Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their tactical naivety and non-dynamic ‘ donkeys-and-backs ’ approach made them no match for the super-fit ‘ new age ’ stars from Down Under . |
| 2 | The government could pick up anyone they wanted and prosecute at their leisure , if we made them a present of all those names . |
| 3 | But so far neither has shown the tremendous flair with top-spin attacking that made them a major force in the world championships in Dortmund only seven months ago . |
| 4 | The offer made them a special case but by the same token was condemned by other groups such as the ancillary workers , who protested that they were offered only 4 per cent . |
| 5 | Mark rose from his chair fully aware that politicians believed themselves to be the best informed people in the world , which made them a very sceptical audience for any speaker . |
| 6 | The conduct of the foresters made them a by-word for oppression and extortion . |
| 7 | Their ‘ Vicinity to the Dockyards ’ made them a vital source of timber for the Royal Navy ; therefore it was ‘ a National Object to keep and to improve ’ them . |
| 8 | There was the lure of the big stores , though clothing coupons and shortage of money made them a feast for the eye only . |
| 9 | Made them a sure part of your plan |
| 10 | ‘ That 's a tricky one to answer because the complexities are still there but we made them a lot more hidden . |
| 11 | In one act at the exhibition hangar gave NAM ‘ back ’ its workshop , enabling the restoration of Anson C.19 VL348 to come on apace ; it allowed several of their exhibits the luxury of a controlled environment ; gave the Museum an ‘ all weather ’ visitor capability and made them a suitable location for the RAF Museum to loan them their Airspeed Oxford and North American Harvard — see the August issue . |
| 12 | The French struggled for nearly sixty minutes against a generous but raw Romania , ran riot against a Fijian side well below par and short of the menacing inspiration that made them a fearsome proposal in 1987 , while the game against Canada exposed the shortcomings that England later exploited with relish . |
| 13 | The sums so entrusted made them a power among London houses subscribing to public loans , particularly during the wars of 1744–63 . |
| 14 | The prestigious Wedgwood name also made them a propaganda target for Hitler 's forces . |
| 15 | And he slept with me , he would n't go to sleep so I took them both downstairs , made them a drink , made them something to eat , come back to bed . |
| 16 | And made them a f and they look for their fry every Saturday and I stopped doing it . |
| 17 | Anyway , when the ambulance men came we made them a cup of tea , cos they said they a they 'd have been that busy they have n't had a break ! |
| 18 | So we made them a cup of tea and hopefully they were going to talk her into it . |
| 19 | Although in fact ultra vires , taxing many men worth less than £2 on goods must have been considered justified by circumstances , for their numbers alone made them an important element in the local community . |
| 20 | The Parrot was one of their more recent acquisitions , and when Huey made them an offer , they took it . |
| 21 | Worse still , the new Leeds are as sly and provocative as Don Revie 's sides , with none of the skills which made them the Liverpool of the Seventies . |
| 22 | This drug duo may have been singled out because their penchant for fine racehorses and private zoos , not to mention murder on a massive scale , made them the most public of the mafia bosses . |
| 23 | The popularity of Hollywood films made them the most obvious indicator of the general shift in world trade . |
| 24 | ‘ I think people get even angrier if they think about this precise thing that was done in their so-called formative years that made them the way they are . |
| 25 | In Germany , in July 1932 , the Nazi party won 230 seats in the Reichstag , which made them the majority party , although Adolph Hitler was not able to become the Chancellor until January 1933 . |
| 26 | The assurance with which Gothic schemes were presented made them the obvious alternative to Second Empire , but large secular Gothic buildings of this type were an unknown quantity . |
| 27 | A possible Trojan link was claimed by William of Jumièges for William the Conqueror as soon as he became king ; a late eleventh-century genealogy of the counts of Boulogne produced a similar conceit ; and Genealogy IV of the Counts of Flanders , written about 1120 , made them the most important non-royal family to trace its ancestry back to Priam . |
| 28 | What made them the ‘ vanguard of the world revolutionary movement ’ was the ‘ party of a new type ’ . |
| 29 | Sussex , though , are unlikely to be among the cynical chorus , not after their slip-up against the Minor Counties on a Marlow marsh made them the 14th first-class county in 55– or 6–overs play to have their colours lowered by junior opposition . |
| 30 | The third John Booth provided much of the capital for his partners , Samuel and Aaron Walker , when they established the business that eventually made them the leading ironmasters in the North of England . |