Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I normally make a note of the palette number and list the yarn names , along with the manufacturers ' colour names or numbers for each of the eight colours , in a book and find this is a great help when going back to a palette later , or when looking for a palette containing certain yarn colours . |
2 | However the message soon got home to me so that today , nearly seventy years on , I always make a point of being early . |
3 | And I always make a point of doing as I please . |
4 | I usually make a point of removing anything remotely fragile the instant we step on board . |
5 | I usually make a tape hood over the static vents to allow them to breathe without letting water droplets get into the tubes . |
6 | There I hereby make a pact that I will not blame Joe for anything I copy off her in biology . |
7 | This reflects itself in the fact that when I actually make a measurement I shall find the electron sometimes here and sometimes over there . |
8 | I 'm a business and a factory , the work-force and the boss I 'm the brains and the belly and I never make a loss |
9 | You only make a fool of yourself when you try and speak in public . |
10 | And then you just make a mess of what you 've already got . |
11 | If you make a mistake with Word , right , then you can always undo it , right , if you ever make a mistake do n't panic cos you can always undo it but you only get the one chance if you go on working then you ca n't undo it . |
12 | ‘ And you never make a mistake or change a word . ’ |
13 | The FOURTH stage will be the selling and — realising that the only sensible sale is one on which you actually make a profit — getting paid . |
14 | The only thing that we do , and we 've always done it without Neighbourhood Watch , we always make a point of telling one another when we 're gon na be away for any period of time . |
15 | Because we believe in stable democratic government supported by a majority of the British people , we shall not only campaign wholeheartedly for fair votes in the coming weeks , we also make a pledge for the period after the election . |
16 | Well for my own part I think that one can educate students as far as possible in terms of what appropriate behaviour is , and I think that you can police students with disciplinary measures when it 's absolutely clear that when they know what the inappropriate behaviour is they nevertheless make a choice that they 're going to move beyond those boundaries of appropriateness . |
17 | They usually make a sort of ear sound if they 've got I mean |
18 | This is where they do such good , where they really make a visit worth while and where they learn what ordinary people think , need and feel . |
19 | As as I said we 're we 're not very formal but er you know that also has its especially if people that er maybe erm , how can I put it , are not used t taking everything back to a meeting and you know they maybe make a decision and go ahead with it and then it gets shouted at a bit but I think we we can all take being shouted at a bit as well . |
20 | They therefore make a difference to their practical deliberations , and serve to refute the no difference thesis . |
21 | Chefs are very easy to identify because they actually make a statement via their food . |