Sentence examples for made a sweep for from inspiring English sources

In late September, the Italian fleet, including Fiume, made a sweep for a British troop convoy from Alexandria to Malta, but it made no contact with the British ships.

Members of the Community Emergency Response Team, they were armed Thursday morning in green vests, green helmets and goggles making a sweep of the Long Beach shoreline, looking for a sticky culprit that had invaded the night before: tar balls.

He turned, making a sweep of the room.

Both jackpots were drawn on Jan . 8 andMarch 8. "Could Friday's draw make it a sweep for the 8s?" lottery officials said in a statement.

This made a clean sweep for the general of all five of the permitted political parties, turning the election into a referendum.

Every now and then, the authorities make a sweep.

The Melbourne Olympics was the only time that Australia has made a clean sweep of the 100 m freestyle and the relay events for both men and women.

There, the moderates made a clean sweep.

Google made a play for the skies in April when it swept in and acquired Titan Aerospace amid reports that the drone maker was being pursued by Facebook.

Thursday's win marks the No.5 tournament-seeded Buffaloes' third defeat of the No. 4 seeded Wildcats this season, making a clean sweep of the series for the first time since 2003-04 season.

Only Robert Towne won, for best screenplay, making a clean sweep of all the top writing awards.