Example sentences of "that [pers pn] make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point is that I made a mistake — oh , I do have a feeling for him , that helped to confuse the issue , we do like one another — what I have come to see is that my falling for Lewis was not what I took it to be . ’ |
| 2 | I 've spent the night thinking about everything that happened , and I now realise that I made a mistake about you being involved with Harry Martin . ’ |
| 3 | Erm the other parts that I made a note of , you did n't ac well you Steve said the wife will be back in an hour and a half erm you did n't pick up Bill any , anything on that at that stage as to whether she ought to be involved although when he started talking or when he could n't remember the , the names of the or dates of birth of the children , he remembered the names , the dates of birth of the children , you mentioned the fact then that the wife would be back in a in an hour |
| 4 | So it is bread on both rods , except that I make a paste for the free-line rod so that I am still offering a bait on a weightless rig . |
| 5 | Not that I make a fuss about it . |
| 6 | My gardening activities are , perhaps , slightly unorthodox , in that I make a point of growing plants whose flowers are known to be attractive to insects , plant flowers and vegetables together , tidy and prune only as much as is absolutely necessary , encourage plants , even ‘ weeds ’ , that give continuous ground cover , and rigorously exclude poisonous chemicals . |
| 7 | Hell , I should have remembered that she makes a habit of greeting emissaries with violence . ’ |
| 8 | theory that you made a mistake , and you 've got to somehow explain that |
| 9 | And I suggest that you made a number of such threats which constituted a sustained campaign of intimidation . |
| 10 | They 'll say we ca n't afford you , so it 's in my interest really that you make a profit . |
| 11 | Keep a notebook if it helps and make sure that you make a collection of the situations that cause a program to crash . |
| 12 | That comes automatically , together with iced water , before Peggy Sue begins interrogating you , and is replenished so often and so generously that you make a note to speak harshly to the next British rip-off artist who rushes you 80p for a niggardly Nescafe . |
| 13 | It is surprising that you make a fuss about the succession . |
| 14 | I often say jokingly that you make a comment to somebody and you find you 're talking to the world export on expert on whatever it is . |
| 15 | The moral of this tale is that to knit a garment to the correct size , it is vital that you make a tension swatch and try to match the result to the tension the designer of the pattern has given . |
| 16 | We are required by the Copyright Act to have a written request before we can supply the copy , for which the law demands that we make a charge . |
| 17 | Apart from the fact that we made a profit from the Gulf war , may I ask the Minister to say what else was achieved by it , with Saddam Hussein still in power and carrying out his evil acts and with the dictatorship still in power in Kuwait ? |
| 18 | Well to tell you the truth I was n't very keen , I er , I felt that we made a mistake |
| 19 | Too many customers do not get an open admission from us that we made a mistake — nor do they get the full apology that is their right . |
| 20 | Conventional wisdom supports the use of drills , substitution tables , and other devices for pattern practice on the grounds that they make a knowledge of language forms habitual . |
| 21 | There is no reason why a couple should continue to have sex into old age if they decide together that they do not want to , but it is important that they make a decision rather than lapse into no sex as a result of neglect or unresolved problems . |
| 22 | Columbia Pictures were so worried by its implications — that for a man like Willy Loman salesmanship did not bring happiness and fulfilment — that they made a documentary short to precede every showing of the picture . |
| 23 | The smallness of the demonstration , compared with the Dungannon march , showed the modest scale of the organisers , influence , although McCann is probably right in saying that they made a mistake in starting it in hostile territory . |
| 24 | I criticise them for refusing to accept that they made a mistake and for refusing to take any action to put matters right , when it was patently obvious that everything was going disastrously wrong . |
| 25 | Prior to the Children Act 1989 coming into operation on 14 October 1991 , the practice was for justices to announce their decision in the most simple terms , saying that they made a care order or a custody order , as the case might be . |
| 26 | So far , the ministry has chosen not to explain why it did not act over this matter , to admit that it made a mistake , and to fully compensate all those who have suffered trauma and considerable financial losses as a result of its negligence . |
| 27 | Eleanor , ’ she said again , as she began to realise that it made a lot of sense . |
| 28 | In fact , it never occurred to me that it made a difference until I was in a trial and a scout said ‘ We 're quite interested in the coloured lad ’ and that was the first time I realized they thought of me as anything other than my name . |
| 29 | Nothing but the best for Lucy , and that meant a month of sober evenings honing every flip phrase so that it made a point . |
| 30 | One of the more significant aspects of the panel 's report is that it makes a try at preventing repetitions of the affair . |