Example sentences of "[pron] made [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 After the performance of Jimmy Shine , the two of them made their way from the theatre to the hotel where Dustin was staying .
2 The fire beside the storage tent and cook-house was still burning and trays were being carried to tents and houses when I made my way across the sand wrapped in shawls against the cold .
3 After a few days my condition improved , the weather changed dramatically , and I made my way across the cultivated , fertile fields of Normandy .
4 I made my way through the orchard and into a slit trench .
5 I made my way through the trees to the farmyard , four Commandos were stacking ammunition against the farmhouse wall .
6 ‘ Just enjoying the taste of the rum , Corporal , ’ I replied , getting to my feet and swilling out the mess-tins and empty mug as I made my way through the drizzle to my now very muddy slit trench .
7 As I made my way through the trees in the direction of the village and Brigade H.Q there were several loud explosions a short distance away to my right , followed by a loud burst of automatic fire .
8 I made my way through the crowds to Farr 's in Brown Street , managed to get right up to the entrance and poke my head around the door to see what was going on .
9 I felt a strange sensation in my stomach as I made my way down the sloping gangway and on to the tarmac , If I had felt like this on the morning of the 6th June , Lord Lovat would probably been going ashore without his bagpipe music .
10 I felt proud and grown-up as I made my way down the road , concentrating my mind for what might be required of me .
11 Later , I made my way into the farmyard and joined a group having something to eat .
12 As Taff reported to Brigade H.Q I made my way into the orchard , made a mug of tea , had something to eat , got into my trench and immediately fell asleep .
13 I made my way towards the east coast .
14 Anyway , at shortly before five I made my way to the forecourt of the RA .
15 Ignoring them , I made my way to the Norman castle .
16 It was suppertime , so I made my way to the Roscommon chip shop .
17 I felt I was climbing a mountain of my own as I made my way to the interview battling on my bike against the fierce London traffic to meet Sir Edmund at a plush hotel next to Harrods in Knightsbridge .
18 In the lunch interval of the Test I made my way to the bar , where I saw the editor of the Herald , Mac Pollock , father of Springboks Peter and Graeme , and decided to discuss Vorster 's threat with him .
19 I ran through the fields , laid low for about two hours , then I made my way to the motorway and hitched it to Birmingham .
20 Come Saturday morning I made my way to the ground .
21 My tiredness had now almost disappeared as I made my way along the drive of Brigade H.Q and out into the village .
22 I made my way round the football pitch towards the library .
23 I made my way round the house and crossed the mossy terrace to look in through the drawing-room window .
24 At the Scotland-Wales match I was severely reprimanded by a steward 30 years my junior for daring to place one foot on the hallowed turf as I made my exit from the ‘ schoolboys ’ enclosure ’ .
25 When it became clear that he had nothing to tell me , I made my exit in the face of dismissive politeness .
26 I made my mark against the Conservative candidate .
27 Prost , who appeared at the same conference , said : ‘ I made my apologies to the world council .
28 I made my entry at the end of the song .
29 The nationalist movements and the new nations which made their appearance after the Second World War thus displayed features which distinguish them in some ways from the earlier movements which led to the formation of nation states in Western Europe , because they arose in a very different international context — in a highly developed capitalist world economy , in the aftermath of a division of the world among powerful imperialist nations , and in the midst of political transformations resulting from the growth of the socialist movement .
30 Had Andrewes remained in Cambridge , his reputation would probably have been unblemished but he would have lacked the stimulus to write the magnificent sermons which he preached at Court ; and he would not willingly have engaged in the controversial writing in which for the first time he set out the Anglican Church 's position in terms which European scholars could respect ; above all his Preces , even had they been written , would not have contained the breadth of experience , and the depth of feeling , based on that experience , which made them treasures of the Church .
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