Example sentences of "make [pron] a [noun] for 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | He accepted that his return made him a target for the IRA . |
| 5 | His pen-and-ink drawings provided Minton with unrelieved amusement , as Lyttelton has recalled : Humphrey Lyttelton 's presence at Camberwell helped make it a centre for the beginnings of ‘ trad ’ , a jazz revival which replaced ‘ the polite and effete noise which had hitherto passed for genuine jazz ’ with a new vitality and energy . |
| 6 | Scheckter and Depailler made it a double for the Tyrrell six-wheeler ( which was later to be banned , like many another intelligent innovation ) , Niki came third and Hunt limped in fifth , nearly a minute off the pace . |
| 7 | This simply goes along with his being the archetypal great detective , and even with Dostoevsky making him a vehicle for the airing of central thematic issues . |
| 8 | Donaghadee 's Gerry Bell won the prize for the best out of state angler , making it a hat-trick for the local club . |
| 9 | When your FlexiLoan is arranged , we will give you a special cheque book so that when the time comes to spend some or all of your borrowing limit , all you have to do is make our a cheque for the right amount . |
| 10 | At 30 he had amassed enough knowledge of transcendental experience systems to make him a contender for the job of running what was regarded by many as one of Europe 's best Transcendental Operations Modules . |
| 11 | The unstoppable pair of Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent are doubling up to make it a foursome for the race from Mortlake to Putney tomorrow . |
| 12 | Did n't we get a bit from the FA or whatever to make it a ground for the European Championships ? |
| 13 | The good news is that the phlegmatic , orderly and systematic British attitude to defending the goal still makes us a match for the best . |