Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] made [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A variant of this is the celebrated Celtic and Rangers story about a lone fan caught by the opposition and made to fetch the hot Bovril at half-time . |
| 2 | The farewells they made to him , as they took his pony 's rein and made to turn back for home , were quiet and constrained , but clearly friendly . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She got up from her knees and made shooing gestures . |
| 6 | This constitutes a ritualistic burning of the books in which the characters were conceived ; they are thus taken out of the ‘ old world ’ of their origins and made to embark on an adventure in the ‘ new world ’ of Brooke-Rose 's novel . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Tired , she got to her feet and made to leave . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They seem to have this idea about natural talent and any kid who shows the slightest promise is put into sport and made to concentrate on that . |
| 11 | The art seems to have died out in Crete altogether , yet mysteriously reappeared in Mycenae in the thirteenth century BC ; Sinclair Hood ( 1978 ) has suggested that after the conquest of Minoan Crete by Myceneans , the finest craftsmen may have been taken by force to the mainland and made to work for new masters . |
| 12 | Harsh grass scratched between the straps of her sandals and made walking uncomfortable . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | They were shut away like lunatics and made to use the back lift . |
| 15 | When they got out they were taken inside a building and made to sit on a stone floor that was gritty and unswept . |
| 16 | Two Cameroonian journalists claimed they had been tortured at an army barracks and made to promise " not to write anything against President Biya " . |
| 17 | We were ordered into the service area off the kitchen and made to sit on the floor . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Sir John Dacourt gathered his cloak and made to leave . |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | He ducked his head and made to step out into the sunshine . |
| 22 | He had shed the first and worst load , and as soon as he lifted his head and made to rise on his knees , Rhun 's arm lifted and sustained him . |
| 23 | Athelstan shook his head and made to rise . |
| 24 | Time stood still and suddenly there was only one focus — this mounting , spiralling pressure that set off a high-pitched singing inside her head and made breathing hazardous . |
| 25 | They 're being taken to court and made to pay . |
| 26 | Bunny zipped up his jacket and made to go . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Against this , the target 's controllers and directors will point to the fact that the proposal was sanctioned by a vote of shareholders ( as required by the Yellow Book ( see above ) and/or the Code ( see below ) ) and that competent independent advice was received on the terms of the offer and made known to shareholders as required under Rule 3.2 of the Code . |
| 29 | A report from Australia on children who had swallowed dishwasher detergent revealed that nearly half had been given the wrong advice and made to vomit . |
| 30 | Selkirk stiffened with anger and made to rise but Wishart waved a hand at him . |