Example sentences of "[pron] made [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He hated to see a dripping tap , and nothing made him angrier than Blackpool Tower blazing with , what to him was , utterly squandered energy . |
| 2 | His face was without the offensively avuncular smile that usually accompanies such trite statements ; and something intent about the look he gave me made it clear he did not mean it tritely . |
| 3 | The prospect of seeing them made him full of joy . |
| 4 | The plan for the evacuation to be in groups of three had to be abandoned , as it would have taken 40 hours to get all of the men out and the gas collecting near them made it imperative that the exercise be completed in much less time . |
| 5 | It is n't that God is unreal ; lack of commitment his made everything unreal . |
| 6 | According to one obscure belief in ancient Rome , smearing mouse excrement over someone made them impotent . |
| 7 | Basically , I made myself invaluable . ’ |
| 8 | I did n't wait to be told twice and I made myself scarce . |
| 9 | Father hated to be disturbed when he had anybody with him and I could see he was annoyed so I made myself scarce ; I mean I did n't stay to say what I wanted . ’ |
| 10 | They did n't notice me so I made myself unobtrusive and listened . |
| 11 | I made myself presentable and sallied forth . |
| 12 | I made myself some medicine , some er honey , glycerine and apple cider vinegar . |
| 13 | I made myself another coffee , extended myself on the sofa — my legs quivery with fatigue — opened the folder , pulled out the sheets of paper and started to read . |
| 14 | In newspapers I 've been called bland and ‘ smoothy-chops ’ so often that it almost goes over my head now , and people go on about my baggy eyes as if I made them that way myself — which I suppose I did , in a way . |
| 15 | Jill : Well , I made them all with four things on one of those round things . |
| 16 | bought the wagon round , yeah I made them clear the site cos well actually it 's twelve being as , they are a bit stained |
| 17 | I met a soldier from the Rifle Brigade who was very drunk , and I made him drunker . |
| 18 | I made him close to forty years old and that meant the stubby Mauser he was holding was in good hands . |
| 19 | I made him some tea and supper while he bathed and changed and unpacked his things in my bedroom . |
| 20 | ‘ When I was designing Metaltronix gear , I made everything bigger , for product visibility , but I would get letters telling me that the Marshall ‘ standard ’ head dimensions were what they wanted , so that 's what I based these new amp heads on . |
| 21 | ‘ I made me second team debut when I was eight year old , ’ he claims . |
| 22 | I made her some coffee and she sat and watched while Doone picked a piece of paper out of his breast pocket and handed it to Sam . |
| 23 | I made one many years ago and found it worked very well . |
| 24 | I made you live again and I wanted to know there was more than mere excitement for you . ’ |
| 25 | I made you some notes , as well . ’ |
| 26 | I made you wrong , and I said , well I still do n't agree with it , and I sort of explained exactly what I thought . |
| 27 | ‘ I made it impossible ? ’ she echoed incredulously . |
| 28 | Oh er telly 's got a buzz on it and I could n't get it off , I think I made it worse . |
| 29 | I made it one twenty three . |
| 30 | I think I made it bigger than that ! |