Example sentences of "make [pron] a [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was the lure of the big stores , though clothing coupons and shortage of money made them a feast for the eye only . |
| 2 | I met him two or three years later when I asked if he would make me a dress for the March of Dimes , using some peony pink silk that Winston brought back from China . |
| 3 | It has been my pleasure and privilege to have known since 1967 when he made me a member of the Labour Party . |
| 4 | Lawrence has insisted he wants to stay and honour his contract at Middlesbrough and make them a force in the Premier division . |
| 5 | Sitting in a traffic jam with such a car alongside is a contemporary purgatory that produces reactions in me that bode no good for the future of the human race and make me a menace on the roads for minutes afterwards . |
| 6 | During the passage of this Bill , my hon. Friend has made himself an expert on the subject . |
| 7 | In the bedroom Caterina and Rosalba shared in the apartment in Rupe , smaller than their room in the farmhouse , Rosa questioned her sister , whispering , the night after Tommaso had made her a gift of the bird in the street in sight of everyone coming out of Mass . |
| 8 | It is the influence of Weber 's style which has made him a phenomenon of the 1980s . |
| 9 | Furious , his ‘ father ’ , Robert , had made him a prisoner in the house , forbidding him the run of the Domain until he changed his ways , but Augustus had remained defiant . |
| 10 | Rich countries can afford to spend money on the environment , but few have made it a priority in the past . |
| 11 | By 1990 the museum 's concentration on twentieth-century art had made it an anomaly in the collection and the decision was made to deaccession the picture , valued at $10 million . |
| 12 | We think Smooth Tubes look good when they glow but if that is a problem , Mr Fothergill , call us or your dealer and we 'll make you a special without the LEDs . |
| 13 | ‘ Right , let's make you a bed on the couch , is it ? |
| 14 | That episcopal ordination made one a member of the episcopal college was accepted in principle by the second session . |
| 15 | In the launderette it was warm and cosy ; here Maggie made friends and fans and she had inconsequential conversations which mysteriously made her a member of the local community in a way she had never been when she had been fighting for the area 's well-being . |
| 16 | The Company made her an offer in the advertisement which she accepted by buying a smoke ball from a retailer . |
| 17 | It is often said that unfettered insider dealing does not hurt shareholders ; that insiders ' profits are not outsiders ' losses , but rather evidence of a more efficient allocation of resources ; Just because an investor does not make as much money on the sale of his shares as he would otherwise have done , does not make him a victim in the true sense , as nothing has been stolen from him . |
| 18 | ‘ He 's a good wrestler , a flier , a skier — all the things that might make him an attraction to the Duchess of York . |
| 19 | Cohabiting with Sien made him a denizen of the slum district she knew intimately . |
| 20 | Charles 's attacks on modern architecture made him a hero of the silent majority . |
| 21 | Ironically , it was so bitter that it made him a liability to the early Fascist movement , from whose main body he was later to break away . |
| 22 | He became lord lieutenant of Hertfordshire in 1612 and his punctilious implementation of orders from the Privy Council impressed the king , who made him a knight of the Garter in 1624 . |
| 23 | His mop of red hair and boyish good looks made him a favourite with the ladies . |
| 24 | He was a tyrant , a bully , and he 'd stolen her things — which made him a thief into the bargain ! |
| 25 | Here Revelstoke was in his element ; acute intelligence and charm , capacity for meticulous work , presence and eloquence , fluency in French and Spanish , and , above all , financial acumen made him a match for the wiliest of South American presidents , North American railway barons , European finance ministers , and the members of the British cabinet with all of whom he had to deal at one time or another . |
| 26 | He accepted that his return made him a target for the IRA . |
| 27 | He had also been identified as one of those who had guarded the hostages after the TWA 747 hijack in June of that year , which made him an accomplice in the murder of US Navy diver , Robert Stetham . |
| 28 | By due process of law we have sentenced him to be slit in the hamstrings to be an example to those who would follow him and make him a hero to the people . |
| 29 | The receipt a person of a share of the profits of a business is prima facie evidence that he is a partner in the business but the receipt of such a share , or of a payment contingent on or varying with the profits of a business , does not of itself make him a partner in the business . |
| 30 | His main thesis , that Thatcher 's defective personality and failing judgement , allied to a fierce determination to survive , supported by ruthless henchmen , make her a danger to the country , may well stand up . |