Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [coord] made [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly there were policemen everywhere who ran into the suite and made everyone get up against the wall with their hands above their heads . |
| 2 | ‘ Our combined weights on the outside of the cradle pushed it into the side of the building and made it tip , ’ said Warel . |
| 3 | It was still raining , great drops spurted up whirlpools of dust , but the buildings cut off the sand and made it seem lighter . |
| 4 | Suddenly he cut me short and took me round the room and made me look at things . |
| 5 | Vigno had taken two lumps of granite from the side of the hill and made us keep them in our mouths for three hours . |
| 6 | Returning to my first meeting with Vincent , Arthur Cheyney naturally became my hero , especially when he took me on a trip from Ipswich to Parkeston Quay , which completely sold me on the job and made me resolve to move heaven and earth to get on a cutter crew as soon as possible . |
| 7 | Then everything came back in a wave of anguish and she ducked her head under the water and made herself hold her eyes open until they smarted with pain . |
| 8 | He punched her on the head and made her do pull-ups against a door frame . |
| 9 | She took him into the living-room and made him sit in the black leather armchair . |
| 10 | As they reached Allen 's side a voice broke the stillness and made them spin round . |
| 11 | It was the part of him that switched off the alarm in the morning and made him sleep in . |
| 12 | He touched her gently under the chin and made her look up . |
| 13 | That fat kid from the Double Deckers who played the tuba and made it look the size of a bag of crisps … what is he up to now ? |