Example sentences of "[noun sg] the [noun pl] made " in BNC.
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| 1 | I crossed carefully-even at low tide the sea-weeds made the stones treacherous — then went to the boat-house window and peered in . |
| 2 | Clinging to Mayne 's jeep the men made their way safely back to camp . |
| 3 | In the mid-west the Republicans made gains in Ohio , in Minnesota , and in Michigan , where the Democratic incumbent since 1982 , James Blanchard , unexpectedly lost to John Engler , a right-wing Republican . |
| 4 | In the inter-war period the radicals made little headway . |
| 5 | The following afternoon — i.e. the day the Germans made their most menacing gains — he telephoned that the attack had ‘ slowed down and it looked as though we would be able to hold out and even make a counter-attack ’ . |
| 6 | In the closing communiqué the leaders made an appeal to the international community for aid to support the process of democratization in the region , which faced serious economic hardship due to poor international coffee prices and the threat of the exclusion by the European Communities ( EC ) of crucial banana exports [ see p. 38910 ] . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , in one respect the Egyptians made an outstanding contribution to the science of time . |
| 8 | In his absence the regents made concessions to the magnates in return for grants of taxes in aid of the war with Scotland . |
| 9 | At the end of the hearing the justices made these findings of fact : |
| 10 | In the end the lisences made their complaint for mrs liscences sake |
| 11 | To the north and west , in the right angle the roads made , lay a tree-dotted plain called the Banks of Knamber . |
| 12 | The benefit to be assessed on teachers at Malvern College in respect of their children 's education there was held to be the marginal cost to the school of providing the education , less any contribution the teachers made . |
| 13 | When the mother was able to anticipate a problem the children made fewer demands and there was less need to control the child . |
| 14 | At one stage the plaintiffs made overtures to the Director of Public Prosecutions with a view to his joining in these proceedings . |
| 15 | In the course of his judgment , at p. 324c , Lord Donaldson M.R. stated that at one stage the plaintiffs made overtures to the Director of Public Prosecutions with a view to his joining in these proceedings . |
| 16 | ‘ At one stage the plaintiffs made overtures to the Director of Public Prosecutions with a view to his joining in these proceedings . |