Example sentences of "[vb past] and make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She designed and made a gift to the village of a beautiful war memorial — a font cover in bronze and silver of a mother and baby . |
| 2 | Her hand wanted to rise : he found and made a tent for it with his own . |
| 3 | I intervened and made a suggestion . |
| 4 | Instead she pirouetted and made a bow . |
| 5 | Mahmoud sighed and made a note with his pencil . |
| 6 | Believing in her heart of hearts that Nancy would soften towards her and the child once it arrived and made a niche in her heart . |
| 7 | Hercules arrived and made a bargain with the King , that if he rescued the girl , he would give him the mares presented to Laomedon by Zeus . |
| 8 | Defense Secretary Stannard nodded and made a note . |
| 9 | they had bought the house , erm in erm North Uphall , a big mansion like , you know , and er , he had the business in the , he built the business in the stables , there was like the stables so he renovated and got it , it out and renovated and made a business er engineering business , er , oh , hatch , like with the house and they only paid er seventy eight thousand when they bought it and then when they 've sold it they 've got about three hundred and eighty thousand for that and he er , hire , hired now the , you know these units |
| 10 | ‘ They were about to , but at this point the man , seeing what had happened , panicked and made a run for it himself on foot . |
| 11 | Mrs Browning laughed and made a gesture of dismissal . |
| 12 | Alec and I realized that we would only endanger our lives by trying to extract Father from where he lay and make a night climb with him . |
| 13 | When Tate took his leave , Eliot stood at the door of the drawingroom leaning on two canes ; Tate waved goodbye , and although he was not able to raise himself from the canes he smiled and made a movement with one hand . |
| 14 | The gateman shrugged and made a gesture towards the ship . |
| 15 | ‘ We 'd better drink Madame 's offering , ’ he added , directing Miranda to the glasses of brilliant cordial ; she sipped and made a face . |
| 16 | ‘ All of it , ’ he added firmly when she sipped and made a face . |
| 17 | The bold spirits stood and made a show until the muskets cut them down or sent them fleeing . |