Example sentences of "[verb] make [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way by not acceding to anger and resentment , he has made himself into a better son . |
| 2 | It has made him into a bitter man and I quite understand that bitterness . |
| 3 | And talking of unexpected wine styles , Australia has made something of a speciality of mixing Bordeaux Semillon grape with Burgundy 's Chardonnay grape recently . |
| 4 | I can not promise to make you into a world authority on ingredients , but I do hope to share my passion for good food with you , and to inspire you to try a different type of tea or a new way of serving pasta . |
| 5 | It 's just that we 're going to make it into a theatre . ’ |
| 6 | They 'd really like to make it with a showgirl . |
| 7 | A further problem is that , although methane is an excellent fuel , it resists the changes needed to make it into a useful feedstock . |
| 8 | Before the Tate/LaBianca murders happened , however , Charles Manson was attempting to make it as a rock star . |
| 9 | ‘ However , there are a lot of good players from around Europe playing on the Swedish Tour and it made me realise what I have to do to make it as a pro . |
| 10 | Having waited so long to hear from the ‘ one man ’ who knew what had happened , when he appeared they could do nothing but gaze on him ; having made him into a celluloid star , there was no reason at this point to spoil it , and make him real . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd 've thought that Arise would have made something of a meal of all that — top financier in shares scandal ; weapons mogul arms IRA ; that sort of thing . ’ |
| 12 | Gustave would have made me into a hermit had he been able : the hermit of Paris . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh for heaven 's sake , Mark , do you have to make everything into a joke ? ’ |
| 14 | A derelict piece of land nearby was due for development , but the residents decided to make it into a garden . |
| 15 | However hard we try to make him into a literary archetype he remains firmly rooted in life , in nonliterary experience . |
| 16 | We did make it to a boozer afterwards , though , and we all agreed it was worth making a note of for future reference . |
| 17 | Although Woodie had given this explanation pretty often , he was surprised to have to make it to a child of six . |
| 18 | Lindsay Moore appeared to make something of a recovery with his Poole shop last summer but was again overtaken by the financial climate . |
| 19 | The bothy was in Pat 's family , and they 've made it into a lovely home . |
| 20 | We agreed that a hospital was very much like a ship , and being under fire had made her like a man of war . |
| 21 | After she had made me into a clown , she laughed in a very satisfied way . |
| 22 | They had made him into a gunman . |
| 23 | He did not write well because he had learned his letters late in life and , though Lucille had made him into a much better reader , he was still clumsy with a pen or pencil . |
| 24 | Her dress had been made by a local dressmaker who had made it with a deep frill of black satin round the neck . |
| 25 | Ironically , 25-year-old Josephine had made it as a TV star when Craig was a pipe layer dreaming of fame . |
| 26 | I was determined to make it into a lovely home . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Well , one guy could n't stand the pace and Ray Walter broke his wrist and went home , and there 's an Argie , Angel Solis de Gonzales , ex-Mirage pilot , trying to make it as a pro . |
| 28 | but I do n't see , I 'm trying to make it like a genetic connection or something I mean or some kind of like you know I mean to me it 's just set up |
| 29 | And up in the cellar , after the shooting , we had to make them to a brace like that , a cockerel and a hen . |
| 30 | Having decided to show all the four seasons in one picture ( as opposed to other occasions when I have made them as a matching set of four separate pictures ) , I had to find a mount that would blend well with all the seasons and colours , so chose an earthy brown . |