Example sentences of "made [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was there a secret reason that made them hanker for a new life in a new world ? |
| 2 | She made my bed for me and wound Little Ben as I hurtled into uniform . |
| 3 | Husband Charles , 43 , was upset when Di picked a foreign car and made her pay for it herself . |
| 4 | A second , searing stroke made her gasp for breath , as fire exploded in her backside as if she 'd been hit by a ball of lightning . |
| 5 | She developed in the chief inspector the emotional equivalent of a skin rash , and made her wish for nothing better than to discover Christine was the ‘ friend ’ her father had met on Hampstead Heath . |
| 6 | He laughed , a bitter sound that made her ache for all the pain it conveyed . |
| 7 | As France made her preparations for war , it was relatively simple for her to make an alliance with Austria against Prussia and it also turned out to be surprisingly easy to draw Russia into this alliance . |
| 8 | He would also have known that Palmerston , having let it be known that he had asked Scott to submit a new design , was very unlikely to change his mind , and it was perhaps to give the appearance of some purpose to the delegation that he and Tite made their request for another competition . |
| 9 | Youngsters aged between 14 and 18 made their bids for the title of Cleveland 's Young Consumer of the Year at Middlesbrough town hall last night . |
| 10 | The force with which the judges made their case for Second Empire can be explained by assuming that they felt that if they did not strongly press for this form of building , another , and less welcome style in their eyes , would be adopted . |
| 11 | A panel of senior journalists made their selection for awards which included prizes of £500 for individual winners . |
| 12 | On 19 December 1991 the local authority made their application for an interim care order and I have said what the order was . |
| 13 | She certainly needed all her expertise one night when the children made their entrance for a skipping rope routine . |
| 14 | But I made their locks for H M S Gothic . |
| 15 | In the end the lisences made their complaint for mrs liscences sake |
| 16 | Six years ago , Guinness made its bid for Distillers . |
| 17 | The state-owned French firm made its bid for Piper public after a spate of rumours about the US company which has been in deep financial trouble since early 1990 . |
| 18 | THE US Congress last week made its pitch for a massive increase in spending on maths and science education . |
| 19 | As Olazabal stood watching in virtual disbelief , South Africa 's David Frost made his seven-footer for the birdie and a one-shot victory over the Spanish star for the $1 million first prize , Frost 's second straight triumph in the event . |
| 20 | He would have been proud to know that this was the idea that really made his name for posterity . |
| 21 | Ye Olde Reine Deer Inn is where Cromwell allegedly made his plans for the Civil War . |
| 22 | Careful not to wake the others , he made his way for the third time to the lavatory . |
| 23 | Early in his career he was thought of primarily as a left-arm spinner , and made his debut for Barbados in 1941–2 as such . |
| 24 | KEITH JARRETT , a teenage centre with Newport , played out of position at full-back when he made his debut for Wales but scored 19 points in the 34–21 defeat of England at Cardiff Arms Park . |
| 25 | He played for Surrey second XI at 20 and made his debut for the first XI in 1947 , when he played five matches . |
| 26 | Crilly , formerly of Hartlepools United , made his debut for us alongside another new boy named Stan Charlton , from Exeter City , in the opening match of the 1928–29 season . |
| 27 | He made his debut for Palace on 27 October 1923 when Palace won 1–0 at Bradford City but he really came to the fore when an injury to Bob Greener left a vacancy in the half-back line for the 3rd Replay with Notts County at Villa Park , in Palace 's longest ever Cup-tie in February 1924 . |
| 28 | ADRIAN DAVIES , Cambridge Blue and Welsh International fly-half , made his debut for CARDIFF in the Schweppes Cup win over Pencoed . |
| 29 | Wainwright is fifth choice at Bramall Lane and only made his debut for the reserves on Wednesday . |
| 30 | Former Somerset batsman Peter Roebuck , who retired last year , made his debut for Devon , in the Minor Counties competition , in June . |