Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] make for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had no choice but to leave and I made for the kitchen carrying the dollar on the tray like a trophy anchored by a thumb . |
| 2 | Ten feet in the other direction a staircase rose directly up by the side of the end wall and she made for this . |
| 3 | The old woman lay in her hammock , sleeping ; it was a time when she had taken a heavy dose , and he was able to lead Ariel out and let her walk before him , now and then turning to make sure he was not about to do something to her , put a halter on her or hit her , and she made for the fence and pointed over it and asked him with her hands and eyes if she could go there , beyond the stockade , into the receding forest , where the bromeliads pushed out their stiff blades , and the monkeys nibbled at mango fruits and threw them down when they were unripe with tiny rows of toothmarks like some sharp-fanged fairy child 's , where the birds of many colours screeched . |
| 4 | The colonel gave me a friendly pat on the shoulder , and we made for the outside world again . |
| 5 | I clapped Jamie on the shoulder a couple of times and we made for the street . |
| 6 | They are very happy places and they make for a lot of happiness with parents too I think . |
| 7 | A snow-covered hedge loomed up ahead of him and he made for the shelter of it . |
| 8 | Most of them seemed to be the kind that took the prepaid cards that he never had , but there were a couple of pay booths at the end of the row and he made for those . |
| 9 | They were n't so much being difficult as simply teasing , and it made for a very amusing if unproductive hour . |
| 10 | This is Bennett 's story and it makes for fascinating reading . |
| 11 | No one must be false to that oath , but in order to return a collective verdict , the verdict of you all , there must necessarily be argument , and a certain amount of give and take and adjustment of views within the scope of the oath you have taken , and it makes for great public inconvenience and expense if jurors can not agree owing to the unwillingness of one of their number to listen to the arguments of the rest . |
| 12 | It was a useful review of services but not a profound analysis of problems in this field and it makes for rather bland reading . |
| 13 | This way of working is often frustrating for me , of course , and it makes for economic inefficiency . |
| 14 | Being sort of at an angle to it and , but i it first of all it allows you to see textures in the wall and things rather better , erm and it makes for generally speaking , a more interesting composition . |
| 15 | This was popular for warships but it made for a heavy hull . |
| 16 | Timidity in pop will get you nowhere , but it makes for great listening . |