Example sentences of "make [pn reflx] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most authors who accept the conspiracy also accept Vergil 's argument that Hastings was alienated by the manner in which Gloucester made himself protector . |
| 2 | Most authors who accept the conspiracy also accept Vergil 's argument that Hastings was alienated by the manner in which Gloucester made himself protector . |
| 3 | He learnt all the signs and conventions , very quickly , not only because he made himself student to so many tutors , but because he watched so carefully everything that each one did , with that strange , silent , exhausting attention of his . |
| 4 | His economic measures bore fruit , but the constitution was overturned by Peisistratos , who made himself tyrant early in the second quarter and held power ( with interruptions ) and his sons after him till the expulsion of Hippias in 510 . |
| 5 | Crack of dawn after a long night … made himself coffee and got back to the station as the car was disappearing from view . |
| 6 | Then Michael will make himself King and marry the Princess . ’ |
| 7 | He would rise early , make himself tea on his landlady 's stove , work for three hours with a pause for breakfast , then go out to walk in Regent 's Park , unless it was raining . |
| 8 | Alistair erm he 's , he 's made himself er he has made himself coordinator . |
| 9 | She made herself coffee and switched on the lamps . |
| 10 | They were going down gradually , so presumably she made herself tea when he was n't around . |
| 11 | " Oh God , " she was muttering , as she made herself tea in the empty kitchen . |
| 12 | In particular they believed that a State which could dominate the sea and Europe 's trade with the outside world would have gone far towards making herself mistress of the continent . |
| 13 | Rachaela sat by the counter and read , making herself coffee . |
| 14 | He also castigates those who use cosmetics ‘ thereby making themselves seeme that which , indeede they are not ’ , and practising what ‘ is most abominable in the very light of nature , and much more by the light of Gods word ’ ( p. 214 ) . |
| 15 | That wily monarch had reached Acre in April and at once began plotting to make himself King of Outremer , pushing the incumbent Guy of Lusignan off the throne . |
| 16 | Given this power , it is possible that Gloucester simply yielded to temptation in 1483 , first to dominate the minority and then , when that proved easy , to make himself king . |
| 17 | Given this power , it is possible that Gloucester simply yielded to temptation in 1483 , first to dominate the minority and then , when that proved easy , to make himself king . |
| 18 | As one top sharedealer put it , " You 're here to make yourselves money , not your clients . " |
| 19 | It is interesting to note that , in attempting to refute the charge of " soft option " , the Report had already asked : " Is it a soft option to make oneself master of the political philosophy of Burke ? " |