Example sentences of "and make [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Optimistic views , not shared by Freud , that liberation from sexual prohibitions would eliminate neurosis and make for a healthier society have proved to be wrong . |
| 2 | Whatever the colour scheme , whatever the style , these pretty white duvet covers and pillowcases from Lace Lady will fit in like a dream — and make for a good night 's sleep . |
| 3 | But which of us , locked behind a desk or in a queue at the supermarket check-out , has not had an overwhelming desire to drop everything , run into the street , hail a passing cab and make for the nearest airport to catch a plane to anywhere ? |
| 4 | I lower my pants and make with the magic handle . |
| 5 | He stood and made for the other room . |
| 6 | When I could make it , I got up and made for the nearest shelter . |
| 7 | I indicated my chest and made like the Happy Wanderer up and down the terrace . |
| 8 | Collections can be displayed and made into a decorative asset , and if you are a serious collector you can use the room as a quiet retreat to pursue your hobby , cleaning or mending plates , checking hallmarks on silver , valuing new purchases from relevant text books , cataloguing details-whatever might be involved in your particular field . |
| 9 | ‘ The glass at CastleCourt is laminated and made to the highest specification . |
| 10 | The brush head and handle are easy to clean , and made to the highest safety standards ( both the handle and the recharger unit are completely sealed ) . |
| 11 | That relationship was superb and made for an excellent team effort throughout the year , as was evidenced by the fulsome tributes paid to Ian McNeil at the end of his period in office . |
| 12 | Yet Iago suddenly wheeled his pony again , and made for the highest point of the ridge , where he could look back over the valley , and see as far as the scattered outer copses and the rim of the forest . |
| 13 | In Paris ! ) , then took a growler and made for the first address I had . |
| 14 | The leaders — Castle Falis , Princeful , Kapeno , Rondetto and Rutherfords — swept over Becher 's and made for the twenty-third fence , the smallest on the course and , though taken at a left-hand angle , a simple preliminary to the trappy right-angled bend to the left at the Canal Turn . |
| 15 | We stomped down the stone steps to collect our sacks and made for the Upper Tier of the crag . |
| 16 | She rose gracefully to her feet and made for the front door , with Melissa following . |
| 17 | Exulting in her escape , she closed the outer door behind her and made for the great outdoors like a child let out of school . |
| 18 | So saying , she thrust the coffee into Jack 's hand and made for the light reading ‘ Ladies ’ , rubbing and muttering as she went . |
| 19 | She picked up her things again and made for the dim daylight outside , rather relieved it was n't a bright day . |
| 20 | Billy pulled away from his friend 's arm and made towards the empty yard . |
| 21 | It is the last exhibit in the show — an alcohol-vapour cloud chamber that displays continuously the tracks of the Earth 's background irradiation and made by the Phywe company , West Germany . |
| 22 | Modern chrome dyes are , however , extremely reliable , colour-fast and made in a wide range of attractive colours and shades . |
| 23 | So she felt when she allowed herself a journey to London and made like a homing pigeon for the perfumery counters of department stores . |
| 24 | Excursions : Liechtenstein , the tiny principality which lies on the Austrian/Swiss border is not too far away and makes for a fascinating destination . |