Example sentences of "they [was/were] made [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The so-called ‘ Palace Style ’ amphoras were at first made and used only at Knossos itself , which strongly suggests that they were made for the use of the ruling elite . |
| 2 | Any dispositions of property or payments made by the bankrupt between the date of the presentation of the bankruptcy petition and the vesting of his assets in his trustee are void except to the extent that they were made with the consent of the court or were subsequently ratified by the court ( s 284(1)-(3) ) . |
| 3 | They were made from the road , without Mr Freitag even crossing the garden gate let alone probing around the bedrooms . |
| 4 | On the feet were home-made boots with double tongues : ‘ They were made by the village cobbler and cost fourteen shillings : they 'd last about two years if you got them clumped at the end of the first year . ’ |
| 5 | In the case of a preference , it makes payments made within the six months preceding the bankruptcy recoverable if they were made by the debtor under the influence of a desire to better the creditor ( see Re Ledingham-Smith [ 1992 ] Vol 5 Insolvency Intelligence 65 ) . |
| 6 | Adam admits : ‘ Brian Close made some uncomplimentary remarks on television about Asian players , but they were made in the heat of the moment . |
| 7 | These are old , and they were made in the mind at a time of great fear . |
| 8 | Moreover , many of them were made with the aim of preserving achievements from an earlier period ( particularly , the stable currency and low inflation ) . |