Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] was make [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 An unsigned internal letter dated 13 February to the operations staff at MEHQ states that Stirling was making arrangements with the Eighth Army for further raids .
2 The spokesman said that China was making representations to the UK over the meeting .
3 In view of the fact that Miliutin was made chairman of the new local government commission the prospects for a generous solution looked good , but the commission made little progress in the first year of its life .
4 In 1882 A. Geikie was promoted to Director-General and Howell was made Director in Scotland but Geikie , although now based in London , kept control of Highland work .
5 It was mikva night , and the last thing in the world that she felt like doing was making love to her husband — she could have quite cheerfully strangled him !
6 The Turkish government was to uphold religious liberty and equality ; the recognition of the governments of Serbia and Bulgaria was made conditional upon their doing the same .
7 In that year Bevin became Chairman of the General Council of the TUC and Dalton was made Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party .
8 ‘ I want a team of aggressive players but I do n't want violent men in my team ’ , was the advice he gave to Gimbert and Moscato , who made their Five Nations debuts against Wales in Cardiff , while Simon was made captain of the students side .
9 While James was making preparations for his voyage the English rebels scored their first real success .
10 Indeed , when Franco was made head of government in September 1936 , it was as much because all the other candidates had important flaws as in recognition of his merits .
11 When Peter was made curate in a northern suburb of Bristol , Anna celebrated the event by becoming pregnant .
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