Example sentences of "[noun pl] and made [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She crossed her eyes and made a face . |
| 2 | For a moment Ben seemed about to say something , then he dropped his eyes and made a small movement of his head . |
| 3 | Robyn closed her eyes and made a tremendous effort . |
| 4 | It reared high above their heads and made the river market into a town of ants , the meaningless scurryings of insects . |
| 5 | We then checked over the cars and made an arrest . |
| 6 | When the thaw came to Munding it came as rain , a wind-driven chilling rain that flooded the water-meadows and made the ford impassable . |
| 7 | They pinched his toes and rubbed the back of his heels and made a rat-tat sound on the stone flags that echoed through the spooky quiet to announce his presence . |
| 8 | Mrs Mantini did not upbraid her , but she pursed her tangerine lips and made a great thing of getting ready to go out in a hurry . |
| 9 | Sam put the Madonna to his lips and made the sign of the Cross with it before putting the chain about his own neck . |
| 10 | However , following a strong opening on Wall Street , the market forgot political uncertainties and made a modest rally , closing the day up two point seven at two O three O point seven . |
| 11 | Banks of guards , telephones TV monitors and electronic friskers kept out unwelcome visitors and made the grounds secure for the Shah , and his wife , their children , their dogs and their courtiers . |
| 12 | He scrambled to his feet and made a dash for the door , skidding to a halt only inches short of the now frantic bulldog . |
| 13 | I jumped to my feet and made a motion for him . |
| 14 | He three-putted from three feet and made a double-bogey at the very first hole . |
| 15 | Scrambling , she got to her feet and made a grab at the kitchen knife at the sink . |
| 16 | Ashton had tried to see him out after that , and even wanted to shake hands with him , but Steven had spat at his feet and made a rude sign at him . |
| 17 | It was a mistake : the fine , white sand collapsed away from under his feet and made the going difficult . |
| 18 | The hon. Member for Salisbury got to his feet and made the most amazing pronouncement in the two-day debate . |
| 19 | They thought it over and suggested a percentage to the labourer if he provided the baskets and made the sale . |
| 20 | They can not be dissected into elements and made the subject of a statistical tabulation in the fashion of the Ethnographic Atlas . |
| 21 | WAITERS at an Indian restaurant have swapped plates for microphones and made a rap record . |
| 22 | The committee recognised that both ‘ f ’ and ‘ ph ’ spellings were widely used in English texts and made no specific recommendation . |
| 23 | Eventually , the young officer weighed up the pros and contras and made the correct decision , for him and for yours truly , by delivering us to our front door . |
| 24 | Erm if at some time in the future a local plan picked up a change in circumstances and made a cogent argument inn favour of varying from the strategic framework , we would have to consider that on its merits . |
| 25 | At his two shops in Reigate , Surrey , and Beckenham , Kent , he has had to replace full-time staff with part-timers and made a manageress redundant last year . |
| 26 | Glentoran 's Neil Candlish , looking like his old explosive self , hit two in eight minutes and made a third for Damien Kelly with a superb cross , as the Glens swept into a three goal interval lead . |
| 27 | Dexter turned round one of the gold rings that adorned his fingers and made a stab at humour . |
| 28 | Coming out of the sun , the long black ground-to-air limo dropped down between the buildings , shot up the trash cans and made a real mess of the cast-iron fire escape with the retractable bottom section . |
| 29 | A grey drizzle enveloped the city ; where there were trees , sodden leaves choked the drains and made the pavements dangerous . |
| 30 | However , the brothers filed through their shackles and made a desperate and final bid for freedom . |