Example sentences of "[noun] made him [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty was , Maddy made him nervous , and the more anxious he became , the stickier became his palms . |
| 2 | Their casual acceptance of his presence made him edgy . |
| 3 | Three defences made him one of Britain 's most successful world champions ever before being dethroned by Wilfred Benitez in 1981 ( in a fight for which his purse was 400,000 dollars ) yet , curiously , he stayed at his terraced house in Stoke Newington , London . |
| 4 | His mum made him some instead , and I 'll pour it on you after you said that one . |
| 5 | His advanced views made him unpopular with many of the clergy . |
| 6 | Jonty Rhodes , whose fierce commitment and exuberance in the field made him one of the ‘ stars ’ of the World Cup . |
| 7 | His wife 's share in the partition of the vast Gloucester estates made him one of the leading territorial magnates and led to his being summoned to Parliament from November 1317 . |
| 8 | Pigs ' trotters made him sick . |
| 9 | He was , however , happy in the ranks , where his sociable and unassuming character and ability to mix with all sorts made him free of its easy comradeship . |
| 10 | Accumulated emotion made him weak , needing her . |
| 11 | He studied medicine for two years but the sight of blood made him sick so , always a lover of shopping , he defected to the world of retail . |
| 12 | The bloom in Tammuz' eyes made him apprehensive . |
| 13 | The smell of fresh bread from a bakery made him hungry but he did not stop . |
| 14 | The teasing in the dormitory made him sick with anger . |
| 15 | Still , he would have done if it had n't slipped his mind , and surely the intention made him culpable . |
| 16 | Mr Crump was alarmed ; Mrs Crump leaned forward on her toes to increase her disappointing height and to reach forward to this man whose every title and reference made him more and more desirable . |
| 17 | The old women of the town marvelled at a child whose intellect had been ‘ forced into almost an unnatural ripeness ’ , and their flattery made him vain : |
| 18 | There are dozens of ministers , some highly qualified , who have been purged from the leadership by Mr Ceausescu , usually because they disagreed with him on particular issues or because their superior intelligence made him insecure . |
| 19 | Adrenalin withdrawal made him introspective and sleepy . |
| 20 | Irina suspected that his own Italian origins made him sympathetic to the fuss they created . |
| 21 | His experience of his brother Frank made him respectful of sincerity , and well able to hold his own against clever atheist onslaught . |
| 22 | And there were others less distinguished , perhaps , but whose lively presence made any visit memorable ; for instance , Mr Wilkinson , valet-butler to Mr John Campbell , with his well-known repertoire of impersonations of prominent gentlemen ; Mr Davidson from Easterly House , whose passion in debating a point could at times be as alarming to a stranger as his simple kindness at all other times was endearing ; Mr Herman , valet to Mr John Henry peters , whose extreme views no one could listen to passively , but whose distinctive belly-laugh and Yorkshire charm made him impossible to dislike . |
| 23 | His wealth made him one of the principal paymasters of the English Catholic community , and in political circles he was generally seen as the leader of Catholic opinion . |
| 24 | Chapman & Hall made him some compensation through extra payments for Pickwick Papers and Nicholas Nickleby , and by making loans and advances . |
| 25 | His lack of possessiveness made him fearless . |
| 26 | Palace officials made him welcome . |
| 27 | At the Castello di Rivoli , Turin , which he headed from 1984 to 1990 , his very liberal interpretation of what was meant by a part time post made him unpopular . |
| 28 | Cranmer 's cheerful nature made him one of the most popular captains on the county circuit . |
| 29 | Embarrassment made him awkward . |
| 30 | Powerful actors , especially , are able to make a difference to things ; for example King Louis XV 's lasciviousness made him indulgent toward Madame de Pompa-dour , who was therefore able to protect the position of the incompetent General Soubise in spite of the fact that his army was unreliable in defending France 's military interests . |