Example sentences of "[pers pn] make for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He made for a line of scrub between two gates and waited until the street outside was fairly clear , then climbed the railings and dropped down . |
| 32 | As soon as we had cleared customs he made for a bank of telephones , and when he rejoined me he was smiling . |
| 33 | A snow-covered hedge loomed up ahead of him and he made for the shelter of it . |
| 34 | Then , ignoring her indignant gasp , he made for the chest of drawers with the clear intention of searching that also . |
| 35 | He made for the Druid 's Well , a mile or so to the east of the town . |
| 36 | He made for the surgery , saying , lying in his teeth , ‘ I have some work to do , McAllister . |
| 37 | With powerful leg strokes he made for the assault boat from which new flares were being fired . |
| 38 | As he made for the road , the crickets hopped from him , all around , as if he 'd launched them . |
| 39 | Everyone hastened to stand aside as he made for the door . |
| 40 | As he made for the door he heard the phone ringing in the hall and when he entered he saw Joe turn from the telephone table towards him , saying , ‘ It 's for you , Martin . |
| 41 | As he made for the door she said , ‘ You wo n't forget to take that bottle in for her , will you ? |
| 42 | He made for the door , sweeping out of the office with Rebecca in tow , stopping only to add as an afterthought , ‘ Ignore Rourke 's bad temper . |
| 43 | Penry smiled faintly as he made for the door . |
| 44 | His tongue hung from his mouth as he made for the south — and dust pothered up from his feet . |
| 45 | He pulled on a pair of folding sunglasses ( the sort you pay an extra load for to have ‘ Porsche ’ stamped across your field of vision ) as he made for the driver 's door , but even with them and the soft brown leather blouson jacket , which made him look a bit like an off-duty copper ( they get them cheap down Brick Lane ) , I still recognized him . |
| 46 | His whole body jerked in denial as he made for the drawing-room . |
| 47 | He made for the side exit , away from the man . |
| 48 | Straight and fast flew Bower-bird as he made for the mountain top . |
| 49 | He made for the travelling bookshop , where he found Jeffrey Archer sitting at a portable desk to one side of the bookstall . |
| 50 | And a young man , certain of his own strength and skill , running with balanced ease round all opposition as he made for the line . |
| 51 | Their scent came up to him as he made for the stage door , thrusting his note carefully among the rain-wet blooms . |
| 52 | The poet can not lose ; whatever claims he makes for the momentousness of his subjectmatter are vindicated simply by the way those claims are made . |
| 53 | Cos it makes for a lot of you know if you do n't have and say well I 'm not going to put in my feet anyway . |
| 54 | In the first place , he says ‘ it makes for a directness of relationship between symbol and referent ’ . |
| 55 | the arrangements it makes for the admission of students on to the Bar Vocational Course ; |
| 56 | the arrangements it makes for the admission of students onto the Bar Vocational Course ; . |
| 57 | I think that is a , there is a need to look into this , it is an area where we have n't looked into at the moment , and when you consider the valuable work that our staff in the D S O organisation does , and the profit it makes for this county council , and the savings it makes for the county council , it would be sensible for us to also look into building maintenance as well . |
| 58 | Anyway that thought decided me to make for the bedroom but I was late starting and had only just reached the top of the stairs when he was half-way up with the big brown teapot held in his pelting position . |