Example sentences of "made a [noun] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mullah made a drink from the berries which kept him awake throughout his prayers , and so began the tradition of coffee drinking . |
| 2 | Still it made a change from the straightforward garments . |
| 3 | But there were plenty of beautiful and recognisable faces to be seen amongst the anonymous , but none-the-less powerful , fashion editors , still enough buying power in this room alone to rock empires , even if no house made a profit from the couture but rather used it for a loss-leading advertisement and a mark of prestige . |
| 4 | Apart from the fact that we made a profit from the Gulf war , may I ask the Minister to say what else was achieved by it , with Saddam Hussein still in power and carrying out his evil acts and with the dictatorship still in power in Kuwait ? |
| 5 | NatWest also made a mint from the upheaval in the money markets last year . |
| 6 | I made a picture from the same flowers to show what the rose bushes would yield the following summer . |
| 7 | Close-fitted carpet on a well-lit passageway suggested the occupants were more affluent than the average student could be expected to be , unless of course he made a living from the less commendable pursuits some students were reputed to follow ! |
| 8 | Usually the horseman on the farm — the head horseman — came round after the harvest and made a collection from the various tradesmen who 'd had business with the farm — saddler , farrier , wheelwright and so on . |
| 9 | She made a broth from the bones , using roots that flourished in the summer season , and after a while he had recouped some of his strength . |
| 10 | We emerged from the shadow of the station into the bright light of noon , and Daffodil Quentin under her sunburst of curls made an entrance from the dome car end , looking about her as if accustomed to people leaping up to help . |