Example sentences of "make [pn reflx] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made himself a mixed grill , something he had n't had for a long time , and followed it with real coffee . |
| 2 | Reasoning from this he made himself a jading substance compounded of stoat 's liver and rabbit 's liver , dried and powdered up and added to dragon 's blood which was a code name among the old horsemen for one of their more powerful jading substances . |
| 3 | Just before he resigned in January Mr Peckford made himself a laughing stock for the C$20m ( $17m ) he poured into a huge complex for growing cucumbers . |
| 4 | He made himself a warm , milky drink and sat down to work . |
| 5 | Durkin soon made himself the principal object of attraction . |
| 6 | It was by conquest that the Danish King Cnut made himself the first king of a truly united England in the early eleventh century . |
| 7 | DAVID Sinclair made himself the ideal employee when he filled in an application form for a sales job , a court heard yesterday . |
| 8 | Over the years he had not only made himself a small fortune , but in the process gained something of a respectable reputation . |
| 9 | Ronnie returned to his native Midlands to become senior coach at Wolves in March 1965 , have completed exactly 100 League games for us and having made himself a popular fellow here at Selhurst Park . |
| 10 | He had also made himself the leading authority on fossil fish , taking over Cuvier 's work . |
| 11 | But now Mr Gorbachev has made himself the unpalatable alternative . |
| 12 | Erm and had he had he patented it or I do n't know about exactly the timing , he might have made himself an absolute fortune . |
| 13 | He had made himself an internal picture of me and now only examined it against my external appearance ’ . |
| 14 | It was on this basis of this rationality , embodied in modern science and technology , that cette vielle Europe had triumphed throughout the world , had made itself the universal point of reference . |
| 15 | Going through to the kitchen , she made herself a hot drink , and carried it into the room where the fire was at last beginning to heat up the air a little . |
| 16 | Later she made herself a light salad for lunch and ate it on the terrace . |
| 17 | Amanda came back wearing a tee-shirt and black leggings , made herself a large gin and tonic , sat down and drank . |
| 18 | She ought to get out of her wet clothes , have a hot bath , make herself a hot drink , only that seemed to require too much effort . |
| 19 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |
| 20 | He wondered about making himself a hot drink but he 'd have to wait too long to drink it . |
| 21 | He switched on a few lights , took off his coat and tie and rolled up his sleeves , then he pottered around the kitchen making himself a good night mug of milkless tea . |
| 22 | Yet even though Daniel had spread himself as far as he could , including making himself a primitive chapel out of an east-facing bedroom , there was still a good deal of vicarage left over . |
| 23 | Making himself an extra five hundred pound a year for er having been a naughty boy when he was a teenager . |
| 24 | It is in this rarefied atmosphere that IBM may find the key to once again making itself the preferred partner of big business — a role that it has not recently played to sufficiently enthusiastic reviews . |
| 25 | For similar reasons BA , a Heathrow-based airline , was also keen to establish itself at Gatwick , thereby making itself the dominant airline at Britain 's two largest airports . |
| 26 | While making herself a light meal , though , she found she could n't stop dreaming about him . |
| 27 | ‘ I expect he 'll put her on the pill , ’ says Marjorie , making herself a fresh pot of tea . |
| 28 | In your old age you 'll be making yourself an instant cup of tea |
| 29 | Apple liked the idea so much that they invested a 20% stake in Adobe making themselves the largest customer . |
| 30 | While America goes crazy over its new President elect , CARTER USM are busy making themselves the next most popular thing with the inhabitants of that wacky continent and really should have done the decent thing and put themselves up for election . |