Example sentences of "make he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But on the whole there was a simplicity and directness about the way she had written that had pleased him , and occasional bits of unintended humour that had made him laugh , though the way she had written about her family — her grandmother in particular , had made him think her unobservant . |
| 2 | It was the association of hot springs and helium that had made him think that there could be something to Chatterjee 's idea after all , and maybe to the claims by Fleischmann and Pons . |
| 3 | He was a fool to expect anything other than he got , however : surely only vanity could have made him think he could seduce a mob of Madness fans ? |
| 4 | Would have made him think he was with the poor bloody paras in a tent in Afghanistan … |
| 5 | It had been the amount of blood flowing which had made him think that they were worse . |
| 6 | But on the whole there was a simplicity and directness about the way she had written that had pleased him , and occasional bits of unintended humour that had made him laugh , though the way she had written about her family — her grandmother in particular , had made him think her unobservant . |
| 7 | The board saying they wanted to sell him will have made him think ‘ Why not , no point hanging round where I 'm not wanted ’ . |
| 8 | Patrick heard the roar and the storm of applause and guessed that his curiosity had made him miss the shot not only of the tournament but probably of the golfing year . |
| 9 | The Prince 's vanity had made him dress for a winter 's campaign on what threatened to be the summer 's hottest day yet . |
| 10 | " That would 've made him sit up and take notice , Joey , would n't it ? " |
| 11 | The suggestion had made him go silent . |
| 12 | He was n't sure what impulse had made him go first to Harry Mack 's body . |
| 13 | They were the first enemy troops he had ever seen and the sight of them had made him go pale . |
| 14 | So what was it that had made him go , but a furtive , half-acknowledged sense that not to have done so would have been like turning one 's back on the Crucifixion , that here perhaps at last was the litmus which might determine the validity of his readopted faith ? |
| 15 | That would have made him stop , look at her , see . |
| 16 | Only his adopted role as class comic had made him accepted , even popular , and had saved him , sometimes at least , from those who feel powerful when they humiliate others . |
| 17 | Nothing would have made him do a Damon and slink back . |
| 18 | Because of his principles he had n't served in the Forces and they 'd made him do labouring jobs instead , so that now his hands were n't what they used to be either . |
| 19 | Nicholson had never carried out his threat to sue , though Hugo had endured some worrying weeks waiting to see if papers would be served on him , and the experience had made him determined never to work for the likes of Nicholson again . |
| 20 | He was in a filthy mood , first because I 'd suggested he sleep on my floor instead of at Sorrel 's so we could get an early start , then because I 'd made him wear a suit and tie to go with our Yuppie cover ( and because I 'd insisted on the shirt as well ) . |
| 21 | The times had made him mistrust the militant kinds of heroism , though he unjustly saw himself as deficient in fortitude of another sort . |
| 22 | What had made him change his mind ? |
| 23 | He had intended making an offer for the cottage , but the old woman 's distress at leaving had made him change his mind . |
| 24 | The repetition of many verses of ‘ Ave Maria ’ had made him sing . |
| 25 | The repetition of many verses of ‘ Ave Maria ’ had made him sing . |
| 26 | Somehow that had made him talk about things here . |
| 27 | He wondered what on earth had made him talk like that and why had he told McEllhoney of all people ? |
| 28 | Chesarynth looked at his sybaritic features and decided his laziness had made him prefer fleshly pleasures to work . |
| 29 | A new car , a Porsche , showing off to friends , laughing , not really concentrating — The accident should have made him grow up a little . |
| 30 | Mike was adept at all this , and Gibeau , recognising a fellow enthusiast , had made him show us some of the techniques he had learnt in Rhodesia . |