Example sentences of "[Wh det] made him [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 confided to Phoebe that what made him sad was his garden . |
| 22 | ‘ I read that when Tom Watson was asked what made him such a successful player , he replied : ‘ Desire , dedication , determination and a little bit of talent . ’ |
| 23 | But as Shaffer remembers : ‘ He could be talking about a death and get himself very worked up about what he was saying , very passionate about whatever made him worried or angry . |