I asked my boss a salary advance.

We got a big group of students to be in the experiment, and we prepaid them.

The Scotland Act of 2012, scheduled to come into effect in 2016, provides a down payment on this desired autonomy.

So I think half of my book advance went into sunscreen.

When she then pleads for the marriage to be delayed, her mother rejects her.

In October 1995, Park secured a 1 million advance for The Notebook from Time Warner Book Group.

In November 1968, Grant secured a 143,000 advance contract from Atlantic Records, which was then the biggest deal of its kind for a new band.

In 1876, Wallace needed a 500 advance from the publisher of The Geographical Distribution of Animals to avoid having to sell some of his personal property.

The books were published under a profit sharing arrangement, whereby Tolkien would not receive an advance or royalties until the books had broken even, after which he would take a large share of the profits.

With an advance of 1,500, Capote returned to Monroeville and began Other Voices, Other Rooms , continuing to work on the manuscript in New Orleans, Saratoga Springs, New York, and North Carolina, eventually completing it in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Decided to make a paintbrush.

It might make a sound.

We need to make a plan.

Michael Rosenblatt, who worked at the artists and repertoire department of Sire, offered Madonna 5,000 in advance, plus 10,000 in royalties, for each song she wrote.

Let's do one in L.A.

We're going to learn how to make one flap.

Or you could do a moose.

So basically I'm going to make a duet.

Would you do me a favor?

Anyone can do that.

Anybody can do that.

Anybody can do that.

I failed to make a cake.

I'll make a phone call.

Could you do me a favor?

I would like to make a request.

I am going to undergo an electrocardiography.

Anybody can do this.

Anybody can do this.

I just made a friend.

I'd like to make a speech.

I'll make tea.

She tried to do a backflip.

We have to make a plan.

I'll need to make a formal report.

We need to make a plan.

Let's make some more.

It's difficult to give a figure a study would have to be performed, he says.

So we needed a system that would allow Benjamin to do everything a human being can do.

You know, you don't have to have a Kwanzaa festival.

Sure. We'll make you a big batch.

Well, we can do a little experiment.

So let's make a little test.

Here's a simple way to do it.

Well, then you could do an organ.