Example sentences of "she made [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 She made no attempts to decorate it , to domesticate it , to possess it ; she let it be , and her things lay in it .
2 For she found herself incapable of struggling against it , as others did ; while at home , she made no efforts to alleviate her lot .
3 In 1979 Mrs Thatcher made election pledges to increase old age pensions in line with inflation and to ‘ protect ’ the National Health Service , although she made no commitments about other areas .
4 She made no appeals .
5 She made the clothes , baked , cooked , brewed beer and sold it , made butter and sold it , decorated others ' houses , took in others ' washing and brought up her remarkable family with little help from her husband , often penniless a few hours after getting his wage packet , a greater child , perhaps , than any of her own .
6 Leaning forward as far as she dared , with the great torso of the suit at a right angle to its legs , she made the claws unhook her wrist computer and plug it into one of the empty sockets on the panel .
7 Again , we do n't know if this was a record but Pauline explained how she made the sweaters saying , ‘ My Brother 950i makes large motifs very straightforward to knit as you can place them on any size of garment without having to push back unwanted needles at the edges . ’
8 She made the choices in her life .
9 Now she made the decisions , now she was in control , and if , at some future date , she should sell the farmhouse it would be because it was her choice and not to accommodate him .
10 During the promotion of The Graduate , Anne and Dustin had visited Hollywood , and she made the rounds of studios and talk shows with him .
11 She made the bookings , and it did n't seem worthwhile changing them , especially as you already complain that you 're overworked — ’
12 ‘ Each suburban wife , as she made the beds , shopped for groceries , ate peanut-butter sandwiches with her children , chauffeured Cubs and Brownies , lay beside her husband at night , was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question , ‘ Is this all ? ’ ’
13 She made the headlines by having a glass of wine thrown over her at the plushy Caprice restaurant in London .
14 She made the words caustically challenging .
15 She made the children nervous too .
16 The bucket tilted and then , curiously slowly , fell on to its side , six inches away from the open dresser cupboard and the piles of old newspapers Emmie had tumbled out when she made the firelighters .
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