Example sentences of "[noun pl] made [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him about our own lack of any real bomber force until the Germans made us build one . |
| 2 | As a final thought , my enjoyment of the longer essays made me regret that we still do not have an Oxford Companion to the Earth Sciences . |
| 3 | Yet the thought of being cooped up indoors for another few hours made her feel almost suicidal . |
| 4 | His arms went round her and eased her against his chest , and the brush of his body hair against her nipples made her cry out . |
| 5 | Holmes ' warm words of thanks made me feel much happier , and I saw that he was right . |
| 6 | She worked crouching down , and the infinitesimal pace of her labours made her feel like an ant , toiling away earnestly at a microscopic task . |
| 7 | Something about the angle of his shoulders made her want to reach out to him . |
| 8 | What she saw in his eyes made her catch her breath . |
| 9 | But at last she made an effort to pull herself together , and , dragging herself from the bed , she went to the wash-basin , where splashes of cold water to her eyes made her feel more normal . |
| 10 | She did , and the sudden flare of her eyes made him let her go . |
| 11 | The flash of hope in her eyes made him wish he could report a more substantial discovery than the meagre piece of intelligence he had to contribute . |
| 12 | The markings about its eyes made it savage , wolf-like , but it was only a fox , more discomposed than she at the meeting . |
| 13 | ‘ Pineapple pyramids : I always felt that the Jews made them to mourn all the slaves before them that the Egyptians had broken with building their mighty pyramids . ’ |
| 14 | But his own political outlook was also vital : ‘ Those influences made me want to write a history of the game 's toilers , the hired labourers . |
| 15 | The Society of African Missionaries made him sign a document promising to be ‘ Faithful to church teaching in matters of faith and morals . ’ |
| 16 | The sudden , loud slam of the front door , and the sound of raised voices made her break off . |
| 17 | He tried earnestly to look cheerful , but their words made him shake with fear , sweat and turn hot and cold . |
| 18 | Jesus , even the words made him shiver . |
| 19 | ‘ You make that sound like an omen , Ling , ’ she said lightly , at the same time wondering why the words made her feel despondent . |
| 20 | His words made her feel an odd glow of warmth deep inside her , and her tears dried up . |
| 21 | And she gave me an indulgent look and she said , ‘ I 'm really sorry , the pictures made me feel tender feelings for you , but they just really did not arouse me . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Scottish , ’ he corrected automatically , and wondered why English accents made him feel inferior , though it did n't seem to matter so much over here , there were fewer of them . |
| 23 | These business obligations made her feel impatient and frustrated : she would have preferred to spend her time working m her cosmetics business . |
| 24 | The sound of footsteps made her raise her head and pause in her rumination . |
| 25 | Personal experiences made them reject the new truism that the children of fatherless families become delinquent . |
| 26 | He love his friend , the beauty of whose manly limbs made him tremble with pleasure . |
| 27 | An early goal by the visitors made it look as though we were heading for our nineteenth League defeat of the season , but thanks to my inspirational coaching from the touchline , new boy Kev Knowles levelled the score on the stroke of half-time . |
| 28 | On the other , my parents made me feel horrible , guilty . |
| 29 | ‘ My parents made me do it . |
| 30 | When I was 19 my parents made me leave home , and after a series of disastrous relationships I became pregnant . |