Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This provides that a court may only make a care order if it is satisfied that the child concerned is suffering significant harm . |
| 2 | Increased frailty may suddenly make a house or flat , lived in for years , totally unsuitable — the garden is too big to manage , upstairs bedrooms become inaccessible , or getting to the shops and other local services presents difficulties . |
| 3 | Like the White Queen , we should perhaps make a habit of believing as many as six impossible things before breakfast ! |
| 4 | Your Lord if one turns to the issues of reference , er the commercial quarters as we discussed yesterday should only make a reference if it 's necessary to do so in order to resolve the case and has the discretion whether to make a reference under article one seven , seven |
| 5 | So with your pennies and her pennies I think we should all make a lot of money for Save The Children , do n't you ? |
| 6 | ( c ) He must normally make a record of the search there and then unless this is impracticable . |
| 7 | If there is a disturbance at the periphery we already know some observation sentences which we have to revise , and we must also make a revision in the interior , for our original theory has been proved false . |
| 8 | It must also make a submission to parliament containing proposals relating to the policy to be followed next year in respect of the dealing with the state assets . |
| 9 | You should also make a bed on which the flowers can lie from plenty of clean but crumpled tissue paper , also gently tucking it around the sides of the bouquet for added protection . |
| 10 | You should also make a note of the serial numbers of your television , video and hi-fi equipment and any other items of value . |
| 11 | That 's why we should now make a start on reminding ourselves of the relevance of our own particular life story . |
| 12 | But he insists regret should never make a footballer compromise on toughness . |
| 13 | Er Chairman , yes , if I may just make a couple of , of , of , of , of , comments on , on , on the report side , I , I very much welcome the report back which I think has clarified a number of areas in the inspector 's report and what the services are actually , actually are doing about this one , I think er overall it 's er it , it , it 's , it 's very , it 's very er it 's very er very useful to see er what has been done erm I , I , I , I , I 've been assured by the Chief Officer er on item , item er , item three one at the top of page two , that the operational plans being devolved to individual sch will not apply to operational activity , they will be er to separate activity within the s er sch station , erm I did raise that because I was concerned about one station saying yes we will attend the fire and another one saying we wo n't , which obviously is not appropriate er but with that caveat I , I , I , very much welcome the report , I would like to move the proposals sch standing in , in , in , in , in my name that we commend the report as well as er er what 's on the officer 's erm er , er , er recomen er the re the recommended er resolution and that we send a copy of that , this |
| 14 | Madam Chairman if I may just make a comment of concern that information was not , on this point was not forthcoming to the county councillors of that area perhaps to make er give them an opportunity to make comment prior to you so you could make this delegated action . |
| 15 | Fine , can you bear with me for five seconds while I 'll just make a phone call ? |
| 16 | no , just make , I 'll just make a way through that 's all I want . |
| 17 | You 'll just make a mess of it . ’ |
| 18 | Right I 'll just make a note of that . |
| 19 | Developments in China , on the other hand , might just make a difference . |
| 20 | Even after paying £6,000 over 10 years , you might still make a loss — though Equitable paid £12,877 , and several other companies paid more than £9,000 . |
| 21 | She 'll also make a grab for any toy that takes her fancy , even if she 's told it belongs to another child . |
| 22 | Having a nosy reporter around might well make a difference . |
| 23 | So you 're feeling relaxed and comfortable and good because you 're telling me , you know , what a great tennis player I am and I really enjoy it , you 've just given me a couple of names that I 'll either make a note of or I 'll say that 's interesting cos I actually deal with Joe on a business relationship anyway erm maybe we could meet some other people from the tennis club , self employed people , professional people such as yourself , who might be interested in looking at financial planning but today I 'm more interested in talking about you Bill , erm we 'll come back to them a bit later if I may so let's press on . |
| 24 | She guessed it would be Nicky Kai , eager to hear her singing the praises of her beloved island once more , and she might be willing to stay and share the light supper she had been planning for herself as it was Sunday , the one evening of the week on which Florian might occasionally make a concession to the fact of his breakfast show slot and retire soon after dark . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll never make a secretary , Aggie ; I 've got nothing up top . ’ |
| 26 | You 'll never make a poker player , Miss Swift ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ We 'll never make a policeman out of you , Auguste . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You 'll never make a writer , ’ he said . |
| 29 | " You 'll never make a nun , you baggage . |
| 30 | He flexed his hands under the cloth , and shouted irritably at Rosa , ‘ You 'll never make a city woman , thank God , ’ and then , seeing her face fall , wondered at it . |