Example sentences of "it made [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly it made nonsense of their appeal for support within Scotland on the grounds of freeing the kingdom from the tyranny of strangers . |
| 2 | Without warning , it suddenly let out a blast of the 62 first line of Dixie on a five-tone airhorn , so loud and so unexpected that it made Alina take a startled step back . |
| 3 | It made dissent , social criticism , and alternative scenarios more difficult to articulate . |
| 4 | It made racism respectable and clinical by institutionalising it . |
| 5 | It made £41.7m compared with £32.5m in 1990 and is increasing its total dividend payout to 56.4p per share from 47p . |
| 6 | Delightful scene ; it made Elizabeth think of Turgenev . |
| 7 | But it projected enthusiasm , delight and knowledge right through the television screen and it made Peter within a few months well-known to millions of people who had never imagined that they had any interest in natural history . |
| 8 | The company 's most profitable year was 1990 when it made $7,246,667 , compared to $4,058,160 in 1989 . |
| 9 | Morgan shake the dust of third-world debt from its feet ( it made provisions against its entire exposure ) , now shows commendable sympathy for the world 's ill-fed poor . |
| 10 | The Bank of England 's new accounts show that it made provisions of £115m ( $100m ) in 1991–92 , against losses incurred in propping up small banks after the collapse of BCCI . |
| 11 | To rapturous applause it made $1.6 million , a world record for any clock at auction . |
| 12 | The way he said it made Sally feel like a parcel for delivery . |
| 13 | It made Patrick cringe of course , but the inevitable comparison with his brother was high on the agenda when , clutching his share of the £45,000 winners ' cheque and £15,000 for finishing eighth in the Nabisco points table , he walked into the interview room . |
| 14 | For some reason it made Maggie think of silent music , each flicker a celestial note . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sure ! ’ he replied in such a way it made Maggie giggle again . |
| 16 | Aged 28 , Lesley claims not to be a natural competitor and in fact as a teenager dropped out of a PE teacher training course as she felt it made sport too serious and took the fun away . |
| 17 | He was man enough to smile , and it made Arthur Marshall laugh , which was always a wonderful sight . |
| 18 | It made Ianthe uncomfortable to think of so many people living alone . |
| 19 | It made Brandywell a no-go area for visiting teams and marked the beginning of the end for Derry City 's reign in the Irish League . |
| 20 | It made Beesley one of the best-known survivors of the disaster , and for fifty years — right up to the time I met him — he was regularly consulted by maritime historians , film researchers , journalists , souvenir hunters , bores , conspiracy theorists and vexatious litigants . |
| 21 | It made Times just look super elegant , you know , and yah I , that 's what 's wrong with all the foundries now , they forgot where they came from . |
| 22 | Before tax , it made £90.4m , down only 4 p.c. , although the slide in earnings per share was steeper at 12 p.c. , to 7.58p fully diluted . |
| 23 | It made Lydia go to sleep in the afternoon too , which was why she did it . |
| 24 | There was only one way into life , one way through , and one way out , and it made Lydia mad . |
| 25 | Oh yes , it made steam . |
| 26 | Rex felt the knee as it made contact with his groin . |
| 27 | There was no answer to her gibe , and , despite the fact that the fumes in the room told her the substance on her hair was likely to blind her if it made contact , she sat up and risked opening one eye . |
| 28 | We never heard the last from Mum about God 's bounty from the vegetable garden ; it made Dad seem like some kind of honorary clergyman . |
| 29 | It made Edouard alive with happiness . |
| 30 | It made Lorraine a French province . |