Example sentences of "make [pron] [noun] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have a tremendous fundamental urge to get out and make my way in the world . |
| 2 | When it became clear that he had nothing to tell me , I made my exit in the face of dismissive politeness . |
| 3 | She will make her nest in the sleeping quarters of the hutch where she will eventually have her litter . |
| 4 | His words made her halt in the doorway . |
| 5 | I want to know what made her stay in the face of my behaviour , what made her help his sister when anyone else would have left her to look a fright on her wedding day … ’ |
| 6 | If you have a literary bent , there is a lot that will appeal to you here ; Wordsworth , Ruskin and Beatrix Potter all made their homes in the vicinity and today these ‘ shrines ’ are open to the public . |
| 7 | Easy Rider made its name in the middle of this melée and specifically at a time when the whole counter-culture movement had taken on an explosive , manic air . |
| 8 | The piano made its patterns in the air . |
| 9 | For most of the 1975–76 civil war , the massive stone keep of the twelfth-century Castle of St Gilles that still towers over Tripoli was occupied by a Sunni Muslim militia that made its head-quarters in the crusader banqueting hall . |
| 10 | The procession of raised rook and chicken pies , with their intricate decorations , that made its appearance in the kitchen raised their expectations as high as the pie coffins , as did the jellies vanishing into the larders , and sorbets into the refrigerators . |
| 11 | It is also no doubt less than a coincidence that the central bank made its move in the week before the French elections . |
| 12 | Here , they are taken by the ocean currents into the Gulf Stream , in which three years pass as they slowly drift towards Europe and make their homes in the rivers , lakes and pools , far distant from their place of birth . |
| 13 | Maria shook her head , still trying to reassemble the thoughts she had lost hold of when she had made her discovery in the lift . |
| 14 | She had also made her mark in the plum role of Jo in the original London and Broadway productions of A Taste of Honey , Shelagh Delaney 's play about a working-class girl who reluctantly faces motherhood after an affair with a black sailor , and finally chooses a life without men . |
| 15 | Government legislation for futher and higher education has made its mark in the form of implementation of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 ( and associated legislation in Scotland and Wales ) . |
| 16 | It was n't until much later that Sidney E. Berger , curator of manuscripts at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester , Massachusetts , explained to me that the word had made its début in the Tarzan movies . |
| 17 | Several members of the present touring party have made their reputations in the teams which have done so well in the Fira Championship . |
| 18 | Which are in the Rays of the Sun , which have made their abode in the Waters . ’ |
| 19 | Labour 's new Scottish spokesman George Robertson has made his debut in the Commons by calling Scottish Secretary Ian Lang a pick pocket . |
| 20 | Labour 's new Scottish spokesman George Robertson has made his debut in the Commons by calling Scottish Secretary Ian Lang a pick pocket . |
| 21 | But plainly a man who has made his mark in the world , if he is already being sent for . |
| 22 | The civil servant on Plowden 's team in charge of the power station construction programme was F. W. ( ‘ Bomber ’ ) Smith , who had made his name in the War by successfully stepping up aircraft production in Beaverbrook 's celebrated Ministry . |
| 23 | Jake , by contrast , quite independently of his father , who had also made his fortune in the building industry , had set up as a building contractor on his own . |
| 24 | Thus speaks a man who has made his reputation in the pop genre . |
| 25 | As an example , let us imagine that you have made your request/command in the manner described on page 66 . |
| 26 | The group believes that its collective strength will make it second in the software queue behind only Sun Microsystems Inc with its 141,000 seats to Sun 's estimated 241,000 single-user systems . |
| 27 | Leeds hope the Kiwi international will make his debut in the home clash with Hull KR a fortnight on Sunday . |
| 28 | He 'll make his way in the world all right . ’ |
| 29 | Pat Cash , out for eight months with an Achilles tendon injury , could make his comeback in the doubles at the Australian Open in Melbourne next month . |
| 30 | Bartram usually made his expeditions in the autumn when farm work diminished and when seeds in the wild would be ripe for collection and specimens best transplanted . |