Example sentences of "[vb past] be made [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I also remember proudly coming home to tell Dad I 'd been made head prefect of my grammar school . |
2 | Perhaps Ruth had done something especially stunning , as when she had been made chief maid of honour to the school 's May Queen . |
3 | In 1969 he had been made assistant secretary to the Diocesan Schools Commission , becoming principal secretary three years later , he also became a member of the Finance Commission , and then in 1972 Bishop Wheeler appointed him his personal private secretary at Bishop 's House . |
4 | On April 26 it was announced that Tesfaye Dinka , Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Foreign Affairs and a US-trained economist , had been made Prime Minister ( a post vacant since November 1989 ) , with a brief to form a new Cabinet composed of individuals " who can stand up for Ethiopian unity " . |
5 | Now that the threat of interdict had been made public Henry began to negotiate more seriously . |