Example sentences of "[vb pp] to make [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He postures as a political activist , and the solidarity forced on the quintet by Shatov 's murder might be expected to make them a more effective instrument . |
| 2 | Sally-Anne had never before understood the necessity to be absolutely precise in everything she did , and Matey 's training , designed to make her a good maid , was beginning to affect her habits in every other part of her life . |
| 3 | ‘ Having decided to make it a musical , ’ wrote Alexander Stuart in Films and Filming , ‘ William Sterling should have had his team work on the songs until they were really worth including until they added something to the tale . ’ |
| 4 | Suffice it to say that no one owns neighbourhood watch schemes , except those who belong to them and who have helped to make them a success . |
| 5 | I thought he looked upset , so I did n't mention the pantomime I had just witnessed and instead offered to make him a cup of tea . |
| 6 | There , at the bar , he had been introduced to one of the heads of M.I.9 who , when he heard that Eric wanted to get back to Italy and could speak more Italian than most people who had been on the run , immediately offered to make him a member of the Allied Screening Commission . |
| 7 | It is her treatment of the topic , she contends , that is bound to make her a minority interest . |
| 8 | His parents ' cottage was restored to make it a suitable birthplace for such a great man . |
| 9 | A Separate staffs , households , budgets and agendas are what the princess has long wanted to make her a royal in her own right . |
| 10 | The one as wanted to make thee a prizefighter . ’ |
| 11 | Fortunately there was enough left to make it a good movie . |
| 12 | But he had always known his mother 's birthday and at primary school he had been allowed to make her a birthday card . |
| 13 | I 've tried to make them a little bit longer . |
| 14 | His politics and cultural interests combined to make him a nationalist of an unusually rounded kind . |
| 15 | But Inmos Ltd was determined to make it a high profile affair . |
| 16 | It will be the first grand event after the Christmas and New Year celebrations , and I am determined to make it a success . |
| 17 | But the site team is determined to make it a winner in another way — as one of the safest sites in operation . |
| 18 | Ideally suited to the match angler , with special events and entertainment also planned to make it a week to remember . |
| 19 | Her seven veils were much in demand ; one had fallen into the hands of the Party 's Wessex Area Treasurer who had undertaken to make it a prize in the Christmas draw . |