Example sentences of "was make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the last thing she wanted to do was make a scene . |
| 2 | When push came to shove , all he 'd really done was make a pass at her — it was n't the first she 'd had to deal with , and probably would n't be the last . |
| 3 | This transformation was usually accompanied by the enlargement of the area of jurisdiction of the kadilik through the addition of other districts in the vicinity : Konya , for example , was made a mevleviyet in 977/1569 " with the addition of certain sub-districts ' and the appointee later moved on to Maras , the kadilik of which was made a mevleviyet with the addition of Elbistan ; and Selanik , as mentioned above , was made a mevleviyet with the addition of Sidrekapsi . |
| 4 | This transformation was usually accompanied by the enlargement of the area of jurisdiction of the kadilik through the addition of other districts in the vicinity : Konya , for example , was made a mevleviyet in 977/1569 " with the addition of certain sub-districts ' and the appointee later moved on to Maras , the kadilik of which was made a mevleviyet with the addition of Elbistan ; and Selanik , as mentioned above , was made a mevleviyet with the addition of Sidrekapsi . |
| 5 | This transformation was usually accompanied by the enlargement of the area of jurisdiction of the kadilik through the addition of other districts in the vicinity : Konya , for example , was made a mevleviyet in 977/1569 " with the addition of certain sub-districts ' and the appointee later moved on to Maras , the kadilik of which was made a mevleviyet with the addition of Elbistan ; and Selanik , as mentioned above , was made a mevleviyet with the addition of Sidrekapsi . |
| 6 | Occasionally a mevleviyet was created by the combination of the kadilik with another post : Kutahya was made a mevleviyet in about 970/1562–3 by the joining of a muderrislik with the kadilik , while Kefe seems to have become a mevleviyet in 992/1584 by the joining of the offices of kadi and mufti . |
| 7 | In November 1917 he was made a brigadier general in command of a brigade of 3,000 men . |
| 8 | We walked on above Long Bank Wood and Spring Bank where wild deer are said to roam and where Bill was made a fool of by several rabbits . |
| 9 | ‘ In the sixteenth century my namesake was made a doge . |
| 10 | After his death miracles were attributed to him and he was made a saint ; there were many who maintained that he was too ugly to be anything else . |
| 11 | Dagda 's generous nature was inherited by his daughter , Brigid , who was made a saint for her many good works . |
| 12 | He had stood for them all , when he was made a hero of the Soviet Union by Stalin himself . |
| 13 | Certainly before he was made a man . |
| 14 | George himself has deservedly achieved the status of a guru , and a year or so back was made a part time professor of medical economics at the City University . |
| 15 | A tiff with his nephew was no disqualification in the eyes of Charles II , who disliked William and his religion ; Ken on his return to England was made a chaplain to the King , who would remark ruefully on Sundays , ‘ Now I must go and hear little Ken rebuke me for my sins . ’ |
| 16 | In 1976 he was made private secretary to Cardinal Hume and in 1982 he was made a Vicar General of the Archdiocese with special responsibility for priests . |
| 17 | He became football 's top administrator in 1973 , and was made a CBE on his retirement . |
| 18 | He was made a CBE in 1988 . |
| 19 | He was made a CBE in 1978 . |
| 20 | The executive , who was made a CBE for his work in connection with Lockerbie , said he would be pleased to accept the honorary degree as a recognition of the selfless contribution made by all those involved . |
| 21 | She was made a baroness on the Hanover establishment by George IV in 1827 . |
| 22 | He was made a Life Member the following year . |
| 23 | He became a member of the Royal Photographic Society and for his works for the Royal Geographical Society was made a life member in 1917 . |
| 24 | Olive , acting as unpaid commandant with her customary zeal , was made a life member of the Red Cross , a signal honour . |
| 25 | In 1643 he was made a marshal of France and his first command with that rank required him to reorganise the army of Weimar which had been smashed at the battle of Tüttlingen . |
| 26 | More than that : he had himself sprung from the upper working class and naturally despised as unclean the lower working class : his life was made a misery by their proximity , and he longed for them to be evicted or murder each other in one of their not infrequent rows . |
| 27 | Back in Rome , Wolfgang was made a Knight of the Order of the Golden Spur by the pope — a higher distinction than that conferred on the Viennese court kapellmeister , Gluck . |
| 28 | Through his great-grandfather , Alfonso IX of Leon , he was distantly related to Edward I 's first wife , Eleanor of Castile [ q.v. ] : a connection which may have promoted both the marriage of Henry 's sister , Isabella , to Edward 's supporter , John de Vescy ( died 1289 , q.v. ) , in 1279 or 1280 , and Henry 's own entrée into English affairs in 1297 , when he was made a knight of the royal household . |
| 29 | In 1926 he was made a knight of Dannebrog ( Denmark ) and in 1929 made a knight of the Vasa ( Sweden ) . |
| 30 | Following the defeat of a superior Turkish fleet in the Scio channel , Standidge was made a knight of Russia , and presented with a gold Maltese cross with a topaz overlaying a lock of hair of the Tsarina Catherine . |