Example sentences of "[noun sg] which made [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was perhaps the small electric heater in my bedroom which made him say that . |
| 2 | He was wearing a grey suit with a light polo-neck sweater which made him look younger and at the same time more intimidating than he had the day before . |
| 3 | I was just thinking how this feels incredibly … atmospheric , ’ she heard herself admitting reluctantly , waving an arm to encompass the satiny darkness of the sea all around them , ‘ I was thinking of the ghosts of all those Spanish galleons which met a sticky end in these very waters , hundreds of years ago , ’ she added , with a touch of melodrama which made him laugh out loud . |
| 4 | He hated definitions of apostolic succession which made it sound as though a lot of laying on of hands from century to century was a bit of magic by which God preserves his Church . |
| 5 | There was a sort of noisy anonymity about the rattling carriage which made him feel safe . |
| 6 | " He 's been shaking like this ever since he was sixteen years old , " the Keraing told us , " when he first had the experience which made him take up the profession . |
| 7 | This not only showed how out of touch with the English political scene Tyndale was , but illustrated the honesty or obstinacy which made him feel that he had to declare his opposition to the divorce , although it had been supported by most of the other Reformers . |
| 8 | He gave me a look which made me wonder whether Mavis had n't , after all , spilled the beans . |
| 9 | He gave me a look which made me wonder if the leather riding gear was knife-proof , then he sprang at the internal phone and pressed two buttons . |
| 10 | Elsie B graced me with a long chat which made me feel as if I 'd been in the presence of royalty , though I suspect not too many members of the Royal Family are at their desk as early as Elsie . |
| 11 | The Victorians , of course , for all their virtues , had an edge of prudery which made them condemn in public that which they were busy practising in private . |
| 12 | And it was not only that he had not got what he had hoped for , nor was it the jealousy which made him feel unsure . |
| 13 | biographical allegiance which made him look bad . |
| 14 | But not dropped , ’ he added with a grin which made him look like the prototype jovial monk . |
| 15 | Topaz gave him a smile which made him quiver pleasurably . |
| 16 | It tastes very good , certainly nothing like the Cheltenham Spa water which made me feel ill |
| 17 | His first posting in 1915 took him to the Toba Batak country in Northern Sumatra in time to witness the Muslim Acehnese rising against their Christian rulers ; an event which made him appreciate the approaching crisis of Islam as a focus for nationalism , and impressed upon him the urgent need for Muslim-Christian accommodation . |
| 18 | Resting there , in the protection of the mighty canopy , was an object which made him feel faint with fear . |
| 19 | The colours of the flowers glowed brightly in the early morning light , the grass was covered with a light beading of dew which made it gleam , and the leaves of the trees hung in perfect stillness , with not even a breath of breeze to ruffle them . |
| 20 | One difference between the pub and the rest of the street was that the brickwork had been painted cream which made it stand out from the long façade of varying shades of red or grey . |
| 21 | Catherine , made less thin by candlelight , had put on a blue dress which made her look even younger than her age . |
| 22 | Beneath her mink she wore a blue dress which made her look like an overgrown Girl Guide . |
| 23 | He was a thin man with a hooked nose and dark stubble on his chin which made it seem too weighty for his cadaverous face . |
| 24 | One child , wide-eyed , wrote down this reaction — ‘ I never knew that there was music which made you think ’ . |
| 25 | He found the research interesting , which was the only thing which made him stay , but the firm did n't own him . |
| 26 | They will obviously be an extremely happy couple , although I told Miss Ingram something about the Rochester property which made her look quite depressed . |
| 27 | Even knowing he was finished she would not stop but pulled herself against him , levered and bucked with a grunting intensity which made him look down on her with pity . |
| 28 | Bismarck pushed the Dual Monarchy towards Italy — he was momentarily upset by a burst of panslavism which made him worry about a Franco-Russian rapprochement — and the result was the Triple Alliance ( 20 May 1882 ) . |
| 29 | On the other hand , now he thought about it — that was one of the advantages of taking time out to think things through — there had been occasions when she had looked at him in a special way which made him think that she might not reject him . |
| 30 | William Golding described Piggy in a way which made us feel sorry for him . |