Example sentences of "make [pron] for " in BNC.

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1 He made nothing for himself out of the plunder of the Church lands .
2 The Sheikha usually made them for her .
3 I made them for a friend a couple of years ago and she 's still talking about them !
4 He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night .
5 Since the war , every spell of Anfield success has been set or kept in motion by the signing of a top-class ‘ striker-cum-provider ’ a player who not only scored goals but also made them for his colleagues .
6 Yes , she made them for her teacher 's as well , they 'll chocolates .
7 she said yeah , she , erm , the reason that women who does the earrings could n't make them for me , was that she buys all the parts , well the flower earrings she makes , she buys all these parts and she ex assembles them which ever parts you want
8 All the iron men make them for keepsakes .
9 ‘ I make them for the shops to sell , ’ she told Virginia .
10 Tony 's mother had made them for this occasion , and though recipes vary slightly the end result is a large currant biscuit .
11 Carolyn commented on them , and for once incurred Bryony 's pleased attention , as she explained how a friend had made them for her to an ancient design , and that unlike any shoes you could buy , they were made to last a lifetime , were completely healthy and natural , and did not threaten to deform the foot or posture in any way .
12 I thought within myself , ‘ With what eyes these poets see nature ! ’ and ever after , when I saw the sun-set stream upon the objects facing it , conceived I had made a discovery , or thanked Mr Wordsworth for having made one for me !
13 However , with an old school desk whose lid is raised at an angle , an old glass oven door , and a table lamp minus shade , I 've made one for myself !
14 The skirt pattern I 've designed for you is for Japanese machines , but I 've also made one for Passap/Pfaff .
15 However , with an old school desk whose lid is raised at an angle , an old glass oven door , and a table lamp minus shade , I 've made one for myself !
16 I 've made one for each of you , of course . ’
17 If she made a dress for you , she could have made one for herself . ’
18 John Major has made one for citizens , British Rail has done it for their passengers , the banks have formulated one for their customers and now the JS distribution division has done it for the branches .
19 Yeah and , and if you could , I mean the thing is , if you 're , if er , if we did n't have each other to go off with erm it would have made everything for us a lot different , I mean okay we 're lucky we 're in a situation where we do know a lot of people who are , who are like- minded
20 She pushed it back , and wiped the same hand on the Beatrix Potter apron Harriet had made her for her birthday .
21 His passionate compression , luxuriant sound , and eclectic mixture of Anglo-Saxon , Latinate , and Celtic diction have made him for many readers both the greatest of Victorians and the first of the moderns .
22 He and Peter have always been good friends and David is the type of lad that once he 's made friends with someone , he has made it for life , ’ says Brian Gedge .
23 John McFarlane , Donald Brydon , the Katherine Howards , the Iain Dobbies , they 've made it for me . ’
24 " He must have made it for us ! "
25 And we have a bicycle which he made in the year eighteen seventy , that was before he had started business on his own and he had erm made it for a young solicitor in Galashiels and I believe it was used in a race from Galashiels from Place in Galashiels to the .
26 She saw the sudden gleam in his eyes , male and provocative , and realised too late how easy she had made it for him .
27 The reason I say it 's , it 's , the system 's too old to go back to the Japs and say get this sorted out , rewrite the software because they 're just gon na say not likely we have n't made it for ten years , or whatever seven or eight years or whatever it is , it 's out of date , they 're not gon na start working on the system that 's that old all they 'll want to do is to sell you a new one
28 I got ta make you for them .
29 She made none for herself , but left Rachaela at once with the mug in her hand .
30 ‘ For every improvement to the guest-house , I make something for the local people , ’ Anne said .
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