Example sentences of "we made [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Machin says : ‘ John 's a real leader on the pitch which is why we made him captain of the youth team .
2 We made our base in the city of Rethymnon , set on a bay lying between the White and Idi mountain ranges .
3 I stopped to pick a rose as we made our way down the garden .
4 On Monday 26th we made our way down the River .
5 But really it was the buzzards and the kestrels circling overhead that caught my eye as we made our way down the coastal path .
6 With that he kicked his horse forward and we made our way down the trackway to the ornately carved gateway of Glastonbury Abbey .
7 All the lights in the town were out as we made our way through the almost empty streets .
8 Slowly we made our way through the heat and the glare and arrived , at list , in the soothing shade of the trees .
9 We stood in the doorway for a while until our eyes adjusted to the darkness and then , stooping low to avoid the worst of the smoke , we made our way through the crowd to a space that had been cleared for us close to the fire .
10 Boldly we made our way through the incredible promiscuity of the streets : men with shoes made out of silver-birch bark , women wearing sacks and carpets , children in their dusty birthday suits .
11 Forlornly we made our way to the local restaurant .
12 We made our way to the car park .
13 As we made our way to the palace , I began to feel that I really was the King of Ruritania , with Marshal Strakencz , the head of the army , on my right and old Sapt on my left .
14 Some of the men carried spades , others food and rum , and we made our way to the beach where the two boats were waiting .
15 We were both a little nervous as we made our way to the lighthouse past the palms , the palapas and the tantalising lagoon .
16 We made our way to the lighthouse , in full view of the temple , and dropped anchors .
17 Glancing at his watch , he added , ‘ It 's time we made our way to the dining-room .
18 We made our way across the first four barges .
19 We made our way past the strongholds of the revolutionary armies to Antofagasta on the coast .
20 When we made our entrance at the church hall everybody stared .
21 I think almost daily there were discussions between our two shop stewards and the quarry owners about you know , levels of production , expected targets , increase in production and all this , and er I think you know through those daily discussions we made our side of the argument known and we we told him that we 'd work to rule if things were n't proper and if we did n't like it .
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