Example sentences of "make for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps even more destructively , the Philharmonic Hall acoustic does not make for the clarity of diction experienced in the average theatre . |
| 2 | Once off the airfield , Stirling gave orders for the jeeps to split up and make for the rendezvous separately , as he was sure that the following morning the sky would be full of angry German fighters out looking for them . |
| 3 | If we can only slip inside Germany we can make for the autobahn and then for the Black Forest area . ’ |
| 4 | I would make for the Federal Republic . ’ |
| 5 | Only at the last minute , by forced marches , would it suddenly make for the Channel coast . |
| 6 | But I did make for the baize door a little more quickly than on my way in , and in the semi-darkness stumbled over one of the wellingtons , kicking it half-way across the floor . |
| 7 | Any graduate visiting the University should first make for the Visitors ' Centre , where they can be sure of a warm welcome . |
| 8 | We should be all right for a few moments as it is deeper water ; we can then make for the beach , hopefully avoiding the big dumping surf . ’ |
| 9 | Mostly they 'd make for the West End and meet others like themselves ; they 'd pick up survival information , get oriented within the subculture that they 'd entered , and learn where the free food could be picked up . |
| 10 | He was starting to appear distinctly shopworn , Lucy noted ; he seemed to have bought himself a new shirt , but a dip-through in a hotel washbasin did n't exactly make for the best possible finish . |
| 11 | I am pleased to tell my hon. Friend that the latest estimate we can make for the spend on computerisation this year will not be £20 million but £25 million . |
| 12 | What a coil do I make for the loss of my punk |
| 13 | And I got up and I was gon na tie her up like but and by gosh I thought I 'd better make for the door again . |
| 14 | Having turned the car , she wondered if she should make for the cottage to talk out with her mother what her next move should be , but thinking that would leave her grandmother alone too long , she decided to make for home again . |
| 15 | It might be part of her job to parade through the ballroom but she surely did n't want to have to prattle facts and figures for what she was wearing now , a skin-tight concoction of bugle heads and sequins that probably cost more than she 'd make for the entire year . |
| 16 | She 'd make for the kitchen , she thought , and let herself out through the back door . |
| 17 | And all three of them made for the stairs . |
| 18 | He shrugged and made for the door . |
| 19 | Wexford made for the stairs . |
| 20 | I made for the hotel 's main building with several other reporters when a man with an assault rifle appeared and said : ‘ Hit the floor . ’ |
| 21 | It makes standard pear-shaped hot-air balloons for enthusiasts , and specially shaped ones for advertising or big egos — like the hot-air balloon it made for the late Malcolm Forbes in the shape of the American publisher 's French chateau . |
| 22 | The 128 they made for the fifth wicket actually saw the visitors go on the defensive , although not for long . |
| 23 | I made for the sideboard again to hover . |
| 24 | It is not clear from the surviving reports of the Once-Over system if the manufacturers had much evidence to support the claims they made for the CO process . |
| 25 | Toby Tobias was quickest away and Desert Orchid could find no more , but the race was far from finished , for as Mark Pitman on Toby Tobias made for the winning post Graham McCourt urged Norton 's Coin to a final effort , and as the two jockeys , whips swishing , pushed their courageous mounts up the hill the cheers from the stands which moments before had been tuning up for another Dessie triumph lapsed into a disbelieving murmur : this was not the right script at all . |
| 26 | Outside , the world was waiting for Mr Major 's victory oration and shortly after 1.00 he made for the front door . |
| 27 | A harmless grass snake , I concluded , although I must admit that the proximity of the Reptile Centre did make me a touch more circumspect than usual as I made for the summit . |
| 28 | Trent waited until they made for the upriver side , then charged forward uncaring . |
| 29 | Maggie sat with the others and Natasha made for the bar where Muriel , an orange-haired dragon somewhere in her seventies , held sway as chief barmaid . |
| 30 | She made for the door , but decided instead to sit down on a chair . |