Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] peace with [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But perhaps I desire to make my peace with the man who did . ’ |
2 | With the failure of peace moves Evelyn 's allegiance to Parliament faltered in August 1643 : he retired to Godstone but came under suspicion following the interception of a letter which seemed to suggest that he and his nephew were preparing to make their peace with the king . |
3 | He said Oliver was extremely embarrassed , as well he might have been , because he was buying flowers to make his peace with a girl he 'd gone to bed with the night before and been impotent with . |
4 | And yet Eliot had always been the subtler and more complicated man , shrewd enough to make his peace with an age to which he did not truly belong . |
5 | That left the way open for the excellent constituency MP to make his peace with the leadership of the party which may , at last , be on the rise . |
6 | The Earl of Nottingham , a Tory who was to make his peace with the Revolution , nevertheless opposed the invitation , condemning it as " high treason , in violation of the Laws … and that allegiance which I ow 'd to the Soveraigne and which I had confirm 'd by my solemn oath " . |