Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] make i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their ugly faces and unpleasant smell made me feel quite ill . |
| 2 | The old lady made me jump when she told me not to stare but to sit down and not be nervous . |
| 3 | Even indoors , where vigorous exercise was impossible , I would insist on open windows , explaining that lack of fresh air made me feel sleepy . |
| 4 | His use of the English language made me respect him . |
| 5 | He was the ideal of all the friends I had ever longed for , the elder brother that , as an only child , I could never hope for — though he was at least fifteen years younger than I , his assurance and absolute maleness made me feel like a younger brother by contrast . |
| 6 | My natural reserve made me recoil at this blatant approach , as did my total commitment and loyalty to Leslie . |
| 7 | Lady Augusta xenophobically added : ‘ … a sort of national prejudice made me attribute the grace and dignity of the scene , for what there was of either came from her , to the blood of Kirkpatrick ! ! ! ’ , a reference to Eugénie 's Scottish grandfather |
| 8 | Two explosions in quick succession made me throw myself to the ground . |
| 9 | The shock of cold water makes me cry out with surprise . |
| 10 | ‘ My dear Rose , ’ Theda said with a smile , ‘ you have so espoused Benedict 's cause that you imagine it is enough to tell me all his unfortunate history to make me realise what I already know . |
| 11 | Then I heard the footsteps … coming up fast= an echoing , slapping sound making me think of a great bird or bat flapping up from the bottom of a wall … |
| 12 | The bad news is that the good news made me feel so relieved and excited that I ran out to a bar and drank a bunch of big ones . |
| 13 | The bad yellow-eyed woman made me take my toothbrush in case I got carted off to pokey . |
| 14 | My guilty passion made me admire her in everything she said or did . |
| 15 | My physical exercise makes me feel so good inside — whether I 'm on my stairmaster , whether I 'm out running , dancing to music like a crazy person , riding up hills on my bicycle or just taking a brisk walk . |
| 16 | Some important business made me change my plans . |
| 17 | At the moment the only thing making me write this essay is the thought of me being able to vegetate in front of the box tomorrow night and also , if I push my self and write three lines a minute I will be able to go to bed early and ease the strain and trauma of getting up in the morning and trudging off to another dreary day in school . |
| 18 | Just looking at his fishy staring eyes and open mouth made me want to keep silent . |
| 19 | They coped well with steady rain making me question the need for overtrousers in milder seasons . |
| 20 | In his second letter he wrote , ‘ I have never seen a cradle without thinking of a grave ; the sight of a naked woman makes me imagine her skeleton . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Flaming June ’ , people muttered bitterly amid the cascades of rain , and the thought of the poor men who must be waiting to set out across the choppy Channel in their small boats to fight a bloody battle on the other side made me feel cold and sick . |
| 22 | Their genuine spirit made me feel bogus and cowardly . |
| 23 | Was this a deliberate campaign to make me feel small ? |
| 24 | And when the babies were both a ripe four-plus , and she did indeed go off to Peking and left them with me , the ensuing fun made me wonder sometimes whether I was their father , which is no question to put , since the answer should be proffered , I suppose . |
| 25 | Such belligerent consolation made me think more , not less , about that strange woman he had coupled with on the Nile . |