Example sentences of "made [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A mother who has put her daughter on the stage and made her into a teenage star is obviously aware that she is moulding something special .
2 She could be matched to any of four performers in the floorshow ; Josie was n't sure why , but it was as if her teenager 's skin and certain odd , somehow held-back elements of her personality made her into a blank sheet onto which anything could be drawn .
3 THE STORY of the legendary Lawrence of Arabia has fascinated the media for many years , not least director David Lean , who made it into a famous feature film with Peter O'Toole in 1962 .
4 The plea was heartfelt , but the tone of her voice made it into a peremptory command , and his eyes narrowed .
5 Originally it had no towers and was aisleless , but extensive additions in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries made it into a three-aisled church with a tall tower .
6 But he left to take on the run-down Staffordshire country house called Alton Towers and made it into a top leisure and theme park .
7 And then in the , where the bath used to be , in this little bathroom I had the cooker and the washer that 's it , I made it into a little kitchen so
8 She folded the silver square of wrapping paper in half and made it into a little boat .
9 In ways more amenable to women 's visual pleasure , off-beat films which then made it into the mainstream distribution circuit such as Lianna ( Nelson/Renzi ) , Desert Hearts , I 've Heard the Mermaids Singing ( Rozema ) and Percy Adlon 's work with Marianne Sagebrecht in Baghdad Café and Sugar Baby have achieved a degree of success in changing the dynamics of female objectification and sexual fantasy in an entertainment setting .
10 The weather was damp and chilly but the sleeping bag felt mighty good and I made it through the first night , sleeping like a log .
11 Three of the debut boys , England 's Barry Lane , Constantina Rocca — the first Italian to make the Ryder Cup — and former Walker Cup golfer Peter Baker of England , made it through the automatic channel .
12 Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required .
13 It was the final ignominy in the short , troubled history of the club that nearly made it to the First Division .
14 Berger said : ‘ He made it to the first corner ahead of me and I tried to hang on .
15 In my time you even had to survive Hansen 's unofficial scrutiny before you made it to the first team .
16 We had some more Marshalls that some friends lent us and maybe a Roland JC120 — I do n't know whether those ever made it to the final edit , though . ’
17 John Major scholarship boy who made it to the local grammar school and was lucky to obtain patronage from the local squire .
18 They made it to the winning post fairly creditably .
19 The South Koreans are rated because they made it to the last World Cup finals , but personally I will always think of the North Koreans in ‘ 66 .
20 God was clearly on her side and she made it to the living-room door without a hitch .
21 Sonny , of course , never made it for the final show .
22 Frankie 's fall reflected the way they made it in the first place , through marketing rather than live performance .
23 The metaphor this time is not the one from Genesis which tells how God made us in the divine image , male and female , and that completion lies in the union of men and women .
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