Example sentences of "make [pers pn] something [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | And , after all , The Last Days of Dolwyn had made him something of a film star . |
2 | When he retired as chairman of British Aerospace in the summer of 1987 , Pearce had spent forty-two years in industry , all but ten weeks in management , which must make him something of an authority on the subject . |
3 | ‘ He had another one made later at the Mandarin Hotel , but the first one made him something of a laughing stock . ’ |
4 | His achievements in sport made him something of a celebrity at school and his status was in no small way boosted by the teachers ' approval . |
5 | Therefore I am informed by the market … which makes me something of a rarity in the business . |
6 | It conceals , both in Adrian Bromley himself and the enterprize he controls , a powerful dynamic which , in a relatively short period of time , appears to have created the potential to make it something of a jewel in the crown of the C&P operations . |