Example sentences of "[pers pn] make [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My fifteen miles ' walk had whetted my appetite , and therefore I looked with no angry gaze on Ranza Inn , and , despite the large company of tourists airing themselves outside , I made inquiries for breakfast , and was told it would not be ready for an hour ( it was now nine o'clock ) . |
| 2 | And I made locks for lighthouses , I 'm not boasting my lad , and they 'd li locks , locks for lighthouses pretty near all round the world . |
| 3 | ‘ Frankly , I make clothes for women to look sweet . |
| 4 | I make allowances for old'uns who have rubber sharks in their cars : - ) |
| 5 | Leave enough space between you and the vehicle in front so that you can pull up safely if it slows down or stops suddenly , the safe rule is never to get closer than the overall stopping distance shown below , but on the open road in good conditions leave a gap of one metre for each mile an hour of your speed or a two second time gap may be enough , they will also leave space for an overtaking vehicle pulling or wet or icy or the gap should be at least double that , drop back if you know that taking vehicle closing gap in front of you make way for ambulance , fire engines , police or van emergency vehicles when their blue lamps are flashing or their bells , two tone cones or sirens or . |
| 6 | She made supper for Jasper , who at once went up to his sleeping-bag on the top floor . |
| 7 | She makes records for men . |
| 8 | When they were well out of the way we made tracks for home and I looked forward to a quiet evening . |
| 9 | The result is a range of cookers that combine the very best from both the past and the present , continuing the Stoves promise — ‘ We make cookers for cooks ’ . |
| 10 | That 's what we mean when we say that we make cookers for cooks . |
| 11 | We make love for hours and hours , long into the night , and I am not afraid . |
| 12 | ‘ It is now our number one venue when we make application for world events . |
| 13 | They made boilers for ships and locomotives , railway lines , and all manner of springs , wires and tools . |
| 14 | There he made friends for life in George Hooper and Francis Turner , who became fellow bishops , and with Thomas Thynne , in whose house he was to spend his long retirement . |
| 15 | Why am I always given the responsibility of looking after the microphones , I 've done this for years well think about this brother here , he made cheese for years and he did n't like the job one bit , now is n't that strange , do you know why ? |
| 16 | Opening it , he made way for Emily who was carrying a mug of tea and a plate of biscuits . |
| 17 | He made coffee for Susan , but decided not to risk a cup himself . |
| 18 | In the early days of aviation he made designs for aeroplanes and , later in life , he took up golf and planned houses for himself and his friends in Berkshire . |
| 19 | It 's er unfortunately the case that relations between the partners broke down and this led in due course to proceedings being commenced by the plaintiffs against the defendant in relation to the dissolution of the partners , those proceedings were commenced in nineteen eighty nine , , er in the High Court Chancery Division , there were a number of issues raised in the litigation , one of the matters was a preliminary issue , er concerning the terms of the partnership and that came before er Mr Justice on the eighteenth of February nineteen ninety one , whereby he found in favour effectively of the defendant on that preliminary issue er the plaintiffs it seems were then claiming that partnership , the partnership at will , but Mr Justice held that they were part of the terms of the particular er partnership deed , so the defendants succeeded on that issue , the trial of the action then followed on the twentieth of March nineteen ninety one and er Mr Justice made an order for dissolution of the partnership , he then give various directions for accountant enquiries concerning the partnership and he made orders for payments of costs , now the orders for costs were this , that effectively the defendant was entitled to some costs of the preliminary issue and that the plaintiffs were entitled to costs of the er ma if I may put it this way , the main action , and there was then the provision for , set off for the defendant 's costs against the costs ordered to be paid by the defendant , perfectly normal form of order . |
| 20 | Hoffmann J. declared that in each case the beneficial interest in the property was owned by the bankrupt and his wife in equal shares and he made orders for possession and sale but , after considering the circumstances of the two wives and their children and , in particular , that the half shares to which they would be entitled would be insufficient for them to acquire other accommodation in the area and the educational problems of the children , imposed a provision for postponement until the youngest child in each case attained the age of sixteen . |
| 21 | He made room for Peter . |
| 22 | Tacitly , he made room for Darwin 's science and was even said by one observer to have espoused Darwin 's ideas fully . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , there 's a catch , ’ David said quietly as he made room for Josh in the bed . |
| 24 | Would it make sense for city authorities to restrict commuter parking in cities during the day ? |
| 25 | He picked up a groin injury during his heroic performance in Lions colours in France and , with exhaustion probably exacerbating his condition , he makes way for David Thresher in the second row . |
| 26 | But it makes sense for society to have a single regulatory body that does the checking and a law whose enforcement entitles individuals to assume that drugs being sold have been checked out as safe . |
| 27 | Until someone can explain why it makes sense for individuals to maintain personal equity portfolios , the odds are that the selling will continue . |
| 28 | Where the future can not usefully be predicted , it makes sense for policymakers to assume the worse and plan for heavy demands on services by the very old . |
| 29 | Wallace and Deane look like the ideal combination as once they start passing to wallace it makes space for deane to also run into space so give HIM the variety too . |
| 30 | You can hammer them and get them thin or mould them to make panels for cars . |