to feel light-headed and dizzy . |
| 16 | Tindal C.J. in that case gave as examples of permissible retaking by A from the land of an innocent person , C , ( a ) where the goods have come there by accident ; ( b ) where they have been feloniously taken by B and A follows them to C's land ; ( c ) where C refuses to deliver up the goods or to make any answer to A's demand for them . |
| 17 | I sent up the accent and made the audience laugh by suddenly relapsing into cockney at odd times . |
| 18 | She believes some people will vote Labour to shake up the Conservatives and make them reconsider their policies . |
| 19 | Your publication has given some of the world 's best humorists and cartooonists their most memorable exposure and has inspired countless others to pick up the pen and make complete fools out of themselves . |
| 20 | Thread nylon cord through the neckband on a safety pin and give a good tug to close up the stitches and make the curve . |
| 21 | On Viola 's approach down the hall , Hilda turned up the gas and made preparation for a hasty departure , but this , it seemed , was not the idea . |
| 22 | The safest course of action seemed to be to shore up the bunker and make sure I did nothing to upset the fragile eco-system that was supporting me , for however much we wanted to disguise it , I had nothing to fall back on . |
| 23 | The town has made great strides forward working with the community and business over the past few years in cleaning up the town and making it the kind of place which is able to compete and win a national environmental accolade . ’ |
| 24 | Most watches become false alarms ; nevertheless , they were buttoning up the collection and making sure that every completed aircraft was hangared . |
| 25 | After a while he went out into the hall and I heard him pick up the thing that makes noises and which he talks into when there 's no-one here . |
| 26 | Such surveys , whether by sea or land , again required not merely naturalists to accompany them , but museum staff to write up the collections and make the knowledge public . |
| 27 | They block up the sinks and make a mess . |
| 28 | Seeing this , Dong picked up the shovel and made to dig again . |
| 29 | On occasions like these , friends of Burton reported , he would counter-attack by releasing his temper , tearing up the room and making it quite clear and genuinely credible that whatever they did , said or tried on he would do just whatever he wanted . |
| 30 | If Fen had n't returned by morning she would have to pack a few essentials , lock up the boat and make her way back to Little Kirkton by public transport , and Fen would have achieved his objective — to be rid of her . |