Example sentences of "made [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lacquered fingerboard felt to me like those few maple-boarded Les Pauls that Gibson made during the late '70s/early '80s . |
| 2 | Gouzenko 's involvement in the allegations against Sir Roger Hollis was the result of statements he made during the lengthy debriefing following his defection when he claimed there were two Russian spies both with the codename Elli . |
| 3 | She could n't relax ; she could hear every move he made through the flimsy wall , and each one stretched her nerves tight . |
| 4 | He 's always fore he 's forever contrasting er these these er centres in Highfields with his village halls and er small village halls and that and that 's very , the very truth , I 'd like to refer him and he knows as well as I do that what he should really be comparing with are the youth and community provision across the county which is an enormous amount in excess of the amount we put into old people 's homes and as Mr so rightly said , they 're problems were gon na have to grapple with in the future and so you then look at what has been suggested , what has been proposed and the point that Professor made about the Labour party having to make it work , is because it is they and everybody knows it 's they have been five membering this thing all the way through . |
| 5 | The main assessments we made about the structural situation of the economy and the direction of change needed for both the economy and society have been verified . |
| 6 | He made for the central entrance to the choir under the organ and almost collided with Dhani , who giggled . |
| 7 | Outside , the world was waiting for Mr Major 's victory oration and shortly after 1.00 he made for the front door . |
| 8 | The colonel gave me a friendly pat on the shoulder , and we made for the outside world again . |
| 9 | It makes standard pear-shaped hot-air balloons for enthusiasts , and specially shaped ones for advertising or big egos — like the hot-air balloon it made for the late Malcolm Forbes in the shape of the American publisher 's French chateau . |
| 10 | She made for the new extension , hoping she had imagined that speculative look in her young assistant 's eye , and feeling that she 'd better let him think the Palmer & Pearson file had dropped on her desk while he was absent on Friday . |
| 11 | He stood and made for the other room . |
| 12 | They made for the outer offices , but it was too late . |
| 13 | He also printed the Middle English adaptation of the dialogue of St Catherine of Siena made for the Bridgettine sisters at Syon Abbey and known as The Orcherd of Syon . |
| 14 | Toby Tobias was quickest away and Desert Orchid could find no more , but the race was far from finished , for as Mark Pitman on Toby Tobias made for the winning post Graham McCourt urged Norton 's Coin to a final effort , and as the two jockeys , whips swishing , pushed their courageous mounts up the hill the cheers from the stands which moments before had been tuning up for another Dessie triumph lapsed into a disbelieving murmur : this was not the right script at all . |
| 15 | We made for the top front of the vehicle , as this provided the best all-round view . |
| 16 | While a good case can , in retrospect , he made for the national interest being served by higher prices , there were few at the time who argued against the interpretation of Citrine and Self that there was a long-run obligation to sell as much electricity as possible at as low a price as possible . |
| 17 | They made for the steep edge . |
| 18 | Trent waited until they made for the upriver side , then charged forward uncaring . |
| 19 | We were going to run that tape you made after the planning-committee meeting , but in the light of recent events it seems unwise . |
| 20 | The greatest criticism which reviewers made of the early drafts of the book was that it lacked cohesiveness . |
| 21 | [ T ] he analysis Paine made of the early American constitution was remarkably acute . |
| 22 | Whilst I would commend you to study the German Staff Paper in its entirety , I would also draw your attention to its personal citation of AVM Bennett , and note the dateline March — 1944 : " This 35-year-old Australian — known as one of the most resourceful officers in the RAF — had distinguished himself as long ago as 1938 by a record long-range flight to South Africa … an example of his personal operational capabilities … may be cited in the attack which he made of the German Fleet base at Trondheim . " |
| 23 | One of the ways in which Upper Palaeolithic man differed from his predecessors lay in the use he made of the skeletal structures of his food animals . |
| 24 | But to sit here , like one of the effeminate fools smirking over there or , worse still , like Antonini and Ferrante and the others he 'd spotted , who boasted of the conquests they made of the long-legged girls who dreamed of jewels and furs and sold themselves so easily — to sit here , to even be in the same room with such men , made him feel filthy . |
| 25 | A search will reveal : ( a ) Whether the property is in an area of compulsory registration ( question 18 made of the local authority will also give you this information ) ; ( b ) whether the freehold or leasehold title is registered ; ( c ) if the title is unregistered , whether any cautions against first registration or priority notice is registered . |
| 26 | Application is made on Form 96 and costs £6. ( d ) Action on receipt of reply As when considering the answer to question 18 made of the local authority , consider whether any unregistered disposition of the property for value has been made since registration of title became compulsory . |
| 27 | The the , the two the big window made like the other one on the other side and er , what else was erm oh , to have the heater serviced |
| 28 | I indicated my chest and made like the Happy Wanderer up and down the terrace . |
| 29 | The practice in fact originally arose out of the combined effect of the Sale of Goods ( Implied Terms ) Act 1973 and the Consumer Transactions ( Restrictions on Statements ) Order 1976 ( SI 1976 No 1813 ) made under the Fair Trading Act 1973 . |
| 30 | Turning to the right as though she knew where she was going , she approached the wing of the building which made up the right-hand side of the square . |