Example sentences of "[verb] [been] make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I mean it could 've been made a bit bigger than that could n't it , for the seat |
| 2 | I do so because I believe she has been made a scapegoat for what happened . |
| 3 | ‘ No , the wall has been made a permanent fixture , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 4 | Getting into your loft quickly and safely has been made a lot easier with the unique collection of aluminium and wooden ladders and staircases available from the Loft Shop . |
| 5 | His creator James Driscoll has just returned to Britain after signing a £20 million deal to create the 40-acre fun park in Samara , 600 miles east of Moscow — where Digswell has been made a Freeman of the City . |
| 6 | The base has been made a free port and special economic zone . |
| 7 | But most certainly the road to the latter , with its decadence and exploitation , has been made a great deal smoother , shorter and more popular by the compromise and self-interest of the clerics and assorted fellow travellers of the so-called ‘ new morality ’ school . |
| 8 | Trade sanctions have been threatened and copyright has been made a high-profile issue in international negotiations . |
| 9 | Since this case it has been made a criminal offence not to wear a seat belt in the front seat of a car . |
| 10 | Sue Thomas feels the law in this case has been made a fool of |
| 11 | John Thaw , star of Central Television 's Inspector Morse has been made a CBE in the new years honours list . |
| 12 | East Cleveland academic Dr Mike Featherstone , 45 , of Marske Lane , Skelton , has been made a professor by Teesside Polytechnic on the eve of its elevation to university status . |
| 13 | The Chairman , on behalf of the members , has asked me to express their appreciation of your excellent presentation and to state how difficult it has been to make a choice from outstanding candidates . |
| 14 | Ms Phillips , like the Scottish National Party 's candidate Gerry Fisher , has been making a big play for the student vote , which could prove critical in this , Scotland 's second most marginal constituency . |
| 15 | It is set in Peru where the stunt man has been making a movie . |
| 16 | Despite its poverty and its international isolation , Vietnam has been making a unique attempt to restore its tropical forest , one-fifth of which was lost in 20 years of war and its own mistakes . |
| 17 | The House will be grateful to the right hon. Gentleman , because he has been making a clear statement and drawing a clear distinction between the two sides of the House . |
| 18 | AN archaeological site 's management officer has been making a clean sweep of Clwyd 's ancient monuments . |
| 19 | I 'd been made a lance-corporal just before we left and had been put in charge of a group of boys . |
| 20 | He 'd been making a living , that was all , and now he was going to swing for it because the fucking book would n't fucking burn ! |
| 21 | SEGA brought Night Trap before the Board voluntarily , but had it not done so the game would have been made a test case . |
| 22 | If Piggy had not told Ralph his nickname in the beginning he would not have been made a ridicule of before the vote . |
| 23 | Much more of that and we 'd have been making a block transfer to the Betty Ford clinic . |
| 24 | Had the defendant been aware , it is submitted , he would have had no defence , since he would then have been making a mistake as to whether or not the policeman was justified in seeking to restrain him , and whether he was therefore acting in the execution of his duty . |
| 25 | I 'd have been making a living for myself as well ! ’ |
| 26 | Eden was so angry at having been made a fool of that the Director General of MI6 , Sir John ‘ Sinbad ’ Sinclair , was obliged to retire prematurely and was replaced by the head of MI5 , Sir Dick White . |
| 27 | Butterworth was ‘ on the skids ’ , having been made a scapegoat by Acheson for the bankruptcy of American policy in China ; Butterworth would shortly be posted abroad , which was correct as he soon afterwards departed to be American minister in Stockholm . |
| 28 | His relief at not having been made a fool of was matched by his curiosity to find out who the devil he was , this man Iying chest down on the wet flagstones , face turned to one side as though asleep . |
| 29 | John Fisher , a Cambridge man , is the only head of a college at either university to have been made a saint . |
| 30 | One thousand babies later , in April 1919 , Edith Pye departed , one of very few women to have been made a chévalier of the Legion of Honour . |