Example sentences of "she [was/were] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was made Head Girl and although it was not acknowledged by anyone in authority , she was already drinking too much . |
| 2 | Freeman ( 1984 ) has suggested that some of her research was not as thorough as it should have been if she was to make such claims , and even that her desire to reach the conclusions that she did made her see things as she wished to see them , rather than as they actually were ( see Shipman 1988 ) . |
| 3 | I could see her paws sticking out through the wire door and she was making one hell of a racket . |
| 4 | She was making good progress and was well up to standard |
| 5 | And then , even while she was making valiant efforts to control herself , because for certain he was going to set about strangling her at any moment , after some seconds of looking at her as if staggered , suddenly , and to her amazement , he was seeing the funny side of it also — and he was laughing too ! |
| 6 | She was making hard work of plucking the goose . |
| 7 | It was a strange pilgrimage she was making this Sunday afternoon . |
| 8 | ‘ She was making these excuses that they were just good friends , and all she did was his typing . ’ |
| 9 | Her mouth opened and closed , but Clive could not tell whether she was making any noises . |