Example sentences of "to make [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He wrote that his mother 's ‘ hopeful ambition ran high of being able to make me a good scholar . ’ |
2 | On the one hand , I want fatherhood to make me a better person because I believe that , once I have the responsibility of looking after a child , giving up smoking and drinking and spending money on the motorbike will be a doddle . |
3 | When after I became a Christian I obeyed and was baptized , it was n't to make me a better person it was n't to make me er , someone who was , er more pious or more religious , or of having greater favour with God , it was done because he had commanded it in his word , and I was identifying myself with him . |
4 | When I come round the Lord 's table , it 's not to make me a better Christian , it 's not to make me a better person , a more religious person , a more spiritual person it 's a confession of faith , apart from being an act of obedience , it is a confession of faith . |
5 | When I come round the Lord 's table , it 's not to make me a better Christian , it 's not to make me a better person , a more religious person , a more spiritual person it 's a confession of faith , apart from being an act of obedience , it is a confession of faith . |
6 | If friends are foolhardy but kind enough to let you loose in their gardens , it is a very nice idea to make them a small picture from some of the flowers you have gathered and subsequently pressed . |
7 | There 's no harm in using highly processed foods occasionally but it 's best not to make them a regular part of the family 's diet . |
8 | BR has already begun the installation of aircraft-type ‘ black box ’ data recorders on new Network SouthEast trains , and is examining whether to make them a standard fitting in all trains . |
9 | I 've tried to make them a little bit longer . |
10 | We widened the steps slightly to make them a secure and comfortable width to walk and wheel a barrow down . |
11 | Yorkshire 's most testing time came soon after lunch when Metcalfe , after top-scoring with 38 , was well taken by Rajesh Maru at first slip against Cardigan Connor and David Byas was caught at mid wicket off Paul-Jan Bakker to make them a shaky 95 for three . |
12 | Whenever posts were internally advertised rumour was rife as staff were quick to identify whose experience came nearest to the job description to make them a likely candidate for the post . |
13 | A group of families living beside one of the region 's busiest commuter routes are facing a five-mile detour to get home , because they 've been marooned by roadworks.They say it 's making their lives a misery , and want engineers to make them a special short cut to improve things . |
14 | The Bosnian Serbs refused to sign the Vance-Owen plan because , if it were ever implemented , it would make it impossible for this generation of Serbs to link Serbia proper with the Serb-held parts of Bosnia and Croatia to make them a single state . |
15 | ‘ They are such good supporters , we decided to make them an introductory offer on the new wallpaper and give them a helping hand to put it up , ’ said Boro marketing manager Mitch Hatfield . |
16 | After all , he is well-placed to make himself a familiar figure to the discharger : |
17 | He began to make himself a few pence early on — running messages , collecting newspapers for the chip shops and horse dung for fertiliser , finding the pay-penny cracks in life on the narrow streets . |
18 | The fresh air she breathed made pure blood for you , and often during the day she wondered what you would be like , whether your eyes would be blue or brown , and prayed God to make you a good child . |
19 | It is not the objective of this program to make you a complete guru , and you would be best advised to keep your BASIC manual close at hand . |
20 | Many windsurfing texts that aim to make you a better sailor explain the skills and techniques you need to master in a ‘ how to do it ’ format , with numerous photographic sequences of the manoeuvres involved . |
21 | Erm she makes erm get him to make you a new bag look . |
22 | ‘ I 'm Aggie. ’ she announced firmly , ‘ I 'm going to make you a nice hot cup of tea . |
23 | ‘ I 'm going to make you a buttered egg , ’ said Betty decisively , rising to her feet . |
24 | I found it was stale so I replaced it and was about to make him a corned beef sandwich when Dad asked , ‘ Where 's Pete ? ’ |
25 | In July 1568 , he was appointed to the Commission of Sewers , along with Lord Cobham , a position he was to hold for many years and which was to make him a close friend of Lord Cobham until Cobham 's death . |
26 | As Jimmy , Hoffman elaborates the film role that made him famous , Benjamin in The Graduate , and he is a thoroughly charming actor with sufficient off-beat idiosyncrasies to make him a spiny delight . |
27 | He too had been strictly brought up but seems to have shrugged off his mother 's influence in that as easily as he resisted her attempts to make him a practising Jew . |
28 | Seven years later , however , Christien has not only got over the pain but has used the experience to make him a better actor . |
29 | When he came to Arsenal , James told Chapman in no uncertain terms that he did n't like his plan to make him a scheming inside-forward . |
30 | In 1649 the Rump Parliament rejected a motion to make him a full treasurer , but in 1652 he became co-treasurer with an obscure backbench MP , and from 1653 with Richard Deane [ q.v. ] ; they were also joint receivers-general of assessments , and thus responsible for the entire system of direct taxation and military expenditure . |