Example sentences of "[noun] and made [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sergeant King , seeing the approach of the car and still alive , struggled to his feet and made towards the car , ’ said Mr Nutting . |
| 2 | Lizzie turned in somewhat of a huff and made for the door , saying , ‘ Things were different then . |
| 3 | Without another word , Bert Rafferty gently picked up the frightened child and made towards the cliff . |
| 4 | My description of an amazing 18-light silver chandelier weighing over 2,500 ounces and made for the Duke of Abercorn in 1837 has , instead of a photograph of the Duke 's dining room at Baronscourt , where the chandelier had originally hung , one of the entrance hall . |
| 5 | She was lifted out of her perch above the engine and made for the customs shed where she asked for a mirror so that she could restore order to her wrecked coiffure before she went into Paris . |
| 6 | Created in Germany and made in the USA , this fun-fly soft kite comes in Snoopy and Red Baron variations . |
| 7 | Then he grabbed both cases and made for the airline counter to buy a ticket . |
| 8 | The lift passed the ground-floor level and made for the vault . |
| 9 | Claudia gave him a scornful look and made for the bathroom , taking a change of clothes with her . |
| 10 | Off Whitstable , Glisseuse changed course and made for the Swale channel which leads between the Isle of Sheppey and the main Kent coast , a popular short cut into the Medway for small craft when the tide is right . |
| 11 | Carrie kissed her husband lightly on the cheek and made for the stairs . |
| 12 | But as those boxing her in came away from the rails at the entrance to the home stretch she found a good run up the inside , and when Teleprompter ran out of stamina with just over a furlong to go Pat Eddery shot the favourite into the lead and made for the wire . |
| 13 | For a few horrible moments I thought the motor would n't fire , but after several pulls it caught , then I just hooked my overnight bag over one shoulder , took the tiller and made for the shore , which looked so close that I felt I could have swum across . ’ |
| 14 | Why it is the colour of the moon and made in the light of the moon . |
| 15 | Wycliffe joined the trippers on the pier and made for the Flushing ferry . |
| 16 | At Mohnyin ten convalescent officers and twenty-eight men , the two faithful sergeants and myself got off the hospital train and made for the hospital of the BCMS where Dr Russell and the two nursing sisters took us all in and gave medical treatment to those needing it . |
| 17 | He hoisted the contraption in his arms and made for the battlezone . |
| 18 | I turned , grabbed my dressing gown and made for the door ; with one mighty ninja kick , the side of my right foot connected with all three switches of the fan heater at the same time and it hummed into life . |
| 19 | I was going to be late for Jack Mason and made for the door . |
| 20 | The final scheme would be a tribute to the vision of ‘ the greatest son of the Romanian people ’ rendered by their skill and hands and made from the fruits of their native soil . |
| 21 | Then she lifted her bag from the chair , turned the door handle with exaggerated care and made for the kitchen . |
| 22 | When darkness fell , the men drove off up the escarpment and made for the rendezvous , spreading themselves out as widely as possible . |
| 23 | Nothing terribly unusual about something slipping through a saleroom , yet five months earlier Sotheby 's had recently sold a similarly designed , if less beautiful , walnut writing desk by Pabst ( designed by the great Philadelphia architect Frank Furness and made for the Philadelphia philanthropist Henry C. Gibson ) . |
| 24 | ‘ Bon ! ’ as he pushed back his chair after a meal and made for the stairs and his own preoccupations . |
| 25 | Among them are millions of our fellow Christians ; but whether they are Christian or Muslim or whatever , they are fellow human beings and made in the image and likeness of God — and we have a responsibility for them . |
| 26 | He swung his umbrella over his shoulder and made for the exit . |
| 27 | Even so , as he hoisted the skis over one shoulder and made towards the steps , she noticed the limp again . |
| 28 | Gifford on Honey End rode like a man possessed , but as Foinavon sailed over Valentine 's Brook and the next three fences and made towards the stands the pursuit seemed hopeless . |