Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] make [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | he has two sons and two daughters , one of whom has recently made him a grandad and , although he confesses to still having the odd game of cricket , his main pastime nowadays is deep-sea fishing . |
| 2 | Of all the people in the world to expose her seething mass of fears and insecurities to , Guy Sterne would have been her last choice … yet she 'd told him about Mortimer , she 'd carelessly made him a gift of her virginity , she 'd wildly announced she loved him , and now she was baring her soul over the painful anguish of her mother 's death … |
| 3 | He can be assured , if that is so , that even those who disagreed with his decision will work together to make it a great success . |
| 4 | Yet it took a script that just about every major actress in Hollywood turned down to make her a star . |
| 5 | You know probably make it a bit easier , but it 's not . |
| 6 | The unstoppable pair of Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent are doubling up to make it a foursome for the race from Mortlake to Putney tomorrow . |
| 7 | ‘ Young 'un , ’ he 'd say , and she 'd go off to make him a cup of tea . |
| 8 | His presence and influence there made him a figure in world Christendom . |
| 9 | Victoria Worsley appeared in Make Me A Statue , a one-woman show at the Burton-Taylor rooms , Oxford Playhouse , in April . |
| 10 | But Mrs Gandhi never forgave Khan 's opposition to her scrapping the privy purses , and to his regret she did not make him a minister . |
| 11 | That did not make him a criminal under section 14 . |
| 12 | True enough , he lived in a caravan and travelled from town to town with the others in his travelling group but it was n't a garishly painted van like the ones old time gypsies occupied , just a normal common-or-garden caravan , the type people stay in on holiday , but that did n't make him a gypsy . |
| 13 | Just do n't make me a geriatric case , Doc . ’ |
| 14 | Wearing a miniskirt does n't mean you 're a tart ; tracksuits do n't necessarily mean you 're sporty ; dungarees do n't make you a feminist ; and shaving your legs does n't mean you 're unsussed . |
| 15 | We do not know what the consultants originally said when they first produced a draft for the promoter , and what they were then asked to add afterwards to make it a little more toothsome for the promoters , to make it a safer version of the environmental impact assessment . |
| 16 | Come on make me a nice cup of tea . |
| 17 | If in this respect Gloucester was still very much his brother 's agent , it is clear that his closeness to the king had already made him a person of some consequence . |
| 18 | Pope Gregory VIII ( the former chancellor , Albert de Morra , who had contacts with France ) , who enjoyed only a ten-week pontificate , had already made him a subdeacon between October and December 1187 . |
| 19 | If in this respect Gloucester was still very much his brother 's agent , it is clear that his closeness to the king had already made him a person of some consequence . |
| 20 | St Paul 's daily routine , as a law-abiding Jew , would have included a prayer to say thank you that God had not made him a Gentile , a slave or a woman — in that order ! |
| 21 | You 've just made us a cup of tea have you ? |
| 22 | I 've already made them a promise , those kids we 're going to have . |
| 23 | It is often said that unfettered insider dealing does not hurt shareholders ; that insiders ' profits are not outsiders ' losses , but rather evidence of a more efficient allocation of resources ; Just because an investor does not make as much money on the sale of his shares as he would otherwise have done , does not make him a victim in the true sense , as nothing has been stolen from him . |
| 24 | Because they put 3 passes together 4 years ago does not make them a footballing side and they are only making friends now cos they are an easy touch . |
| 25 | Feeling guilty does not make me a better person . |
| 26 | Being restricted here does not make me a special case , though . |
| 27 | ( I may believe Jesus ' teaching to have been exemplary , or that he was a man singularly in tune with God ; but this , as I would argue , does not make me a Christian . ) |
| 28 | But again this does not make me a Christian . |
| 29 | But that support , which the Nobel committee acknowledges , does not make her a guerrilla . |
| 30 | You may enjoy talking but this does not make you a wizard at verbal presentations . |