Example sentences of "[noun] make [pers pn] think " in BNC.
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| 1 | That bit made me think even then . |
| 2 | Our traditional British reserve made them think we were very hostile and resented them being here , and their extrovert camaraderie we regarded as showing off . |
| 3 | Charles ' suspicions of Dr Lefeuvre made him think his address was already common knowledge . |
| 4 | The poignant melody made him think of soft feminine sighs , warm arms and whispered words of love in the dark of night . |
| 5 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 6 | Hearing of this preliminary training for the Parachute Regiment at Hardwick made me think up an indelicate version of the famous old rhyme about that prodigy house , ‘ Hardwick Hall , more glass than wall ’ : ‘ Hardwick Hall , sore a — e when fall ’ . |
| 7 | The angle of the lamp cord on the bar made me think I saw a hearing-aid cable extending from Fielding 's ear . |
| 8 | Seeing it on the noticeboard at the workhouse made me think … but I ca n't be sure any more . |
| 9 | The lepers made him think about the two who lurked in the cemetery of St Erconwald . |
| 10 | ‘ The problems of distribution and the various changes that we had to make to establish ourselves in Scotland made me think that if I just swung the compass I 'd land up in Paris . ’ |
| 11 | Gombrich makes him think of the readiness with which the eye recognizes the features of the human face . |
| 12 | These bands make me think of Robert Bridges ' poem of love , I Will Not Let Thee Go . |
| 13 | These ideas make me think that creativity and beauty are linked . |
| 14 | Then I heard the footsteps … coming up fast= an echoing , slapping sound making me think of a great bird or bat flapping up from the bottom of a wall … |
| 15 | ‘ Our device makes you think about drinking and driving and so avoid the risk . ’ |
| 16 | Various schemes are being put in place to make us think carefully about giving our waste a new lease of life . |
| 17 | — the colour made me think of Nile mud — |
| 18 | In the years since , we 've kept a Northern Ireland file , and a few months ago we had collected enough encouraging evidence to make us think that a concerted effort would enable us to name the man most consistently pointed at as being in control of the IRA , Martin McGuinness . |
| 19 | ‘ Being here in Majorca made me think of Seville . |
| 20 | ‘ Your friend goes to great trouble to make you think ill of me . ’ |
| 21 | What had happened that morning to make you think , Farag , that you were rich enough to afford a wife ? ’ |
| 22 | The Frenchman 's dark aquiline features and unsmiling silences made him think of history-book pictures he 'd seen of the warrior heroes of ancient Greece and Rome , and the dismay he had felt at first when their car had struck the Annamese villager had increased his sense of awe . |
| 23 | The dressing-gown made me think … just for a moment … ’ |
| 24 | This telephone call made me think back over the years . |
| 25 | Prince 's music makes me think of Des Esseintes 's symphony of perfumes : exquisite , heady , overpowering , slightly nauseous . |
| 26 | She professed love for Gentle at intervals , but not with sufficient consistency to make him think he could prise her from her husband , even if he wanted to , which he was by no means certain he did . |
| 27 | Hoffman 's face has never been very expressive ( sometimes his rabbit stare makes me think that the great Maureen Stapleton has spawned an emotionally retarded.son ) , but he has always been able to get our empathy . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The book made us think about the nature of health . |
| 29 | ‘ Then what the hell made him think you might be pregnant ? ’ he demanded , glaring down at her . |
| 30 | ‘ What the hell made you think you had the right to keep the facts about my brother from me ? ’ |