Example sentences of "[pers pn] be made a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 For these services , and following a series of travel talks which I wrote and broadcast in the autumn of 1929 , I was made an Honorary Member of the M.J.A.R.A. , and appointed to the executive committee .
2 If and when you are made a firm offer of a place , you will be asked to confirm the details of the funds available to you .
3 She says she 's made a special cake and wants us to help eat it up . ’
4 But she 's made a miraculous recovery , and has now been allowed home .
5 She 's made an absolute fool out of you .
6 But she 's made an amazing recovery and is now about to go home .
7 She 's made an official complaint — just one of a record number received by Thames Valley Police this year .
8 She was sent by the Republic , and she 's made an honest effort .
9 ( WES ) She still needs to return to hospital regularly for treatment , but doctors say she 's made an excellent physical — and emotional — recovery .
10 He 'll buy her a small gift when she 's made an exceptional contribution .
11 She was made an honorary member of the BA in 1987 .
12 It 's made a great thoroughfare in the dining area and broken the dining area up a bit .
13 She says that it 's made a great difference , the swan can now struggle to it 's feet .
14 And it 's made a lovely edging for a wooden tray , coated in varnish once the paste is dry . , .
15 It 's made an incredible difference , ’ Miranda assured her .
16 It 's made an enormous difference to the way I go about my work .
17 It 's made an enormous difference to the way I go about my work .
18 With Sugar and ‘ Copper Blue ’ he 's made a great start .
19 He 's made a good start , now comes the big push .
20 He 's made a good marriage .
21 Saddlers manager Kenny Hibbitt said : ‘ I always knew he had quality and he 's made a tremendous start to his career . ’
22 He 's made a marvellous recovery since he 's been with us in Barbados .
23 He 's made a remarkable recovery , ’ Sister Cooney said .
24 President George Bush said : ‘ I do n't know what Saddam 's doing , but he 's made a big mistake .
25 She says : ‘ He 's made a big difference to my being able to get through it .
26 If he 's made me believe them , that means he 's made a large part of the new me .
27 And he 's made a beautiful one for me , so I 'm happy about it . ’
28 It was made a compulsory subject in the schools , an essential part of the Leaving Certificate , and it was necessary to pass an exam in the language to enter the civil service .
29 Erm well why would you er get engaged in a , a contest erm with er the three warring factions , because you certainly would n't be able to con confine yourself to one , and since there 's no national interest as such , I know there have been many attempts to link er Bosnia with er peace in the world generally or with world order , in fact there is no threat er this is a civil war , strictly speaking , and th there 's no evidence that it would er sp spill over into a major war unless it was made a major war er by those er with the er forces that exist .
30 The most blatant example came in 1981 when it was made a criminal contempt punishable with two years ' imprisonment for journalists , after a trial was over , to interview jurors about their deliberations .
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