Example sentences of "made the [adj] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taunton Vale , the Sun Life West League champions , made the long journey north to meet Brooklands with high hopes of regaining the National League place they lost last season . |
| 2 | THE first Mormon migrants made the long trek west to what would become Utah in the 1840s to escape religious and political persecution . |
| 3 | ‘ Are you really all right ? ’ he said with a seriousness that made the familiar question matter . |
| 4 | He allegedly made the perfect crime boast at his club in the St James area of the West End , when he paid Risdon . |
| 5 | These mandatory standards and minimum compensation made the international ocean bill of lading a more honest instrument . |
| 6 | The infamous John Carlos who made the black power gesture on the Olympic rostrum in 1968 became a source of inspiration : ‘ I said ‘ yeah , I 'd like to be there . ’ ’ |
| 7 | The Savoyard himself did not appear on the day , apparently because he was unsure whether to give precedence to the representative of the king of Bohemia ( the " Winter King " Frederick of the Palatinate ) ; but his absence at once made the Venetian ambassador fear that Savoy , perhaps with French or Spanish help , was intriguing to threaten the precedence claimed by the republic . |
| 8 | It was grief-stricken Abigail who made the final parting gesture . |
| 9 | Stephen said this very seriously but for some reason it made the wedge-faced sergeant guffaw . |
| 10 | High winds , rolling mist and heavy rain made the cool mountain air feel wintry . |
| 11 | They made the front roll bar so much stiffer that the cars understeered out of the race with the front tyres worn out . |
| 12 | Although Libyans recognized that many members of tribes were ‘ written ’ , or attached in other ways , the central notion was that the loyalties and obligations which made the stateless system work were part of a person 's equipment at birth . |
| 13 | In November 1990 Sotheby 's New York offered three paintings by the artist in the Schlumberger Jones sale : of these ‘ L'Idole ’ made a hammer price of $1.1 million ( est $600,000–800,000 ) ; and ‘ La Philosophie dans le boudoir ’ , bought by a European dealer , made the then world record of $1.75 million ( est. $700,000–900,000 ) . |
| 14 | ALAN KELLY made the crucial penalty shoot-out save that crowned Sheffield United 's FA Cup fightback against Blackburn and clinched their first semi-final for 32 years . |
| 15 | Right : Philip designed and made the circular dining table using smoky blue glass |
| 16 | They rained down like small coal from a sack , filling the air with choking dust which settled grimily over everything and made the whole world smell grey . |
| 17 | It was decided to stop using them because the stress of the three hundred and sixty-degree swing made the whole spire shake . |
| 18 | His sudden talk of alibis made the whole thing sound serious . |
| 19 | Each time he was about to embark on a new affair , he bought Jessica an expensive present — as if that made the whole thing right . |
| 20 | Kaye made the gorgeous patchwork bedspread herself from oddments of Liberty and Thai silk . |
| 21 | Dusk made the white cotton glow . |
| 22 | I did n't really wake up until we made the short boat trip to Ellis Island . |
| 23 | All summer English cricket has been highly suspicious about how the Pakistanis made the old ball swing about so violently . |
| 24 | Labour made the National Health Service a major issue , and considerable media debate arose after a Labour party political broadcast on March 24 featuring the plight of a young girl needing specialist hospital treatment . |