Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] make [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 When I got my period , my family made it a happy , celebratory occasion , in their own way .
2 He too had been strictly brought up but seems to have shrugged off his mother 's influence in that as easily as he resisted her attempts to make him a practising Jew .
3 When object-oriented database systems become more widely available , there may be a number of application domains where their advantages make them a good choice .
4 Being fond of tapestry work , this was frustrating until her husband made her an adjustable frame so that she could work her tapestry at eye level .
5 Postwoman Val took Pat home , where her husband made him a Jamaican meal and Pat then went off to boogie to a steel band , like a rasta on ganja , exhibiting a sense of abandon never hinted at in Greendale .
6 You may have some if you have any dental fillings ; it is also used as a contact in telephone circuits and its malleability makes it a useful substitute for platinum in jewellery .
7 Her age makes her the ideal candidate for a pension mortgage .
8 Her background made her an early starter in the love stakes .
9 Eleven years later the World Federation of the Deaf at the seventh Congress in Washington awarded him an International Solidarity Merit Award , and Gallaudet College , taking advantage of his presence made him the first recipient of a medallion for " outstanding international service to the deaf " , which he received at a special convention attended by the Vice-President of the United States .
10 When he came to Arsenal , James told Chapman in no uncertain terms that he did n't like his plan to make him a scheming inside-forward .
11 Ironically , Johnson 's lawless image endeared as much as it repelled. he was obviously a player who was easily unhinged but in the odd chemistry of Scotland 's footballing psyche , his recklessness made him a dangerous but likeable rogue .
12 His record makes him an outstanding candidate for an R Y A Award .
13 His predecessor but one , Hensley Henson , invented the magazine the Bishoprick and by the force of his writing made it a national and not only a diocesan journal .
14 And while his mother may have forgotten Dublin and his father , who had given his life to make it a better place for his children to live in , Patrick had not .
15 His silken touch , his ability to play off either foot , and his pace make him an obvious crowd-pleaser .
16 Heston 's wartime service as a B-25 tail-gunner with the US 11th Air Force in the Far East and his stardom make him an ideal Chairman .
17 As the season goes on our baits make it a better swim .
18 The evening will be semi-business anyway , so your qualifications make you the best candidate . ’
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