Example sentences of "[was/were] make [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Profitt , Michael Cook , 18 , Adrian Sinclair , 19 , and Lee Scrivens , 19 , all from Birmingham , admitted theft charges ; another six City supporters were also remanded in custody or on bail , and 23 were fined a total of £8,600 for admitting charges arising from a weekend in the Lancashire resort which a Football Association inquiry may punish by banning City supporters from remaining away games ; all their away matches were made all-ticket for an indefinite period after trouble last season at Crystal Palace . |
| 2 | A party meeting was to be held on the following Monday and the Whips were making preparation for a vote to be taken . |
| 3 | ‘ Maybe James was making allowance for the fact it was a private sale . |
| 4 | Last night , we went round to Josh — I was making supper for the boys , and your father came with me . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The greatest joy was to make camp for the night and savour the smell from the cooks ' fires as supper was prepared . |
| 7 | Its primary purpose was to make room for the large number of civilian air-raid casualties which were expected in the big cities . |
| 8 | 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 . |