Example sentences of "[conj] made [noun] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | And people think more of you if you have nice things — as if you 'd once had a ‘ beautiful home ’ , ’ she gave the words a slightly scornful emphasis that made Ianthe feel uncomfortable . |
2 | It was a demoniac sound that made hearts beat too fast , heads and bodies reel . |
3 | Rain that made Scotland seem like the Sahara was no sweat , but the midget trees ! |
4 | Fen smiled — a fleeting , secretive smile that made Robbie think he must be reminiscing about incidents on that walk — probably the overnight bits . |
5 | In his white face , there was nothing but a stillness deeper than the farthest depths of the sea — a quietness that made Ruth think of a drowned body drifting on its slow journey down to the sea bed . |
6 | He took them all off and that made Constanza laugh at once , but she did n't have much time for him , she was in love with someone else and he had enlisted . |
7 | ‘ I wish I knew , ’ Peter answered with a lack of tact that made Sarella cringe . |
8 | It was an awful noise that made Whizzo shift his feet anxiously . |
9 | There was a certain tone to it that made Nathan advance more cautiously . |
10 | ‘ How are you , old Pat ? ’ he asked , with a solicitous concern that made Patrick fume . |
11 | Lori sent him one of her most seductive smiles that made Paige long to warn her to be careful . |
12 | It was this detail of organisation that made Trent fear for the Belpan Republic . |
13 | ‘ You are at the edge of the first forest , ’ Wyn-rajathuk told her ; there was something about the expression on his wounded face , the slight edginess of his good eye , that made Tallis suspect he was holding back . |
14 | There was a sharpness in her tone that made Constance look up . |
15 | Villagers still talk of ‘ death rays ’ that made birds fall out of the sky and car engines stop when the beams were switched on . |
16 | Scotland Yard meant serious trouble , and though this thin-faced lugubrious-looking man might seem mild at first , there was a quid , controlled purposefulness about him that made holidays seem a 1u way away . |
17 | It was this that made Seb resolve he would not let the matter drop . |
18 | Just another bloody journalist , a dilettante with a ragbag mind , who thought that because he had a smattering of scientific language , which he produced with a glib assurance that made George want to choke him , he was qualified to question him , a serious scientist with an intellectual grasp that Gerrard could never understand , let alone achieve . |
19 | It was Pippin 's help which ensured that the ensuing battle would be fierce , Pippin 's arrival that made Lothar feel so confident that that night in his camp Archbishop George of Ravenna ( an Italian supporter who had invested hugely in Lothar 's cause ) promised him that " Charles should be tonsured tomorrow " — hence , excluded forever from kingly power . |
20 | He had light brown hair and a feral quality about him that made people do what he wanted . |
21 | With the help of his neighbours and by studying every relevant historical record that he could lay his hands on , Gough was able to trace the personal history of every family in his parish — often through several generations — and to show , incidentally , that intermarriage between the long-established families strengthened the bonds that made people think of themselves as a special community somehow different from all the others . |
22 | ‘ She 'll get over it , ’ Dana said with a callousness that made Claudia shudder . |
23 | She did n't need to ask ; there was an aura about Dana that made Claudia feel she was a grey shadow of her twin . |
24 | Roman looked at her in a way that made Claudia want to curl up and die , and she was n't on the receiving end , only tarred with the same brush . |
25 | She banged the receiver down with a force that made Claudia wince . |
26 | ‘ So you would , if you 'd been at home , ’ Roman rapped , his quietness discarded for an anger that made Claudia shiver . |
27 | Tearing her gaze away from that clear-cut mouth with a bottom lip that made butterflies dance in her stomach , she asked hurriedly , ‘ Perhaps you 've heard of Peter Sebastian ? ’ |
28 | He spent a short time in conversation with Iris , who looked at him in a way that made Melissa want to shake her . |
29 | There was a studied casualness in his tone that made Melissa prick up her ears . |
30 | ‘ Just a little private joke , ’ drawled Damian Flint with a mocking smile that made Rachel hate him even more . |