Example sentences of "made [pron] [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no famine and for most urban residents conditions of life improved during the 1920s — 1930s , but cities were by no means the havens of wealth and prosperity that hostile or covetous agricultural ideologues made them out to be . |
| 2 | But Susan hit back saying : ‘ She made me out to be some ditsy small-town mum who wanted to meet a star . |
| 3 | ‘ I suppose he made me out to be some kind of thief ! |
| 4 | ‘ I suppose she made me out to be a right little idiot , ’ says Anya . |
| 5 | ‘ They made me out to be a hooligan , which I 'm not . ’ |
| 6 | er , when you know you go home and lying on the doormat on the Friday night is a great tome of paper that came second post which made me out to be the biggest idiot philanderer , thief , cheat and liar in the world |
| 7 | Mrs Bauwens claimed the story made her out to be a ‘ social leper ’ not fit to be seen with a Government Minister . |
| 8 | ‘ I never made her out to be the Lady of the Camellias , ’ protested Hilary . |
| 9 | When Jenny learned next day about Brownies from the tall lady , whose name was Miss Clinton and who was a District Commissioner in the south of England , made her long to be one . |
| 10 | Edward was glad to escape from Shelgate Road : his father seemed to undermine his self-confidence and made him out to be ‘ several kinds of fool ’ . |
| 11 | Martin Potter 's press photos made him out to be a cross between James Dean and Marlon Brando . |
| 12 | While the more organised approach culminated in the proposed ‘ primary and secondary host ’ plan , the realities made it hard to be quite so regimented . |
| 13 | The Gainsborough films that best characterize the desire of filmmakers to close their eyes to the darker currents in society , to make believe that the world really is as cosy as some wartime films made it out to be , are Holiday Camp ( 1947 ) and the three sequels set amongst the jolly Huggett family . |
| 14 | Rats , this heroine business was n't the cool breeze Vanessa Vail made it out to be . |