Example sentences of "[noun pl] make [pron] [noun] in the " in BNC.

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1 That is to say , Libyans whose families had settled in the cities some generations before were perhaps exempt from this process ; but the majority of Libyans made their history in the same way , and shared this picture of the past .
2 His words made her halt in the doorway .
3 Well , the Doc Marten has now been granted official recognition — it 's one of the words making its debut in the new Shorter Oxford English Dictionary .
4 Neil 's origins made his presence in the East End even stranger — and he had the impertinence to quiz her for her presence , when his own was just as odd .
5 It has taken him just five and a half years to make his mark in the big time .
6 By heavy amercements and by imprisonment he had compelled the regarders to make their regard in the ‘ purlieus ’ — that is , in districts which had been disafforested ; he had prevented the forest inhabitants from exercising their rights , even those conceded by royal charter and writs , unless they paid fines therefor before the Forest justices , and at Forest inquests he had compelled Forest officers and juries , under threat of imprisonment , to indict persons whom they knew to be innocent .
7 The best way to create jobs in the telecommunications industry is through liberalisation , our duopoly review , opening up the market , allowing the new products to come through and allowing customers to make their decisions in the marketplace .
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