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

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1 Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me .
2 God knows why — I made him the same way I made the rest of you — but there it is .
3 You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry .
4 well any way look , if I made you a thin bit of steel straight across the centre like that
5 He begged her not to miss the party they were invited to on his account , so she made him a hot drink , turned on the TV and , making no bones about it , said she would be back in the morning .
6 We made it a nice one , yeah ?
7 The sherpas climbing with her were so impressed by her stamina in temperatures around 30C below freezing they made her an honorary ‘ sherpani ’ .
8 ‘ He was an expert on Russian affairs — as much of an expert as MPs get to be on anything — and they made him a junior minister to add credibility to their soft-line policy .
9 He made me a fair offer in the circumstances and I even picked up another two pounds from one of the street traders for Charlie 's huge barrow ; but hard though I tried I could n't find a buyer for Granpa Charlie 's dreadful old nineteenth-century relic .
10 ‘ I thought he was laughing at me , that he did n't want to see me , but then he stopped me and he made me a little bow , just like a real gentleman , and gave me a present , as if he did care .
11 And so that , it made me a tougher than I should have been .
12 As Gloucester 's power grew , it made him a better lord for the affinity as a whole .
13 As Gloucester 's power grew , it made him a better lord for the affinity as a whole .
14 After a full day of sightseeing , it made it a pleasant change not to see the ground .
15 It made it a cosy scene , an effect enhanced by the glow of several candles placed in tall sconces against the wall .
16 It made it no better for her that they had been after her father .
17 As far as I was concerned , it made it the logical time to sell .
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