Example sentences of "[prep] making [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After making her way into the fashion business as a freelance designer and as a partner with Ann Buck in Tuttabankem from 1969 to 1974 , Hamnett set up Katharine Hamnett Ltd on a £500 loan in 1979 . |
| 2 | After making his plans for the safekeeping of funds in several banks he started off on his travels once again . |
| 3 | In some circles there is excited talk of making him president of the SNP , talk which the present incumbent rather resents . |
| 4 | He looked very well and was full of talk of making his way in the world and starting a business some day . |
| 5 | Glancing to his left , he wondered why the Bogeyman chose to live in a room on the first-floor landing instead of making his lair in the cellar , where he would surely feel more at home . |
| 6 | In particular they believed that a State which could dominate the sea and Europe 's trade with the outside world would have gone far towards making herself mistress of the continent . |
| 7 | Just now Christien 's thoughts are more preoccupied with making his name in The Blackheath Poisonings . |
| 8 | In making their choice for the use of land , farmers have thought like this . |
| 9 | It must be remembered that Lord Chancellors in making their appointments to the High Court have a relatively small group to select from . |
| 10 | The court must take into account , in making its assessment in the case of any particular plaintiff , of the pain which he has actually suffered and will suffer and the suffering which he has undergone and will undergo . |
| 11 | It seems that David had at first great difficulty in making his way with the public , and was several times unsuccessful in his efforts after fame . |
| 12 | A shoal of stout brown fish swam round and round in circles in a ghostly saraband before making their way to the entrance to the stream . |
| 13 | As the days became warmer they would go to the pond to feed the ducks and then along to the terraced rose gardens before making their way to the nearby swings and roundabouts in the small enclosed area . |
| 14 | She sighed as she folded Elise 's cream linen jacket over her arm before making her way along the compartment . |
| 15 | Quietly , competently , she shut up her flat before making her way to the Underground to catch the tube to Heathrow . |
| 16 | When Bruce Lee died , Brandon left Hong Kong for Los Angeles with his mother , Linda , and sister Shannon , before making his debut in the TV film Kung Fu . |
| 17 | After the attack he was dumped outside the barracks before making his way to the Royal Cambridge Military Hospital in the town where he was treated for severe bruising to his head and body . |
| 18 | He waited until the Audi Coupe had merged with the evening traffic before making his way to the restaurant . |
| 19 | It is to be hoped that this will not deter commentators from making their contribution to the debate , particularly against the background of recent corporate scandals over which auditors have been criticised , often unfairly , and against a backcloth of rapid change in the ways of doing business generally . |
| 20 | The islands were the province of the ‘ sealers ’ and countless other opportunists intent on making their fortune from the area 's abundant ‘ natural productions ’ . |
| 21 | When Mr. Gussman arrived in Alton some two and a half years ago , there was a question mark over whether or nor it was worth making him chaplain of the hospital . |
| 22 | It would be more effective to involve people by education , by making them part of the system so that they gain from helping , to give them a vested interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem and the wildlife around them — very much cheaper than a law force , WWF and CITES secretariats . |