Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] [verb] him [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thinking of Lee made him remember Uncle Walter 's medals that he still had in his pocket . |
| 2 | But he did not know himself what it was and the impossibility of explaining made him turn his head at last and look across at the bright , rectangular picture Doyle was holding out . |
| 3 | Ten to one , the Prince of Wales saw him do it , ’ pointing at Auguste . |
| 4 | His head was drenched in a moment , but he stayed there until a flash of lightning made him withdraw . |
| 5 | The experience of war made him question both the metaphysical assumption of an impassible God , and the hortatory patriotic moralism of many contemporary churchmen and political leaders . |
| 6 | But an irritating and inopportune appearance of honour made him hesitate to benefit from her rejection by Alfred at least for tonight . |
| 7 | A sudden explosion of glass made him jump . |
| 8 | It takes a lot of gratuitous cruelty perpetrated in the name of dogma to make him criticize the Party , as when the ‘ Attack the Evil Winds of Capitalism Team ’ tells the old peasant Guo Lao-da to kill the six ‘ capitalist ’ ducks he owns . |
| 9 | Darwin himself had little sympathy for these ideas and not much , personally , for Spencer , though he did once say — I quote Burrow ( p. 182 ) — ‘ in a moment of enthusiasm … that Spencer 's Principles of Biology made him feel that he ‘ is about a dozen times my superior ’ , and thought that Spencer might one day be regarded as the equal of Descartes and Leibniz , rather spoiling the effect by adding , ‘ about whom , however , I know very little ’ ’ . |
| 10 | He was over Charing Cross Road and well into the Square before some instinct of recognition made him look up and see the place which was still the jewel of London , the haven of fantasies , the last known post of security , the Crystal Rooms . |
| 11 | It took a long talk from one of the Sisters of Charity to make him realise that God had given him the gift of his voice and he was to use his gift with religion to help these people . |
| 12 | Although tolerant of the religious beliefs of others , his belief in the work ethic and his intolerance of alcohol made him insist on a stern regime for others . |
| 13 | Hence he is always saying ‘ I do n't believe it ’ His sense of despair makes him seem very cynical , although he is really quite a sensitive soul . |
| 14 | His strong sense of duty made him insist on going , even if the weather was very bad . |
| 15 | A strong sense of taboo made him swerve away from the direction his thoughts were taking . |
| 16 | The thought of Benedicta made him smile . |
| 17 | The story is , that in bygone days before the advent of the white man , there was a young Siwash Indian whose ardent love of nature made him come to that point of land on the inlet every day to watch the sunset . |
| 18 | At first he found the increase of activity made him feel healthier , but soon the exhaustion of travelling — and the waste of time involved — began to affect him . |
| 19 | one man who 's already in the money … thankfully … is Olympic rower Steve Redgrave from Buckinghamshire … he 's got a forty thousand pounds sponsorship deal with the Port of London to help him train for the next Olympics … solid gold … |
| 20 | The recurring bouts of illness made him feel he was continually living on the brink of eternity . |
| 21 | The creak of a pump-handle and the answering gush of water made him feel his own thirst and taste his tongue 's rancid dryness . |