Example sentences of "[Wh det] make he [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He explained that part of his treatment was a steroid which made him hyperactive and sweaty , and cursed the fact that he could n't keep still .
2 He and Ranulf were ignored , which made him uneasy .
3 John Henry was retired in July 1985 after a racing career over eight seasons which made him one of the most popular horses ever to run in the USA .
4 Subsequently , continuing on occasion to work in partnership with his brother , he developed a business which made him one of the most successful of such craft-based figures in English history .
5 In its asides — quite apart from what he tells us about Milton — we see what it was about Lewis which struck W. T. Kirkpatrick as so remarkable , and which made him such a valued teacher and friend to so many people in the course of his life .
6 And the trauma had caused personality changes which made him irritable and difficult to live with .
7 However , this effect may not last , and long-term follow-up is useful to ensure that the patient does not lapse into those unhealthy ways which made him unwell in the first place .
8 The presence of McCoist , the aerial prowess of McPherson and the reliable defending of McLaren , which made him outstanding against Italy in Scotland 's last match , would all be of assistance in extending Malta 's poor record .
9 In a blistering attack on ‘ The Football Madness ’ in 1898 , Ernest Ensor was particularly shocked by the epidemic of excitement among the fans : ‘ A constant attendant at great football matches must have seen more than once a large crowd vertere pollicem in a manner which made him thankful that murder is illegal . ’
10 She shot him a glance which made him sorry for asking .
11 Assuming he was in trouble , he stopped to give him a lift … but the attacker threatened him with an iron bar and forced him to take tablets which made him unconscious .
12 He usually ate too much at meals , which made him ill .
13 Rusty Conway becomes one of Serena 's patients because he has had a spell of extreme absent-mindedness which made him incapable of carrying out his work .
14 Not the way he had loved his gentle Adelaide , to whom he had been devoted , but with a lust which made him ashamed .
15 The little man had two attributes which made him valuable .
16 Burton travelled to observe and communicate , which made him different from most explorers of the day , but he too could be touched by the inexplicable fever of travel : ‘ … some thousand miles up a river with an infinitesimal prospect of returning !
17 But the important quality about Dick Crossman , which made him unique among Members of Parliament and made his testament to the understanding of British Government unique , is that he was the pure , 100 per cent archetypal don , a don through and through , albeit a don whose special subject was politics in practice .
18 Sometimes he thought it was of his own making : he was unaccustomed to working closely with women and this one was still young and attractive which made him self-conscious .
19 He miscalculated badly , forgetting the Tsar 's pride , which made him unyielding in his claim to be protector of the Greek Christians , and the reaction of the Sultan , who was weary of being pressured by the Powers and who feared for the security of his Empire .
20 William Thaw , the first to get a commission , had owned a hydroplane while still at Yale , which made him acceptable as a French bomber pilot .
21 He has a wood shavings bed in his stable , otherwise he would eat all the straw , and he frequently has to go on diets , which make him grumpy .
22 ‘ He reached the World semi-final last year at Bradford which makes him one of the top 32 riders in the world .
23 Anyone with a passing knowledge of astrological influences will realize that he was born on the cusp , a Taurus caught in the influence of Aries , which makes him bullish and a bit of a ram .
24 Robin Williams has precisely the driving , egomaniacal but mischievous quality which makes him believable as a grown-up Peter Pan .
25 Every moment I am conscious of those little differences which , although appearing minute to the layman , to the dancer constitute the difference between the amateur and that je ne sais quoi which makes him professional .
26 Fash 's packed schedule — he often holds business meetings well into the small hours and averages just five hours sleep a night — has not affected the common touch which makes him such a popular figure at Wimbledon .
27 The disease Thomas suffers from is a rare condition called A-T which makes him unsteady and prone to infections — and cancer .
28 With the robust acceptance of hardship and violence proper to his time , he is opposed to flogging and has an open demeanour towards his crew which makes him popular but still respected .
29 However early in the novel he has an experience which makes him aware of a significantly different kind of memory , and this is of course the famous incident in which as a young man he dips a small cake , a madeleine , into a cup of tea .
30 Hooper is taking nothing for granted as Souness contemplates his line-up for the vital clash , his latest worry being Michael Thomas ' ankle injury which makes him doubtful with Steve McManaman .
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