Example sentences of "make [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Liese made me dinner in the Chinese style : miso soup , stir-fried vegetables , sweetsap for dessert .
2 ‘ I will make my judgment about the overall balance of taxation in the economy at that time , ’ he insisted .
3 After a few days my condition improved , the weather changed dramatically , and I made my way across the cultivated , fertile fields of Normandy .
4 Ignoring them , I made my way to the Norman castle .
5 I left the broch and walked uphill as far as I could without disturbing the bird colony , then made my way towards the southern end of the island , where the land sloped gradually down to the sea in long , flat terraces of rock .
6 I felt a strange sensation in my stomach as I made my way down the sloping gangway and on to the tarmac , If I had felt like this on the morning of the 6th June , Lord Lovat would probably been going ashore without his bagpipe music .
7 I left them to it and made my way along the inner side of the curving wall towards the doorway .
8 I made my mark against the Conservative candidate .
9 The woods crowd in on me as I make my way along the ancient track .
10 At seven on the Saturday night of the prêt-à-porter showings , I make my way up the mirrored staircase in Chanel 's couture house in the rue Cambon .
11 I keep crouched and make my way through the low bushes , heading diagonally through the wood towards the estate .
12 I walk slowly through the tunnel beneath the line , one of a dozen returning commuters , cross over the road with ten of them , make my way through the gnarled little streets beyond the redundant town hall with eight of the ten , and begin to climb the scarp of the South London hills with the remaining five .
13 As their demand for more food arises the young ferrets will then make their way towards the fresh meat , taking a great interest in it .
14 Having passed the green flashing light at the end of the main breakwater and also that of the inner Leon y Castillo mole , both of which are left to starboard , arriving yachts should make their way to the small boat harbour .
15 It is hoped that a detailed study of this sort of one country will make its contribution to the general understanding of economic growth , now a topic of growing interest .
16 The ‘ definitive ’ John Barnard Ferrari will make its debut at the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours in June 1993 rather than at the start of 1994 as originally scheduled .
17 This was before the building of New Bridge Road and it now seems impossible that the large convoy of vehicles could ever make its way over the narrow bridges leading into the city .
18 The cost of buying equipment and the requirement of skilled personnel to maintain and run it can make its use in the repeated assessments which are required for measuring rhythms prohibitively expensive .
19 First thing in the morning , she would make her way to the big house where she intended to relay everything she had learned .
20 Then she made her way to the Federal Medical Centre in the prison complex at Lexington , Kentucky , in defiant style , cheating the merciless media of a final picture by arriving at 4am .
21 She went into the house and made her way to the small suite of rooms that Bonard and his staff of two used as offices .
22 She made her way to the small side gate that opened on to the alley and which in the daytime was kept permanently open so that tradesmen could make their way to the kitchens through the vegetable garden .
23 As she made her way to the blue and white tiled bathroom which was at the other end of the house , there was another clap of thunder and the lightning flashed again .
24 Then , feeling a strong urge to look at his portrait again , she showered quickly , put on clean undies and an oatmeal skirt and blouse , and made her way to the long gallery .
25 Miss Fogerty made her way to the only other classroom , and stopped short on the threshold with surprise .
26 Then she made her way to the little corner grocery shop , five minutes ' walk from Jubilee Street .
27 She made her way to the old city , the Vieille Ville , with a certain amount of relief .
28 As she made her way to the modest Grenfell town house , Emily felt the beginning of a headache coming on .
29 The dining-room was crowded as she made her way to the open buffet table .
30 Instead of returning to the dressing-room to change as she normally did , she made her way through the backstage area back into the club , determined that he should n't simply disappear without trace as he 'd done on the previous evenings .
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