Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] make [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Programmes which were made for a general public of native speakers of the language will obviously not be graded for use with language students . |
| 2 | It said that the company regretted the job losses , which were made following a reduced demand for certain products , due primarily to lower production rates of civil aircraft . |
| 3 | Considerably more sacrilegious , albeit in a flippant way , is Du Con qui fu fait a la besche , " Of the cunt , which was made with a spade " , in which God is presented as having forgotten to give Eve genitals and then allowing the Devil to remedy this , on the condition that he neither adds to nor takes anything away from God 's creature . |
| 4 | One early example of a pre-packaged product was JS own-brand bloater fish paste which was made to a special recipe in the firm 's Blackfriars factory from 1891 until the Second World War . |
| 5 | Announcing the arrest , which was made during a raid on the offices of an Imhausen-Chemie subsidiary in Bochum near Cologne , the Cologne state prosecutor , Holger Presiendanz , said that Hippenstiel-Imhausen was " strongly suspected " of a " significant personal role in the planning and building " of the Rabta plant ( for previous report on the investigation see p. 36477 ) . |
| 6 | An American actor called Spalding Gray had a bit part , but this did n't prevent him from developing a one-man act about the making of the film called Swimming to Cambodia which was made into a film in 1987 , directed by Jonathan Demme . |
| 7 | And I think as far as the critics are concerned , John Maynard-Smith may allow me to adapt erm the critical misjudgement of all time , which was made by a Dublin Professor when The Origin of Species first came out , which you will remember no doubt |
| 8 | Then , when Uncle Guy arrived from Dublin he brought them a present , an enormous box of chocolates which was made like a chest or jewel box with trays that pulled out like small drawers , containing different foil-wrapped shapes . |
| 9 | She was made of a strong enough fibre to cope with ideas to which she had already become accustomed , like murder and rape ; it was novelty that she found hard to accept . |
| 10 | She had some soft material she was making into a blouse . |
| 11 | She was making for a hollow at the base of a large tree . |
| 12 | Of the two most discernible hominid trails , one was made by a creature 112–129 cm tall while the height of the other was 130–149 cm . |
| 13 | The successful one was made by a couple totally unknown in Teesdale . |
| 14 | The principle to be derived from them , in my opinion , is that payments not lawfully due can not be recovered unless they were made as a result of some improper form of pressure . |
| 15 | But What I was going to ask was , before they were made into a stack , were your stooks made into larger stooks ? |
| 16 | They were made from a variety of timber , some from sawn splines and with points burned to make them hard . |
| 17 | They were made after a five month investigation codenamed Operation Hydra into the theft and use of credit cards throughout the south-east of England . |
| 18 | They were made by a small four-footed creature , almost certainly a lizard-like reptile , running across a beach . |
| 19 | It was made of a dark blue , rough , woven cloth and left only two small oval slits for the eyes . |
| 20 | It was made of a fine gossamer fabric that clung to her smooth , flawless skin . |
| 21 | And it was made of a sort of very I would think cheap starched er cotton . |
| 22 | Well I think it was made of a squidgy thing . |
| 23 | It includes Conwy and Caernarfon , whose castles were only begun in 1283 and not finished until 1292 , and it has therefore been suggested that it was made over a period of years . |
| 24 | ‘ In order to obtain judicially admissible evidence , US investigators would have to obtain proof that ( i ) a payment was intended for a foreign official , ( ii ) it was made with a corrupt intent , and ( iii ) it was made for a prohibited purpose . |
| 25 | ‘ In order to obtain judicially admissible evidence , US investigators would have to obtain proof that ( i ) a payment was intended for a foreign official , ( ii ) it was made with a corrupt intent , and ( iii ) it was made for a prohibited purpose . |
| 26 | It was made with a slit for the blade to pass , like the slits at the back in angels ' tunics for their wings , and was changed according to the seasons ' calendar . |
| 27 | In the Vedic period the abstract idea of time was regarded as the fundamental principle of the universe , but whether it was made into a deity is uncertain . |
| 28 | The Lavergnes are demanding £50,000 plus a share of the millions the famous shot has made for Doisneau and his picture agency Rapho since it was made into a poster in the 1980s . |
| 29 | Only when it was made into a glitzy film by Steven Spielberg did it become widely read and talked about outside feminist circles . |
| 30 | It was made into a film of the same name . |