Example sentences of "[pers pn] make [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Elephants have bigger brains than humans but , probably with some justice , we like to think that we are cleverer than elephants and that our brains are ‘ really ’ bigger if you make allowance for the fact that we are much smaller animals .
2 When you get to the small conglomeration of villages called , variously , Lecumberry , Men dive and Béhorléguy , you make half-left for the Col d'Aphanize and beyond it Ahusquy .
3 ‘ But if you make trouble for the O'Malleys , ’ Gerry said , ‘ the police will blame Brogan , Kerrigan and Mullen .
4 When we make love for the second time this throbbing afternoon it is like lingering over liqueurs by a log fire .
5 We make camp for the night in earshot of Crystal Rapid , which in recent years has flipped more boats , taken more lives , and humbled more boatmen than any other on the river .
6 Well they , they just you know they they just have this erm craft sort of , they do stall and and they make stuff for the shop they had he had a couple of retail shops , he had a factory yeah I think he said he had fifty two people working for him .
7 These new arrangements contain two important features : they allow institutions to propose variations from normal validation arrangements ; and they make provision for the granting of discretion to institutions to make modifications to approved courses within agreed limits .
8 They make leather for the clothing industry and the international recession has taken its toll .
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