Example sentences of "[noun] make for the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A strong force of 26 heavy line-of-battle ships was based on Plymouth to protect the western approaches and patrol up-Channel towards the Nore , while Vernon himself took command of a smaller fleet , of rather weaker vessels , in the Downs , which could either sail west down the Channel or north-east to intercept an enemy making for the Thames estuary . |
| 2 | The remainder made for the Trig al Ab , a desert track running inland about thirty miles south of the coast . |
| 3 | With the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund the museum has recently purchased a stained glass window made for the Avery Coonley Playhouse in Riverside , Illinois ( 1912 ) , featuring a geometric design based on balloons , confetti and American flags . |
| 4 | All told , the ambitious predictions made for the Orbital have been substantially realised , and it is for this reason that the two-stroke Fiesta prototype won the approbation of our judges . |
| 5 | While most of the people rested in the river meadow , shivering as the layers of fog brimmed round them , Cameron and a few strong runners made for the Tummel above the confluence , crossed it , and found the people of Atholl and Tulliemet overflowing the howff at Widow Duff 's , supping broth , chewing mutton , throwing ribs to the dogs . |
| 6 | Neither achieves greater accountability of local authorities to the voters , in spite of claims made for the CC … |
| 7 | First , it began to send reconnaissance aircraft from Bandar Abbas , close to the Strait of Hormuz , down the Gulf of Oman , the approach route used by shipping making for the Gulf . |