Example sentences of "[vb past] to make [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Russia 's anti-reformist central bank , which is Sberbank 's largest shareholder , tried to make it a subsidiary earlier this year — accusing its management , paradoxically , of being too profit-conscious . |
| 2 | We tried to make it the best school , and it was an outstanding girls ' school . " |
| 3 | Laura , having grasped the necessity of a calm private life for herself , tried to make it an attainable goal for all through her products . |
| 4 | So it was that her charisma and undoubted beauty helped to make her the first lady air correspondent in the world . |
| 5 | And the massive Independent Television outside broadcast unit ensemble helped to make it a busy day at Horsted Keynes with the Bluebell already geared up that day for the official launch of the Southern Q1 they have restored on behalf of the National Railway Museum . |
| 6 | They even had a bridesmaid , Janice MacMillan 's daughter , who helped to make it a real white wedding . |
| 7 | TWO schoolboy boxers , Joe Ainscough and Tony Maguire , helped to make it a successful night for Kirkdale ABC by outpointing their opponents , J.Addison ( Tuebrook ) and A.Khaliq ( Bradford ) respectively , at their club 's final show of the season at The Mons , Bootle . |
| 8 | Teachers Sarah , Caroline , Else and Wendy send a big ‘ Thank You ’ to everyone who supported their first ever Rally and helped to make it a big success — they are actually thinking of a second one this year ! |
| 9 | This frightened me but seemed to make me a hero in the eyes of the Dutch who broke out into a fever of winks and jerked-up thumbs and V-signs all round me . |
| 10 | Glasgow was a unique case and a powerful argument now existed to make it a special case . |
| 11 | He began to make himself a few pence early on — running messages , collecting newspapers for the chip shops and horse dung for fertiliser , finding the pay-penny cracks in life on the narrow streets . |
| 12 | Lizzy walked into the front room and through to the kitchen where she began to make herself a cup of coffee as if nothing had happened . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , the train guard , George Marsh , decided to make himself a mug of tea . |
| 14 | Then he decided to make himself an omelette . |
| 15 | To his horror , Legia — obviously inspired by American television — decided to make him the $6m man , a fee which inevitably frightened off even the wealthy Italians . |
| 16 | ‘ They are such good supporters , we decided to make them an introductory offer on the new wallpaper and give them a helping hand to put it up , ’ said Boro marketing manager Mitch Hatfield . |
| 17 | So I decided to make myself a boat . |
| 18 | The staff agreed the bird was too beautiful to be thrown out and decided to make it a mascot . |
| 19 | Her fear and pain combined to make her an extremely difficult patient . |
| 20 | Yes , y yes , you , you were , you 'd sort of passed all your exams so yo th they sort of had to make it a little bit easier . |
| 21 | The trouble was I chose the wrong product if I hoped to make myself a fortune . |
| 22 | He hoped to make it a fitting swan-song . |
| 23 | Established media groups like Hachette , publishers of Elle magazine , failed to make it a commercial success . |
| 24 | Bready failed to make it an all North West final when they lost by four wickets to North Down , beaten Touche Ross Cup finalists earlier this month . |
| 25 | There was the chemist who toyed with the possibilities of making synthetic gas for a balloon , the aerodynamic expert who planned to construct a glider out of bed boards , and the dog-lover who wanted to make himself a dog-skin out of an Irvin flying suit and crawl out as one of the guards ' Alsatians . |
| 26 | They wanted to make it a game to remember for their boss , for birthday boy , Glenn , but on the night , sadly , there was no icing on the Town cake . |
| 27 | Well yo , I wanted to make you a timer . |
| 28 | She could see by his self-satisfied expression that he intended to make himself a fixture , and somehow , despite her friendship with Elaine , the thought of having to work closely with James on a day-to-day basis made Christina 's flesh crawl . |