Example sentences of "a [noun] make [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Making a decision makes you responsible for what happens afterwards . |
| 2 | In life , we make a decision — or a decision makes us — and we go one way ; had we made a different decision ( as I once told my wife ; though I do n't think she was in a condition to appreciate my wisdom ) , we would have been elsewhere . |
| 3 | Whatever the origin of the revolt , by early 1183 it had been transformed into a struggle to make him Duke of Aquitaine in place of the " tyrannical " Richard . |
| 4 | Having a faith makes you feel very relaxed with yourself and with life . |
| 5 | Mr John Wilkinson ( C. Ruislip Northwood ) , who came sixth in the private members ' bills ballot , yesterday announced a measure to make it obligatory to apply for planning permission before a dwelling house is demolished . |
| 6 | What a ghost made it ? |
| 7 | At Homestead they were guests of the 482 Tactical Fighter Wing which recently had seen action in the Gulg , and It was here that each was given a certificate making them Honorary F-16 Fighter Pilots . |
| 8 | If we can actually demonstrate that , but you 've got ta see a significant improvement in your productivity on a Saturday to make it worth your while . |
| 9 | The smell of fresh bread from a bakery made him hungry but he did not stop . |
| 10 | A pitcher can spin a baseball to make it follow a trajectory in any direction . |
| 11 | All he needed , he sometimes thought , was a trunk to make him look exactly like an elephant . |
| 12 | ‘ He 's running a cartel to make you carry on with your particular activity and then take his 40 per cent — it 's wickedness . ’ |
| 13 | Whereas I hardly ever break a string ; I mean , you do n't have to hit your guitar with a hammer to make it sound loud . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ A girlfriend made me a wonderful big , bright red jumper which I liked so much that I asked her to knit me another . |
| 15 | The thought that she was the one with a boyfriend with a car made her feel very important — one up on Paula for a change ! |
| 16 | The law will also sweep away the previous 20% limit on foreign investment in privatised firms , in a bid to make them more attractive to international fund managers . |
| 17 | This involved changes in the refuelling system ; it was a bid to make it easier to obtain weapons-grade plutonium . |
| 18 | The Owton Manor Primary School pupil from Hartlepool had his left leg broken and pinned in a bid to make it grow longer . |
| 19 | To be able to fly one around in a circuit made you one of the top flyers in the world . |
| 20 | There are seven discussion lists on the network including RESPONSE where a child makes her or his first introductory contact , and KIDCAFE and KIDACT where the discussion and dialogue occur . |
| 21 | ‘ Having a child makes you see things differently , your view of things changes in many ways and that 's major . |
| 22 | The very raising of such a question makes it evident that notional/functional syllabus proposals actually imply an extension of previous practices , a development from the structural approach to syllabus design with the semantico-grammatical notions as the essential transition , common to both . |
| 23 | A screech made her look up . |
| 24 | and we kept the homes small , about twenty in a home to make it more like home-like and not institution . |
| 25 | Everything he had done that had seemed at all kind had been part of a plan to make her face her past for his mother 's sake . |
| 26 | Hospital nurses opposing a plan to make them wear their own clothes for work have put off a decision to take action in protest . |
| 27 | ‘ I want a clean up , not a snakesiren making it with a mongoose on my face . ’ |
| 28 | Well normally he says a salad makes him hungry . |
| 29 | France : Since a law making it compulsory for employers to offer hepatitis B vaccination to healthcare employees was passed in January 1991 , usage of vaccine has risen nearly four-fold . |
| 30 | What is now required is a law making it a crime to act in , produce , distribute or sell films and videos depicting cruel and excessive violence . |