Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] make [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That bit made me think even then . |
| 2 | Her calm , lazy response made him laugh . |
| 3 | After all , just look round any bar and you 'll see that everybody there , myself included ( you too if it 's your kind of bar ) , has in their time been both The Boy and The Older Man , both Banker and Domestic , Ingenue and Other Woman , booted Prince and stirrup-holding Groom — but I do n't mean either that you should have complete license to make him look just how you wish ; I do n't want to think of anyone hearing this story and grinning and thinking of Boy as some permanently , conveniently smiling blue-eyed blonde , because he was not that in any way and that is not what he meant to us . |
| 4 | When I got down to the park , the combination of the cold and my long sleep that afternoon made me feel too restless to contemplate actually going to sleep again , so I just sat there on one of the benches , thinking . |
| 5 | Would you believe that the sight of her in that condition made me feel differently about her ? |
| 6 | ‘ That skirt makes you look dumpy . |
| 7 | If Ackerley derived any satisfaction from this rough , rackety , frustrated life it was in his work at The Listener , where his enlightened editorial policies make him sound like a reviewer 's dream ( he telephoned contributors at midnight to query the removal of a comma ) . |
| 8 | A hollow wooden noise made him turn his head . |
| 9 | Before the scientific revolution of Galileo and Newton , it was obvious that if an object was to move , then it required a force or cause of some kind to make it move . |
| 10 | Their ugly faces and unpleasant smell made me feel quite ill . |
| 11 | We shall shortly see that pragmatism is less radical than this description makes it seem , for it recognizes reasons of strategy why statutes should generally be enforced in accordance with their plain and intended meaning and why past judicial decisions should normally be respected in present cases . |
| 12 | Our traditional British reserve made them think we were very hostile and resented them being here , and their extrovert camaraderie we regarded as showing off . |
| 13 | He does n't come with a lot pious platitudes and and charming words to make us feel better . |
| 14 | We know something is interfering with the natural motion of the craft , but is this force making us accelerate , or is it stopping us falling under gravity ? |
| 15 | It was also planned to extensively landscape the road with tree planting over the next 12 months to make it blend in with the surrounding area . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | The old lady made me jump when she told me not to stare but to sit down and not be nervous . |
| 18 | This question made me realise that there must be lots of new knitters out there with electronic of Duomatic 80 machines who do not know this technique . |
| 19 | He love his friend , the beauty of whose manly limbs made him tremble with pleasure . |
| 20 | All this chaff makes me feel uneasy and isolated — or rather , did make me . |
| 21 | His face shadowed as the thought of Ray Doyle 's punctured body made him realise that perhaps Doyle 's oriental interests were a thing of the past , now . |
| 22 | Another director made it sound like a Faustian pact with the devil : ‘ You have to be careful not to lose your soul ’ , he whispered . |
| 23 | ‘ My conversation with him this evening made me realise that he can be quite devious , and also that he has a rather cruel sense of humour . |
| 24 | The Greeks claim that their black economy is bigger than any other Community country 's , and so in absolute terms they are not quite as badly off as the published statistics make it seem . |
| 25 | The slightest disturbance makes them retreat in fear ( I shall return to this point below ) . |
| 26 | Gina 's Italian and French ancestry made it come more naturally . |
| 27 | There are eight other recordings of the Barber Piano Sonata in the catalogue , but to my mind the most thrilling and satisfying is that by this artist , who created the work in 1949 : his quicksilver delicacy in the scherzo is unsurpassed , and the dazzling virtuosity of the fugal finale makes one want to stand and cheer . |
| 28 | This contact made him study the issue of conformity to the established church . |
| 29 | The repetitive , uniform appearance of the soldier-like trees made it seem as if the car was scarcely moving , and their silent , gloomy shade gradually eased the tension created inside the Citron by the earlier near-accident . |
| 30 | I have to explain to everyone that I 'm not so much of a monomaniac as this collection makes me seem , but when my old man died , thirty years ago , he left me his paintings . |