Example sentences of "she was make [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one knew how old she was , but she looked as though she was made of leather and would last forever . |
| 2 | She was made of a strong enough fibre to cope with ideas to which she had already become accustomed , like murder and rape ; it was novelty that she found hard to accept . |
| 3 | She wore a collar like Aunt Margaret 's but it could not chafe her neck because she was made of wood . |
| 4 | ‘ But there was only one mistake in that letter , Mrs Newley , ’ Fiona said ; she was made of slightly sterner stuff than Zaza . |
| 5 | In order to still his sexual passions Sir Frances took an unusual wife , what was unusual about her A , she was made of snow , B , she had no vagina , C , she lived a thousand miles away ? |
| 6 | she was made of snow why do you think |
| 7 | How had she managed to survive the intervening weeks when this was what she was made for ? |
| 8 | Those evenings were the good times , when she did not question so fiercely what she was making of her life . |
| 9 | They did n't want one of them hanging round Eileen , who was too young yet to know what a fool she was making of herself . |
| 10 | What she was making of this experience was also hard to imagine . |
| 11 | The audience was silent , drinking in the obscene spectacle she was making of herself . |
| 12 | Dr Neil looked down at the bent blue-black head , and some idea of the enormous concession she was making to him struck home . |
| 13 | She had some soft material she was making into a blouse . |
| 14 | Wilson saw she was being watched , closely studied , and dropped her eyes to concentrate on the jacket she was making for Pen . |
| 15 | By the time he reached the gallery his mother was at the far end of the broad corridor , but she was n't going into her room or into his room , she was making for the attic stairs , and now it was his turn to raise his eyebrows . |
| 16 | She was making for a hollow at the base of a large tree . |
| 17 | She was making for the telephone box outside the Broken Dolls Hospital when she heard the puttering of a motorcycle engine as it reduced speed in the gutter behind her . |
| 18 | This confused Benny at first , until she realized that they must have been going deeper into the complex , while Froebe would have assumed she was making for the outside . |
| 19 | There was no time to get you because she was making for the gate . ’ |
| 20 | She received a charming welcome from Monique Lavaux , and a boisterous one from Marie-Christine , who promptly dragged her off to her room to see the wedding dress she was making for herself , in fold after fold of shimmering ivory brocade . |
| 21 | Well , at about half-seven he 'd gone into a restaurant in St Giles ‘ , Browns ; had a nice steak , with a bottle of red wine ; left at about half-nine — and was strolling down to The Randolph when he 'd met Mrs Sheila Williams , just outside the Taylorian , as she was making for the taxi-rank . |
| 22 | He opened his mouth to disagree , but the thought lost its way between his brain and his tongue , distracted by the small circular motions she was making on his forehead . |
| 23 | Merrill stared at the crumbly mess she was making on her plate . |
| 24 | Two candles would be wasteful but the small stitches she was making in the soft leather swam before her eyes in the poor light . |
| 25 | You see , the last order he 'd had from her was made from London after she 'd disappeared — although he did n't know that . |