Example sentences of "make [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few of the offers to made during the first trading session have already been publicised . |
| 2 | Gouzenko 's involvement in the allegations against Sir Roger Hollis was the result of statements he made during the lengthy debriefing following his defection when he claimed there were two Russian spies both with the codename Elli . |
| 3 | I would make for the Federal Republic . ’ |
| 4 | It might be part of her job to parade through the ballroom but she surely did n't want to have to prattle facts and figures for what she was wearing now , a skin-tight concoction of bugle heads and sequins that probably cost more than she 'd make for the entire year . |
| 5 | She could n't relax ; she could hear every move he made through the flimsy wall , and each one stretched her nerves tight . |
| 6 | He 's always fore he 's forever contrasting er these these er centres in Highfields with his village halls and er small village halls and that and that 's very , the very truth , I 'd like to refer him and he knows as well as I do that what he should really be comparing with are the youth and community provision across the county which is an enormous amount in excess of the amount we put into old people 's homes and as Mr so rightly said , they 're problems were gon na have to grapple with in the future and so you then look at what has been suggested , what has been proposed and the point that Professor made about the Labour party having to make it work , is because it is they and everybody knows it 's they have been five membering this thing all the way through . |
| 7 | The main assessments we made about the structural situation of the economy and the direction of change needed for both the economy and society have been verified . |
| 8 | But the immediate problem confronting him , of course , is how to explain the assumption that we normally make about the causal link between experiences and bodily states . |
| 9 | While I appreciate the point you make about the long standing nature of your request I must advise you that there are many similar locations throughout the Region where there is inadequate space to provide a bus shelter . |
| 10 | An approximation we make about the actual behaviour enables us to model this behaviour in a dynamic framework without complicating the estimation . |
| 11 | When I could make it , I got up and made for the nearest shelter . |
| 12 | The 128 they made for the fifth wicket actually saw the visitors go on the defensive , although not for long . |
| 13 | He made for the central entrance to the choir under the organ and almost collided with Dhani , who giggled . |
| 14 | Outside , the world was waiting for Mr Major 's victory oration and shortly after 1.00 he made for the front door . |
| 15 | The colonel gave me a friendly pat on the shoulder , and we made for the outside world again . |
| 16 | She made for the new extension , hoping she had imagined that speculative look in her young assistant 's eye , and feeling that she 'd better let him think the Palmer & Pearson file had dropped on her desk while he was absent on Friday . |
| 17 | He stood and made for the other room . |
| 18 | Toby Tobias was quickest away and Desert Orchid could find no more , but the race was far from finished , for as Mark Pitman on Toby Tobias made for the winning post Graham McCourt urged Norton 's Coin to a final effort , and as the two jockeys , whips swishing , pushed their courageous mounts up the hill the cheers from the stands which moments before had been tuning up for another Dessie triumph lapsed into a disbelieving murmur : this was not the right script at all . |
| 19 | We made for the top front of the vehicle , as this provided the best all-round view . |
| 20 | While a good case can , in retrospect , he made for the national interest being served by higher prices , there were few at the time who argued against the interpretation of Citrine and Self that there was a long-run obligation to sell as much electricity as possible at as low a price as possible . |
| 21 | They made for the steep edge . |
| 22 | Falconi , swept over the island , while the Bf109Es of 7/JG 26 also made for the same location . |
| 23 | Trent waited until they made for the upriver side , then charged forward uncaring . |
| 24 | But which of us , locked behind a desk or in a queue at the supermarket check-out , has not had an overwhelming desire to drop everything , run into the street , hail a passing cab and make for the nearest airport to catch a plane to anywhere ? |
| 25 | I have come to the conclusion that I may have to stick to one particular make for the right size . |
| 26 | Journalists blame this on the fact that Mr Heseltine , David Mellor and the other ‘ dogs of war ’ who make for the best viewing concentrated on attacking Labour . |
| 27 | We were going to run that tape you made after the planning-committee meeting , but in the light of recent events it seems unwise . |
| 28 | Make fer the front door . |
| 29 | What can we make of the corporatist perspective on British politics , and just how stable is the pattern of politics which is suggested by those who point to close collaborative arrangements between particular interests and the state in pursuit of ever more state intervention ? |
| 30 | The only criticism one might make of the Labour party 's proposal is that it is not large enough . |