Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] made [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She spent a pleasant few minutes thinking of her small business where she designed and made exclusive wedding gowns for a rapidly growing circle of customers , but Dana 's early-morning phone call refused to be dismissed .
2 Mada Joyce had , it seemed , no husband but seven children from three different fathers , each apparently blacker than the one before and the latest , who occasionally visited and made half-hearted repairs to the shack , Nana dismissed as ‘ nothing but pure Negro . ’
3 Across the garden , the big yellow dog snorted and made digging motions with his paws .
4 They settled on the terrace , Fei Yen busying herself laying out the table while Wu Tsai sat and made pleasant conversation with Tsu Ma .
5 Occasionally she groaned and made half-hearted kicks at her agonizingly swollen belly .
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