Example sentences of "[noun] make [pron] [noun] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Croatian President Franjo Tudjman made his name in the 1960s as a maverick historian who charged that only 30,000 people perished at the hands of the Ustashe fascists . |
| 2 | Shamir made his call in the light of Cabinet disagreements over a Police Ministry proposal to prevent all unmarried Palestinian men under the age of 30 from entering Israel . |
| 3 | ‘ Tommy Taylor made his debut in the same game as me . |
| 4 | Liese made me dinner in the Chinese style : miso soup , stir-fried vegetables , sweetsap for dessert . |
| 5 | Until the 1980s , the majority of nationalist conservative and ultra-right elements in West Germany made their homes in the right wings of the mainstream conservative parties , the CDU and its Bavarian sister-party , the Christian Social Union ( CSU ) . |
| 6 | That is to say , Libyans whose families had settled in the cities some generations before were perhaps exempt from this process ; but the majority of Libyans made their history in the same way , and shared this picture of the past . |
| 7 | His words made her halt in the doorway . |
| 8 | Well , the Doc Marten has now been granted official recognition — it 's one of the words making its debut in the new Shorter Oxford English Dictionary . |
| 9 | Mr Bresslaw made his name in the TV comedy , The Army Game . |
| 10 | Neil 's origins made his presence in the East End even stranger — and he had the impertinence to quiz her for her presence , when his own was just as odd . |
| 11 | Here two men , a ship 's officer and a gently born younger son sent from England to make his way in the world , are involved in certain events which are , as it were , by-products of civil war . |
| 12 | Lenny made his name in the unlicensed ring . |
| 13 | The piano made its patterns in the air . |
| 14 | It has taken him just five and a half years to make his mark in the big time . |
| 15 | This has urged Bosch to make its debut in the security products market with a range of sensor-controlled security lights , movement detectors , and mini alarms . |
| 16 | By heavy amercements and by imprisonment he had compelled the regarders to make their regard in the ‘ purlieus ’ — that is , in districts which had been disafforested ; he had prevented the forest inhabitants from exercising their rights , even those conceded by royal charter and writs , unless they paid fines therefor before the Forest justices , and at Forest inquests he had compelled Forest officers and juries , under threat of imprisonment , to indict persons whom they knew to be innocent . |
| 17 | But no reported case has been cited to the court in which any judge in any jurisdiction has ever purported to order a doctor to treat a patient in a particular way contrary to the doctor 's will until Waite J. made his order in the present case . |
| 18 | The best way to create jobs in the telecommunications industry is through liberalisation , our duopoly review , opening up the market , allowing the new products to come through and allowing customers to make their decisions in the marketplace . |
| 19 | It is right to say , ‘ If Christ is in you , ’ and in the next verse to say , ‘ If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you , ’ for it is by means of the Spirit , the Spirit of God , the Spirit of Christ , that Jesus makes his home in the believer . |
| 20 | A 4-metre ( 13-foot ) male bottlenose called Gabriel made his home in the river Dart and befriended children and adults . |
| 21 | Ipswich hope to have Shirra make his debut in the double header with King 's Lynn on Good Friday but by then Norris will have moved , and he is due to make his first appearance for the Eagles tomorrow at King 's Lynn . |
| 22 | Indeed their interests lie in assisting young people to make their way in the world and they have no interest or desire to become business entrepreneurs . |
| 23 | The Northern Ireland number 7 seed Paddy Doherty made his exit in the hands of a 3-2 defeat by Colin McCullough from the QE1 Club in Belfast . |
| 24 | Changez 's brother sent him money , too , which was unusual , because it should have been the other way round as Changez made his way in the affluent West , but I was sure celebrations in India at Changez 's departure were still taking place . |
| 25 | But while it was an impressive building , with all chimneys and fancy brickwork befitting the residence of a man making his way in the world , there was something about Hill House that was not very welcoming . |
| 26 | They seemed to take that kind of man to make him sergeant in the beginning after the Police Strike . |
| 27 | It is also no doubt less than a coincidence that the central bank made its move in the week before the French elections . |
| 28 | Lowson made his debut in the Home Internationals at Ganton . |
| 29 | Parry made his debut in the fourth match of 1931–32 , when he helped the Palace secure a superb 3–0 victory at Brighton , and he became a regular member of our side that season . |
| 30 | Like his father , who was a royal banneret and justice of Chester from 1274 to 1281 , Badlesmere made his way in the world through service to the Crown . |