Example sentences of "[noun sg] have made [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recession has made it take a hard look at the cost of law and at the attitude of big London firms that it 's used for more than fifty years . |
| 2 | ‘ Theo , my dear girl , your country sojourn has made you hoydenish . |
| 3 | AIDS has made me think twice about how safe the whole thing is . |
| 4 | I supported the lifting of sanctions , but the avalanche of death and blood has made me realise we 've all been conned ’ . |
| 5 | The sight of that blood has made me feel a whole lot better . |
| 6 | That break had made me realise I was n't in control of my career . |
| 7 | In particular , the weakness of the US dollar has made it look cheap on a comparison of purchasing power . |
| 8 | All the doctors , psychiatrists and groups I 'd been to so far for help had made me feel worse than ever : could she be any different ? |
| 9 | The crime of syphilis had made me ban sex from my mind for weeks ; now I was found not guilty half an hour with a textbook Conchis had given me to look at had convinced me his diagnosis was right — the libido rose strong . |
| 10 | ‘ We must finish with totally relevant insights about how big business had made us see nature today . |
| 11 | I might have felt a little downcast at that point , only the evening had made me feel more encouraged about my prospects with her than I 'd felt for some time . |
| 12 | Her quietness and unobtrusiveness had made them forget her presence . |
| 13 | The loading had made him break out in a terrible sweat and perspiration ran down his forehead into his eyes . |
| 14 | My mother had intended no lewdness , but the connotations of her remark had made me feel a greater , more immediate sense of defilement than that which I already experienced . |
| 15 | Daddy 's made you look , look some dinner . |
| 16 | And of a truth vile Epicurism and Sensuality will make the soul of man so degenerate and blinde , that he will not only be content to slide into brutish immorality , but please himself of this very opinion that he is a real Brute already , an Ape , Satyre , Baboon ; and that the best of men are no better , saving that civilising of them and industrious education has made them appear in a more refined shape , and long inculcate precepts have been mistaken for connate Principles of Honesty and Natural Knowledge , otherwise there be no indespensible grounds of Religion and Virtue , but what has hapned to be taken up by overruling Custome . |
| 17 | On his arrival , he had asked for hot water to be brought up to his room at nine sharp the next morning , but the sight of one of the young servant girls struggling up the stairs from the kitchen with the huge kettle of boiling water had made him feel so guilty and ashamed he had not asked again . |
| 18 | It was about six feet from him when it went off , to which distance , and the fact that Peter 's kick had made him roll into the water at the minute of explosion , he owed his mangled survival . |
| 19 | She did n't say why , but went on : " Seeing you two with that bit of a tree 's made me feel like celebrating . |
| 20 | Fox 's example has made me think again . |
| 21 | The Prince 's vanity had made him dress for a winter 's campaign on what threatened to be the summer 's hottest day yet . |
| 22 | He was n't sure what impulse had made him go first to Harry Mack 's body . |
| 23 | Disclosing what 's happening to you can make you feel better and , as described earlier in this chapter , it can also raise your status : ‘ I feel quite tongue-tied in this company ’ or ‘ That comment 's made me go quite red ! ’ |
| 24 | Winning the competition has made me realise while driving I have something to live up to . |
| 25 | Paige herself had gone into town to do some shopping and had scarcely made it to the front door when the sound of another car coming up the drive had made her turn . |
| 26 | You 're a good enough driver to have made it look like an accident . ’ |
| 27 | Of course they had , and remembering had made them examine their arrangements more closely to see if they could not do without their man-servant . |
| 28 | For years and years , her frailer beauty had made him feel physically famished for her , but he had generally subdued the longing because she seemed worn out with housework . |
| 29 | The suggestion had made him go silent . |
| 30 | Merymose 's story had made him want to lose himself . |