Example sentences of "[adj] to make [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it would have been very different to make him a coach this winter , with all that it entails . ’ |
| 2 | 19 Then Joseph her husband , being a just man , and not willing to make her a publick example , was minded to put her away privily . |
| 3 | Having released two singles — ‘ June ’ — and ‘ Childhood Revisited ’ — in the late eighties on an independent label — Ashanti recorded a demo containing a song called ‘ Real World ’ , which was despatched to Polygram and , according to Boyd , ‘ within 20 minutes they were prepared to make us an offer which , at the time , was as good as we could get . |
| 4 | It would not be appropriate to make it a condition of sale , as is required by new clause 4 , that new companies should participate in the existing pension scheme . |
| 5 | It 's difficult to tell which wines will win , and easy to say when wine is good , but it takes that little bit extra to make it a winner . |
| 6 | At home , where an admiral 's powers were much more restricted , and even the most favoured officers could expect to have to wait for their promotion until the end of the admiral 's period of command , when it was customary to make him the compliment of a few promotions on striking his flag , it was still possible to introduce new entrants to a seagoing life . |
| 7 | As for Jenkins , his temperament , so their argument goes , was all too apt to make him a liability . |
| 8 | So I should be able to make it every day . ’ |
| 9 | Determined to make it a home from home , he moved brother Carl and best pal Jimmy ‘ Five Bellies ’ Gardner out with him . |
| 10 | The only publishing company to sell on the basis solely of their imprint , their sales figures alone are enough to make them a publishing phenomenon . |
| 11 | I was an adult and that was enough to make me a target . |
| 12 | Is ‘ disagreement ’ a source or sign of weakness and what is necessary to make it a strength ? |
| 13 | I did my best to make it a 12-pounder . |
| 14 | New season 's potatoes offer a promise of summer bounty , and it 's fun to make them the focus of a feast , as in the following recipes . |
| 15 | It has been held , however , that the licensing board is not entitled to make it a condition of the renewal of a licence that the applicant use his premises in a particular way , as , for example , by keeping a door locked : Smith v. Portsmouth JJ. [ 1906 ] 2 K.B . |
| 16 | What happened to the third to make it a minor ? |