Example sentences of "to make for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generalisations are , however , difficult to make for a region which is so diverse due to altitudinal changes and considerable climatic variation . |
| 2 | In one sense it 's part of every man 's dream at some time or other — to make for the country and live off and in nature . |
| 3 | She beat down a gush of self-pity , knuckling away tears as she slid gingerly from the bed to make for the bathroom again . |
| 4 | 11am The Government Commissioners came on board to ask every person if they had any complaints to make for the treatment during the voyage . |
| 5 | No sooner has a toddler begun to make for the water 's edge than heads turn and adults prepare to go to the rescue . |
| 6 | Ray began to make for the door . |
| 7 | Some part of her tried to convince her to make for the door , but she knew they would expect that . |
| 8 | ‘ On the other hand , if you 've allowed yourself to be persuaded either by Lotta 's silver tongue or her golden purse to attempt to defraud me — then your best course of action now would be to make for the door before I remember that the blood of the ancient Vikings still runs in my veins ! ’ |
| 9 | When he set out today it had been his intention to make for the hills bordering the Golden Valley , but when he got through Blakemere the sweat was dripping from his chin and the sight of a stream tinkling its way not three yards from the road automatically brought his legs off the pedals . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't worry about that , ’ he said dismissively , and focused his attention on the traffic of Haverfordwest as he skirted the town to make for the road to Carmarthen . |
| 11 | In the event the vast majority continued to make for the seaside resorts in the area , leaving the conservationists to fend off the more predatory designs of farmers and water authorities . |
| 12 | IF you like to feel at one with nature when you are having a tipple , you could do a lot worse than to make for the upstairs bar in the Shaftesbury Inn on Belfast 's Antrim Road . |
| 13 | I decided to make for the orchard and the safety of my own trench . |
| 14 | The one before this one , co-incidentally , was a very broad one , which was an attempt at assessing the results of Five , which of course took place in Manila in May/June , and right after that , with the participation of some of the people who had been , in Five we tried to assess what impact , if any , their conference is going to make for the future of the world economic system . |
| 15 | Realizing that there was little chance of getting into such a defended area undetected , they decided to make for the rendezvous , contenting themselves with placing their bombs on vehicles parked for the night alongside the road . |
| 16 | It was by then too late to make for the safety of the mountains , and the scattered groups of jeeps had to hide as best they could at the foot of the escarpment . |
| 17 | Instead of making directly for it , I followed a track that seemed to make for the Foulness road , about half a mile beyond the village or hamlet marked as Crabtree Wick . |
| 18 | Anyway that thought decided me to make for the bedroom but I was late starting and had only just reached the top of the stairs when he was half-way up with the big brown teapot held in his pelting position . |