Example sentences of "[vb past] make the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It helped make the artist 's name and was bought in 1912 by the poet Hugo von Hoffmannsthal with the money he made from writing the libretto to Richard Strauss 's Der Rosenkavalier . |
| 2 | It helped make the government conscious of some of the preoccupations of nobility and townsmen , but when its proceedings were interrupted by the Turkish War , Catherine allowed the experiment to lapse . |
| 3 | ‘ I would like to thank all those who helped make the event such a success , everyone from the security people to the restaurant staff — who did a roaring trade . |
| 4 | Public NME says ta very much to the numerous volunteers from The Spastics Society who helped make the bash such a big success . |
| 5 | Her unusually youthful looks meant Kylie could play a girl four years her junior and her portrayal of the spirited 12-year-old Charlene helped make The Henderson Kids a hit in Australia . |
| 6 | She stopped making the tea , and threw herself angrily back in her chair . |
| 7 | ‘ I tried to make the story as individual and as real as I can , and if possible to approach without any preconceptions , which is hard with Swan Lake because I have been associated with the ballet for 14 years . |
| 8 | For over a year , because I felt guilty about the way I had trapped her , I tried to make the relationship work , but it was impossible . |
| 9 | Tiles were the ro making the tiles was a major operation because erm when they first tried to make the tiles they tried they dug a hole big hole at Rawcliffe and they they tried to make forty thousand tiles , line them all up in the pit and they brought something like forty tonnes of dry wood chippings from the erm saw mills in er forest but they could n't quite get it hot enough so the whole lot had to be thrown away do again . |
| 10 | I tried to make the noises that they made , and slowly I began to speak . |
| 11 | She screamed for her brother and tried to make the boys understand that she was the daughter of the house , but her pleas did not register in their drugged minds . |
| 12 | I tried to make the bed look slept in … |
| 13 | As Mosley tried to make the presence of the BUF felt in 1934 , so popular opposition to the growth of fascism increased . |
| 14 | When the office lifers came the next day and tried to make the computer come up with some figures they wanted , what it printed out was this poet 's poetry instead . |
| 15 | She also reveals how the actor who tried to make the world a better place was to rescue her from the brink again . |
| 16 | ‘ Cafiero , that rich son of a pig , he came this way , tried to make the peasants rise on his own estates , ’ Davide 's father was talking , ‘ but he found them hard to excite down Acquaqueta way in spite of everything . |
| 17 | I tried to make the prospect unattractive , but McIllvanney 's vision of money had dazzled both Ellen and Thessy . |
| 18 | Delamont ( 1980 ) in her case-study of a comprehensive school discovered that ‘ the more teachers tried to make the lesson material relevant and immediate to the pupils , the more likely they were to make sexist assumptions and remarks ’ ( p. 54 ) . |
| 19 | Fran smiled , her face aching from the effort it cost to make the lie seem like the truth . |
| 20 | A politician invited to make the wedding speech can be relied upon to dish up some predictions along with the eternal verities . |
| 21 | Military design and development contracts generally have comparatively thin profit margins , and while an allowance for unexpected extra work will have been built into the contract price , it appears as if GEC-Ferranti seriously underestimated the work involved to make the radar operationally acceptable . |
| 22 | It is , therefore , proven that a combi-steaner is not only an advantage in the commercial kitchen , but an essential ingredient designed and built to make the chef 's life easier and to realise dramatic savings so that it quickly pays for itself . |
| 23 | Her conversion helped to make the BDDA at long last take the plunge and appoint its first paid staff . |
| 24 | She became one of those women reporters whose listening ear and less judgemental approach to people in trouble helped to make the distillation of news the more respected practice it is today . |
| 25 | These revenues , unknown and incalculable though they are , helped to make the Duke one of the greatest and most powerful princes in Western Europe . |
| 26 | Dust lay thickly over the cracked flagstone floor and only when I ascended a dangerous staircase did I find a solitary reminder of the business that helped to make the Damianis one of the richest Arab families in Jaffa . |
| 27 | The organisers thank all those who helped to make the weekend so happy and successful . |
| 28 | However , first I must thank all those who helped to make the weekend happen . |
| 29 | MAUD Smyth has asked me to thank the Rev Grindle and all who helped to make the memorial service for her brother Thomas , who had died in Canada , so beautiful and moving . |
| 30 | Selective demolition of some post-Victorian accretions ( like the independent WC block on the western boundary ) helped to make the building more suitable for its new use , but otherwise external alterations were very modest . |