Example sentences of "she [adv] make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Practice had made perfect : she hardly made a sound . |
| 2 | She hardly made a bump under the sheet , only her small shaven head and long neck were visible . |
| 3 | and she willingly made a gift of it to her mother in sincere , if perhaps slightly exasperated affection . |
| 4 | She also made a plea for children in care saying that ‘ a child already damaged by previous experiences ’ should be cared for ‘ as we would our own children ’ . |
| 5 | She also made a point of keeping in touch with every woman who fostered a baby from the Foundling Hospital as the charity was so dear to her husband 's heart . |
| 6 | For the first time , Susan intuited that if she really made a point of it , she could get out of her Public Service . |
| 7 | She now made a living giving private lessons in English . |
| 8 | ‘ Every ward round she religiously made a note in her little book which wound drains to shorten . |
| 9 | In them , she again described the work she did and the success she had achieved ; she gave details of her height , weight and false hair colour ; she even made a comment or two - as some of the men had in their letters — on her sexual preferences . |
| 10 | She then made a claim of unfair dismissal . |
| 11 | ‘ That old woman did the business , word-perfect , she was perfect , the jury took one look at that little old lady and he was off the hook , she never made a slip . |
| 12 | She would not go out , though she occasionally made a martyr of herself by pointing out that because of the price of baby-sitting , she could not afford to go out : this was as far as she went towards self-pity . |