Example sentences of "[noun prp] was make [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Toby was made obstinate by his first off-the-cuff effort to get himself a job . |
| 2 | ‘ Tell me ’ — Hope was made irritable by the recollection and interrupted with the acceptable rudeness of the confident social superior , ‘ how do you administer your business ? ’ |
| 3 | Titford of Bishopgate St. Linnendraper was made Free by Redemptn. on the recommendation of Mr. Lum ’ . |
| 4 | In Moscow , Red Square was made ready for the triumphalist May Day parade . |
| 5 | Which creature from Cheshire was made famous in Alice in Wonderland ? . |
| 6 | Although Sorley was to make light of the experience , he had been in considerable danger . |
| 7 | Phyllis was made redundant from British Telecom last year . |
| 8 | The issue of sterling CDs in the UK was made possible under a provision of the 1968 Finance Act . |
| 9 | Uncomfortably Auguste was made aware in the gentlest way that he was indeed a suspect at this early stage . |
| 10 | He had expected to be the deliverer of the news and then the great consoler , but Mrs Hogan was making light of it . |
| 11 | Swallow was made redundant from AST in November , when the company closed down its East European operation , but he maintains that AST was not dissatisfied with its sales in the region , which he claims totalled over $5m in 1992 . |
| 12 | So Tyrion was made ready for battle . |
| 13 | On the line 's completion in 1841 Gooch was made responsible for the construction of branch lines to Heywood , Oldham , Halifax , and Ashton-under-Lyne . |
| 14 | The first leg of the first occasion I had flown horses from Heathrow was made bearable by a bottle of whisky and a regular itinerant groom . |
| 15 | Thereafter ( i ) the Foreign Affairs portfolio was taken by de Maizière ; ( ii ) Health Minister Jürgen Kleditzsch took responsibility for Labour and Social Affairs ; ( iii ) Education and Science Minister Hans-Joachim Meier took responsibility for Research and Technology ; ( iv ) Lothar Engel was made responsible for Trade and Tourism ; ( v ) Hans-Jürgen Niehof took responsibility for Posts and Telecommunications ; and ( vi ) Kauffold was replaced by Gottfried Haschke at the Ministry of Food , Agriculture and Forestry . |
| 16 | The motive behind the Lithuanian party 's decision to move ahead against all the pressure from Moscow was made clear by Mr Donatas Morkunas , secretary of the Siauliai regional party . |
| 17 | In due course the CVR was made mandatory for UK registered aircraft , with a revised channel allocation to take full advantage of the ‘ hot mike ’ system . |
| 18 | Her husband John was made redundant from Parsonage pit in an earlier wave of closures , and she believes that at the age of 41 he will never work again . |
| 19 | The reason we leased the Buckfastleigh Branch to the S.R.D.T. was made clear in the press release at the time , of which we enclose a copy . |
| 20 | Julie was made comfortable in bed and given a vomit bowl and tissues as she continued to feel nauseated . |
| 21 | SYMAP was made available to the academic community at a nominal charge , thus allowing many research staff and undergraduates the opportunity to become familiar with the concept of computer mapping . |
| 22 | Two years ago Rosemary was made redundant from a job she had held for 20 years . |
| 23 | Due to cutbacks in Adult Education last year , Margaret was made redundant from her part-time post as lecturer for Special Needs in Wandsworth Adult College ; she is now Curriculum Manager for Basic Education , Special Needs , Physical Education and Complementary Health with Surrey Adult and Continuing Education Service and enjoys this work very much . |