Example sentences of "[adj] make [pron] [noun] in the " in BNC.
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1 | This made their defeat in the one-day internationals easier for them to bear . |
2 | All this made his instruction in the scriptures and the explanation attached to them more dramatic ; not least his studies in the sacred language which he was expected to acquire . |
3 | If you have a literary bent , there is a lot that will appeal to you here ; Wordsworth , Ruskin and Beatrix Potter all made their homes in the vicinity and today these ‘ shrines ’ are open to the public . |
4 | Anyway , David was terrific , and we all made our decision in the Giaconda , and that 's how it all really started . |
5 | Most of the outstanding men who first made their name in the amateur game , turned professional — Tilden , Perry , Budge , Gonzales ‘ Sedgman , Trabert , and then Rosewall , Hoad , and finally Rod Laver . |
6 | CANADIAN Lothaire Bluteau , star of the recent epic Black Robe , first made his mark in the superb satire Jesus Of Montreal . |
7 | His earliest stage roles at Barnes and the Everyman in Hampstead in 1926 were in classic Russian plays but in 1928 , at the Little Theatre in London , he first made his name in the type of role which was to become his hallmark : that of the neurotic , greedy , sinister villain in A Man with Red Hair by Hugh Walpole [ q.v . ] . |
8 | Christianity was slower to make its way in the West and its adherents slower to assimilate the culture of their pagan contemporaries . |