Example sentences of "made [pn reflx] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Most authors who accept the conspiracy also accept Vergil 's argument that Hastings was alienated by the manner in which Gloucester made himself protector .
2 Most authors who accept the conspiracy also accept Vergil 's argument that Hastings was alienated by the manner in which Gloucester made himself protector .
3 He learnt all the signs and conventions , very quickly , not only because he made himself student to so many tutors , but because he watched so carefully everything that each one did , with that strange , silent , exhausting attention of his .
4 His economic measures bore fruit , but the constitution was overturned by Peisistratos , who made himself tyrant early in the second quarter and held power ( with interruptions ) and his sons after him till the expulsion of Hippias in 510 .
5 Crack of dawn after a long night … made himself coffee and got back to the station as the car was disappearing from view .
6 She made herself coffee and switched on the lamps .
7 They were going down gradually , so presumably she made herself tea when he was n't around .
8 " Oh God , " she was muttering , as she made herself tea in the empty kitchen .
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