Example sentences of "[was/were] make [adj] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All night he had laboured in prayer and watching , then rising and sitting in his chair , as it were made new for the occasion , which had been placed before the chimney in his parlour , and in the midst of his chaplains , servants and officers who were praying for him , he expired as if sleeping , and without a groan yielded up his spirit most purely to his Creator . " |
| 2 | The first set of temporary positions were offered in December 1983 for the spring and summer terms in 1984 , while further positions were made available for the autumn term 1984 and the spring term in 1985 . |
| 3 | Pair after pair of serwal were made ready for the tailor 's sewing machine . |
| 4 | Local authorities were made responsible for the welfare of the handicapped under the National Assistance Act of 1948 . |
| 5 | Hence the constant , and eventually often vain , calls of the leaders of such new states to surmount ‘ tribalism ’ , ‘ communalism ’ , or whatever forces were made responsible for the failure of the new inhabitants of the Republic of X to feel themselves to be primarily patriotic citizens of X rather than members of some other collectivity . |
| 6 | Part of this land was used for council housing but , as North Tyneside CDP ( 1978a ) makes clear , much was made available for the building of private housing . |
| 7 | The tug refloated the vessel , towed her to a sheltered anchorage where she was made fit for the tow to Hong Kong , and thereafter towed her for four days to docks in Hong Kong . |
| 8 | On the line 's completion in 1841 Gooch was made responsible for the construction of branch lines to Heywood , Oldham , Halifax , and Ashton-under-Lyne . |