Example sentences of "made [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night .
2 A mother who has put her daughter on the stage and made her into a teenage star is obviously aware that she is moulding something special .
3 She could be matched to any of four performers in the floorshow ; Josie was n't sure why , but it was as if her teenager 's skin and certain odd , somehow held-back elements of her personality made her into a blank sheet onto which anything could be drawn .
4 Keller 's Zurich upbringing made him into a skiier and sculler , and he raced for the Grasshopper club .
5 He organised my stag weekend last year and made it into a memorable one .
6 THE STORY of the legendary Lawrence of Arabia has fascinated the media for many years , not least director David Lean , who made it into a famous feature film with Peter O'Toole in 1962 .
7 The plea was heartfelt , but the tone of her voice made it into a peremptory command , and his eyes narrowed .
8 Originally it had no towers and was aisleless , but extensive additions in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries made it into a three-aisled church with a tall tower .
9 But he left to take on the run-down Staffordshire country house called Alton Towers and made it into a top leisure and theme park .
10 She folded the silver square of wrapping paper in half and made it into a little boat .
11 And then in the , where the bath used to be , in this little bathroom I had the cooker and the washer that 's it , I made it into a little kitchen so
12 In ways more amenable to women 's visual pleasure , off-beat films which then made it into the mainstream distribution circuit such as Lianna ( Nelson/Renzi ) , Desert Hearts , I 've Heard the Mermaids Singing ( Rozema ) and Percy Adlon 's work with Marianne Sagebrecht in Baghdad Café and Sugar Baby have achieved a degree of success in changing the dynamics of female objectification and sexual fantasy in an entertainment setting .
13 Unlike Ted , he had risen rapidly up the ranks , was voted Rookie of the Year in 1987 , made it into the Top 16 at the end of '88 , and was tipped to become a challenger for the world title .
14 Super Mario Land by the Ambassadors Of Funk featuring MC Mario made it into the Top 10 in November .
15 The weather was damp and chilly but the sleeping bag felt mighty good and I made it through the first night , sleeping like a log .
16 Three of the debut boys , England 's Barry Lane , Constantina Rocca — the first Italian to make the Ryder Cup — and former Walker Cup golfer Peter Baker of England , made it through the automatic channel .
17 Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required .
18 Berger said : ‘ He made it to the first corner ahead of me and I tried to hang on .
19 It was the final ignominy in the short , troubled history of the club that nearly made it to the First Division .
20 In my time you even had to survive Hansen 's unofficial scrutiny before you made it to the first team .
21 The coronet is shown in loving detail as it embodies the moment when this family of merchants made it to the princely ranks .
22 We had some more Marshalls that some friends lent us and maybe a Roland JC120 — I do n't know whether those ever made it to the final edit , though . ’
23 Now Liz did n't win our first , second or third prize er last year , but she , she made it to the final twelve , er her , her full-length novel now , has now been accepted by Collins and that 's going to be published next February , there 's talk of a big American contract for Liz and Liz has now been floated away in to the world of big time professional writing .
24 John Major scholarship boy who made it to the local grammar school and was lucky to obtain patronage from the local squire .
25 They made it to the winning post fairly creditably .
26 Some hours later — no one counted , but it was a long time — eight soaking , snow-covered individuals just — but only just — on the right side of hypothermia made it to the main Teesdale road , which snow ploughs had kept open .
27 The South Koreans are rated because they made it to the last World Cup finals , but personally I will always think of the North Koreans in ‘ 66 .
28 Of the leading English contenders , Peter Marshall , Chris Walker and Del Harris made it to the last 16 .
29 In competition with 800 other boys , he made it to the last five , but nerves got the better of him during a final audition at the Criterion Theatre , in London 's West End .
30 His ‘ act as if you own the place ’ approach seemed to work , and he made it to the double doors that opened into the main tunnel complex , not even pausing as he attached a circuit board to a second brick and casually tossed it into the heart of the pile of drums on the dock nearby .
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