Example sentences of "made [pron] [noun pl] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ARSENAL boss George Graham last night blasted his multi-million pound stars for squandering the qualities which made them giants of English football .
2 ‘ I made my feelings on that subject clear , Khan . ’
3 She had already from time to time employed Mrs Rafferty , although the incredibly swift rate of her pregnancies made her appearances at Four Winds unpredictable .
4 Determined not to hold Penry up , she made her purchases at such speed that she was outside , waiting , when he came striding down the narrow street to collect her .
5 The fact that she was doing this and not looking at her old friend made her doubts about this statement less evident , but all the same my mother protested .
6 So they followed their cousins in the car industry and made their buildings with built-in obsolescence .
7 On the one hand , he was loved for his own great ability , his loyalty to his teams , his concern for youngsters and all the other good work he did off the pitch , and for his warm , relaxed character that made him friends in many places .
8 Four soldiers with submachine guns patrolled the room , and an officer made his rounds at frequent intervals .
9 Richardson scored 53 and shared a second wicket partnership of 141 with man-of-the-match Lara , who hit 14 boundaries and made his runs from 132 deliveries before being run out .
10 He made his recordings in 1904 and died a year later ; by 1925 they had been moved to the ‘ Historic Catalogue ’ .
11 made his comments about that .
12 One piece of the inscribed marble base survives with them , and shows that the dedicator was a Sicilian , one of the Deinomenid family who made themselves tyrants in these years of Syracuse and other cities .
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