Example sentences of "made [pron] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French struggled for nearly sixty minutes against a generous but raw Romania , ran riot against a Fijian side well below par and short of the menacing inspiration that made them a fearsome proposal in 1987 , while the game against Canada exposed the shortcomings that England later exploited with relish . |
| 2 | But so far neither has shown the tremendous flair with top-spin attacking that made them a major force in the world championships in Dortmund only seven months ago . |
| 3 | Made them a sure part of your plan |
| 4 | In one act at the exhibition hangar gave NAM ‘ back ’ its workshop , enabling the restoration of Anson C.19 VL348 to come on apace ; it allowed several of their exhibits the luxury of a controlled environment ; gave the Museum an ‘ all weather ’ visitor capability and made them a suitable location for the RAF Museum to loan them their Airspeed Oxford and North American Harvard — see the August issue . |
| 5 | The offer made them a special case but by the same token was condemned by other groups such as the ancillary workers , who protested that they were offered only 4 per cent . |
| 6 | Their ‘ Vicinity to the Dockyards ’ made them a vital source of timber for the Royal Navy ; therefore it was ‘ a National Object to keep and to improve ’ them . |
| 7 | She also made me a small bed , which was placed on a shelf too high for rats to reach . |
| 8 | He made me a fair offer in the circumstances and I even picked up another two pounds from one of the street traders for Charlie 's huge barrow ; but hard though I tried I could n't find a buyer for Granpa Charlie 's dreadful old nineteenth-century relic . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought he was laughing at me , that he did n't want to see me , but then he stopped me and he made me a little bow , just like a real gentleman , and gave me a present , as if he did care . |
| 10 | Anyway , that made me a scarlet woman . ’ |
| 11 | He made himself a mixed grill , something he had n't had for a long time , and followed it with real coffee . |
| 12 | Reasoning from this he made himself a jading substance compounded of stoat 's liver and rabbit 's liver , dried and powdered up and added to dragon 's blood which was a code name among the old horsemen for one of their more powerful jading substances . |
| 13 | Just before he resigned in January Mr Peckford made himself a laughing stock for the C$20m ( $17m ) he poured into a huge complex for growing cucumbers . |
| 14 | well any way look , if I made you a thin bit of steel straight across the centre like that |
| 15 | Going through to the kitchen , she made herself a hot drink , and carried it into the room where the fire was at last beginning to heat up the air a little . |
| 16 | Later she made herself a light salad for lunch and ate it on the terrace . |
| 17 | Amanda came back wearing a tee-shirt and black leggings , made herself a large gin and tonic , sat down and drank . |
| 18 | Du Maurier 's atmospheric and often sinister novels and stories made her a worldwide bestseller , while she herself remained reclusive and deeply private . |
| 19 | BRITISH actress Rachel Ward is set to star in a sequel to TV 's Thorn Birds — nearly a decade after the hit saga made her a worldwide star . |
| 20 | She was not able to hear well enough to take shorthand , but her pleasant personally and conscientious work made her a valued member of staff . |
| 21 | That made her a good decade younger than he was , but she looked it . |
| 22 | The city 's site on the Isthmus made her a natural centre for trade , and the aryballos seems to have been created to meet a new need : to bottle scented oils , imported from the East , for re-export east and west . |
| 23 | Round him , she was talkative in order to provoke him into replying , and the attempt made her a habitual confessor , though she would have been amazed if she had been charged with talking about herself all the time . |
| 24 | ‘ Sunnie 's courage and fighting spirit throughout Jackie 's imprisonment made her a national figure , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Sarah had produced a child by another man , and that made her a loose woman . |
| 26 | He once made her a beaded jacket so beautiful she told him she wanted to be buried in it . |
| 27 | His intuition , subtle approach , analytical capacities and broad clinical knowledge made him a brilliant clinician ’ . |
| 28 | He employed the wry , self-deprecation that made him a refreshing presence on the campaign trail . |
| 29 | It hardly made him a frequent visitor , but it gave him a few numbers to ring . |
| 30 | Ted Owens was one of the stalwarts of Crystal Palace FC during the inter-war period , when his resolute performances at right-back during the latter half of the 1930s made him a firm favourite . |