Example sentences of "[was/were] make [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike was there every day , being nice to me and telling me not to worry about anything , he 'd found this flat and his mother was seeing to furnishing it and they were making arrangements for the wedding . |
| 2 | A. In 1840 a great engineer , Isambard Kingdom Brunel , was making plans for the route of the main railway into South West England . |
| 3 | ‘ When I last saw her , she was making plans for the pub . |
| 4 | ‘ Maybe James was making allowance for the fact it was a private sale . |
| 5 | Last night , we went round to Josh — I was making supper for the boys , and your father came with me . |
| 6 | But on his last full campaigning day in Monklands East , a depressed part of west central Scotland badly hit by the collapse of traditional industries , he was making time for the locals he has represented — with a boundary change — since 1970 . |
| 7 | The greatest joy was to make camp for the night and savour the smell from the cooks ' fires as supper was prepared . |
| 8 | Its primary purpose was to make room for the large number of civilian air-raid casualties which were expected in the big cities . |
| 9 | His brevet ( his flying wings in other words ) was situated some two or three inches above the pocket and when this error was pointed out to him by the more die-hard RAF characters he pointed out that the space was to make room for the VC , the DSO and the DFC . |