Example sentences of "[pron] was make [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to keep an erection long enough to fake orgasm , I had to imagine that I was making love to Karen . |
| 2 | Second point : although you obviously have such a low opinion of me that it does n't strain your credulity to believe that I was making love to two women at once , one of them married , I ca n't believe that even you could see me in the role of toy-boy . |
| 3 | When I was making runs at Leeds Graham Gooch came up and asked me how on earth I was batting so well on that pitch . |
| 4 | He looked suddenly suspicious that I was making fun of him , which I was n't , and grabbed me to look down the front of my dress . |
| 5 | ‘ I know , I was making plans for my own wedding , but then you wo n't want to know about that . |
| 6 | Well I think I had more problems when I was making films as a pop singer , because I was still pop singing as well and it was difficult to disassociate the two . |
| 7 | Last night , we went round to Josh — I was making supper for the boys , and your father came with me . |
| 8 | One was that all people knew about me was that I was making trouble about the caravan site and a lot of them assumed that because it was at the bottom of my own garden , I must naturally be on ‘ their side ’ , whatever my political colour : that is , I wanted the site disbanded . |
| 9 | Neither of us were attacked because of the Durances but because the local drug dealers knew I was making enquiries about trafficking and they thought you were working with me . |
| 10 | Observers identified a weak point of the agreement in its section on agriculture , which was made conditional on such agreements as might result from the " Uruguay Round " of negotiations in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) . |
| 11 | US President Bush , in a letter to the US Congress which was made public on Oct. 26 , stated his intention to provide renewed military aid for Jordan ( cut off because of Jordan 's stance in the Gulf war — see pp. 38024 ; 38119 , 38311 ) . |
| 12 | The primary form is God 's own self-expression , his eternal Word which was made flesh in Jesus ; the secondary form is the witness of the Bible in Old and New Testaments to that primary Word , the witness by which the Word itself is mediated and heard ; the tertiary form is the proclamation of Jesus Christ in the church as the Word of God to us . |
| 13 | She was making peace with herself and with her father and suddenly she wanted to tell Alain , to thank him for forcing this on her . |
| 14 | ‘ When I last saw her , she was making plans for the pub . |
| 15 | Sometimes I used to practise shooting in the garden while she was making bread in the kitchen . |
| 16 | Her face was blazing with amusement , she was making fun of him . |
| 17 | She could even forgive him the talk about having her committed , now that that possibility was safely in the past and she was making progress on her own . |
| 18 | His response had been to build up the power of his supporters the Nevilles : Richard earl of Warwick and his brothers John , who was made earl of Northumberland , and George , who became archbishop of York . |
| 19 | His response had been to build up the power of his supporters the Nevilles : Richard earl of Warwick and his brothers John , who was made earl of Northumberland , and George , who became archbishop of York . |
| 20 | One of those who took advantage of the amnesty was Miloš Obrenović , who was made oborknez of his home district of Rudnik , and was later made the chief ( bašiknez ) of the neighbouring nahijes of Čačak and Kragujevac . |
| 21 | He lost the leadership of Leeds to Ellery Hanley and it was Hanley who was made skipper of Great Britain in Australia this summer . |
| 22 | The story goes that a housewife , who was making pancakes before Lent , realised she was late for church … and rushed off , still clutching her pancake . |
| 23 | He looked down at Willie , who was making shapes with his finger on the misted window . |
| 24 | It was made part of The East Surrey Regiment in 1916 , and in 1935 was converted to an anti-aircraft role as part of The Royal Engineers . |
| 25 | It was made use of on 8 November by Cardinal Frings of Cologne precisely to call the Theological Commission into line , reminding it that it was there to carry out the wishes of the Council , not to determine what the Council should decide . |
| 26 | He subsequently went to law school and became a patent attorney , where he noticed how difficult and expensive it was to make copies of documents . |
| 27 | Not that Melissa cared two hoots whether it was making money for Bonard or not — whatever Iris might claim , he was certainly not strapped for cash — but it was essential for Iris 's self-esteem that it should go well . |
| 28 | In 1980 he was made Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Lever Brothers Company , New York . |
| 29 | At the outbreak of World War I , though not the most senior of chief railway officers , he was made chairman of the Railway Executive , which controlled all aspects of railway operation . |
| 30 | In 1985 he was made Chairman of the Bovis Construction Group and appointed to the P&O SN Co Main Board . |