Example sentences of "was [adv] make a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eyes of darkest brown , ’ he continued softly , but he did n't sound as though he were amused , or teasing — rather as though he was merely making a statement of fact , which she found slightly disconcerting . |
| 2 | I looked to see if he was trying to be unpleasant but he was obviously making an effort to be polite . |
| 3 | Von Schelting 's most powerful criticism was that the sociology of knowledge undermined its own basis — it was apparently making a claim for its own truth that it argued was not available for knowledge in general . |
| 4 | Newman , John Henry ( 1801–1890 ) A foremost leader of the Oxford Movement within Anglicanism , Newman later converted to Roman Catholicism and was finally made a Cardinal before his death . |
| 5 | The two foremen in charge of this shell machine shop were , Sid Freeman and Percy Dyball , both toolmakers , the former for a time employed at Woolwich Arsenal during the first war ; he was later made a foreman in the Fitting Shop . |
| 6 | He was also made a member of the Irish Privy Council . |
| 7 | I was simply making a comment at your your suggestions about the likelihood of development of the site . |
| 8 | Rostand had grown rich on the royalties from his astonishing verse drama , Cyrano de Bergerac , which was first performed in 1897 and so successfully that its author was reportedly made a knight of the Légion d'Honneur on the opening night in between the fourth and fifth acts . |
| 9 | Galliéni was posthumously made a marshal of France in recognition of his great services . |
| 10 | You know , I was on the phone to a customer for fifteen to twenty minutes because they 'd had a bad experience and I was actually making an appointment for Roy to go in and that twenty minutes is a long time , and I think really if anything , it 's just brought to me really , , how little time sometimes , it 's not always the case , it does vary , that , depending on the incoming calls , depending if you 've got got through the emerging paperwork for whatever reason , how little quality time perhaps you do actually spend on the phone , making outgoing calls to sell . |
| 11 | He was knighted in 1932 and was subsequently made a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . |