Example sentences of "[coord] made [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there was no way in which Bint Pomona could be induced , cajoled , enticed , bribed , threatened , or made to oblige people in any way . |
| 2 | In the old popular court , the suitors declared the law and gave judgement , or else passed judgement over to God by making one of the parties submit to an ordeal : to being thrown into a pool , for instance , or made to grasp a red-hot iron ; if he sank , or was soon healed , he was innocent ; otherwise , he was guilty . |
| 3 | Ethics have been downgraded or diluted or made to fit into narrow understandings . |
| 4 | David , who had been given a piece of her mind , returned sadly to a state of detumescence and made do with David Attenborough who at least was living vicariously . |
| 5 | Otherwise , who else would subject themselves to being square-bashed , shouted at by petty officers , and made to do ghastly things in force ten gales ? |
| 6 | If it is not done , he is corrected and made to do it . |
| 7 | She was charged with sorcery by his successor , Richard III , and made to do public penance before being imprisoned . |
| 8 | The Mason nodded and made scooping gestures with his arms as if inviting Gabriel to give him a hug . |
| 9 | Two Cameroonian journalists claimed they had been tortured at an army barracks and made to promise " not to write anything against President Biya " . |
| 10 | As for my father , I was convinced that sooner or later local Fascists would be arrested and made to confess some of their crimes . |
| 11 | Recruits were forced to march along dusty tracks on their knees , packs on their backs , caps held above their heads ; they were woken and made to hop on the spot , half-naked and loaded down with sandbags , for two to three hours . |
| 12 | This kind of treatment caused resentment among the petty-minded officialdom which ran the British professional game , and when Boomer was chosen for the 1927 Ryder Cup team he was picked up at Cherbourg en route to America and made to wear what every Frenchman was supposed to wear — a beret . |
| 13 | But what sort of a man was it who could be kidnapped , bundled into a cart and made to lie on the floor under a rug with a gun at his head while being driven halfway across the city on a cold November afternoon — and then just calmly and quietly fall fast asleep ? |
| 14 | When pictures of Indian sweet shops were shown , the English and West Indian children present sneered and made vomiting noises while the Asians watched in silent embarrassment . |
| 15 | Most are brought back into line by their parents and made to organize their lives around achievable objectives , to persevere at the more mundane , sometimes uninteresting but attainable positions in society . |
| 16 | Just before Christmas , a man had been seized at gunpoint and made to drive a van loaded with three and a half thousand pounds of explosives into Annaghmartin ; the Christmas before , two soldiers had been shot dead at the Derry checkpoint , next door . |
| 17 | A security guard at a British Gas depot in Wakefield , West Yorkshire , was kidnapped by a gunman and made to drive him about 40 miles , it was disclosed . |
| 18 | Unfortunately I soon blotted my copy book by stating that Pete Townshend of The Who should be tried for cultural war crimes and made to issue a public apology . |
| 19 | Aszal had all the documents required from a returning immigrant , but he was questioned for four hours and made to wait for four hours and then told he could go . |
| 20 | She was heavily pregnant but she was questioned and made to wait for the next twelve hours without food or water . |
| 21 | Apart from getting arrested in Hungary because we apparently missed out the customs post and had driven about 3 miles from the border before being caught by a car and made to return , we arrived safety at Gyor at about 10.30 pm . |
| 22 | erm unfortunately , it might sound extremely erm severe , but I can think of a number of people I 've met in my experience as a pastor who really and frankly could not help themselves and need to be treated almost like children again and made to receive help , and there are quite number of those sort of characters , unfortunately , on the streets of Oxford . |
| 23 | Then he stretched out his hands and made pouncing movements . |
| 24 | Working in oils and acrylics and made to order , they come in two sizes 5″ x 7″ or 7″ x 10″ and cost £35 and £45 respectively excluding postage and package . |
| 25 | So the 700 Goldman Sachs employees can look forward to an extensive selection of cold starters , salads and both pre-packed and made to order sandwiches , gateaux , cakes , yoghurts and fruit as well as a wide range of non-alcoholic beverages , in attractive surroundings . |
| 26 | We were ordered into the service area off the kitchen and made to sit on the floor . |
| 27 | When they got out they were taken inside a building and made to sit on a stone floor that was gritty and unswept . |
| 28 | I stepped closer and the young woman rose and made to flee but I seized her by the wrist . |
| 29 | Tired , she got to her feet and made to leave . |
| 30 | Sir John Dacourt gathered his cloak and made to leave . |