Example sentences of "[conj] make [adv prt] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much has been written about Griffith and his contribution to the movies but the ingredients that made up his genius have never been better identified than in the review Heywood Broun wrote of Intolerance when it appeared in 1916 . |
| 2 | She did a series of sketches , trying to capture all his moods , thinking that , though they were n't very professional , they were to her , because she could see in every one of them all those complicated , aggravating , irresistible facets that made up his personality . |
| 3 | Even the particles that made up his body would not survive . |
| 4 | Baldwin contemplated all this at Aix , and made up his mind both to go for protection and to put at risk the first independent Conservative majority for two decades . |
| 5 | Stan O'Donnell , Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , privately dismissed this to us a politically meaningless ; and made out his case that ideology in Africa does not count any more — economic need is deciding what happens . |
| 6 | Rémy of Pertuis had as good as made up his mind to leave that day , but the arrival of the earl of Leicester caused him to think again , and countermand his orders to Bénezet and Daalny to begin packing . |
| 7 | He appraised her slowly , then nodded , as though making up his mind . |