Example sentences of "[noun sg] make he [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His dribbly nose , crooked teeth and cheeky Cockney accent made him an obvious classroom victim . |
| 2 | He told Johnson that Warburton ( the combative English divine and man of letters , whose generally controversial national presence made him a common topic of Johnsonian conversation ) had a close relationship with an unnamed ‘ eminent printer ’ . |
| 3 | If she were interested in such a campaign , she could perhaps use as the model for it our own dear Speaker , whose radiant health and youthfulness make him the perfect epitome of a diet based on vegetarianism . |
| 4 | He was never equal to Self in Citrine 's esteem , and he remained jealous of intervention by Self in matters of engineering and the development of policy on the generation side , for which his background and experience made him the natural senior voice among other engineers and managers . |
| 5 | Landor 's want of training and his impatience to press on with all speed made him an unreliable surveyor , and there were those who impugned the veracity of his hair-raising escapes ; but in energy and resourcefulness , in courage and power of endurance , he was the equal of any of the previous generation of great explorers . |
| 6 | He was immediately dispatched to the scene , where his energy , intelligence and presence of mind made him the chief decision-taker in the first days after the explosion of reactor number four . |
| 7 | His increasing climbing experience plus his renowned strength and stamina made him an obvious choice for the first New Zealand expedition to the Himalaya in 1951 . |
| 8 | He was only eight when Bruce Lee , whose 1973 film Enter the Dragon made him an international star , died mysteriously aged 32 . |
| 9 | The apparently unbridgeable gulf between him and his contemporaries in terms of sheer footballing skill made him an exceptional and enormously wealthy black man , after a childhood spent amidst the poverty and squalor of Bauru ( see Pelé and Fish , 1977 ) . |
| 10 | Ironically , Johnson 's lawless image endeared as much as it repelled. he was obviously a player who was easily unhinged but in the odd chemistry of Scotland 's footballing psyche , his recklessness made him a dangerous but likeable rogue . |
| 11 | When he came to Arsenal , James told Chapman in no uncertain terms that he did n't like his plan to make him a scheming inside-forward . |
| 12 | Butler 's earnest sincerity made him a popular hero and leader , especially among the oil-field workers , but despite its success in the elections his radical minority party was not invited onto the Executive Council by the Governor . |
| 13 | Both the scale of his operations and the degree of his specialization in financial business made him a unique figure in early Stuart England , though he did have a few other economic irons in the fire : among them , a share in the tobacco monopoly and the export of iron ordnance in the 1620s and huge purchases of East India Company pepper in 1623 and 1628 . |
| 14 | Postwoman Val took Pat home , where her husband made him a Jamaican meal and Pat then went off to boogie to a steel band , like a rasta on ganja , exhibiting a sense of abandon never hinted at in Greendale . |
| 15 | Only Waylon Jennings wears a cowboy hat , but Willie Nelson 's bandana and grey pony-tail make him an obvious Indian scout , Johnny Cash wears the frock-coat of a gambler and Kris Kristofferson 's cut-off T-shirt suggests his pardners will be calling him ‘ Junior ’ well into his sixties . |
| 16 | His record makes him an outstanding candidate for an R Y A Award . |
| 17 | His intuition , subtle approach , analytical capacities and broad clinical knowledge made him a brilliant clinician ’ . |
| 18 | If Philiphaugh was a mark in Craigbarnet 's favour with the Montrose interest , and his ancestor 's service with the Great Marquis deserved reward , his own participation in the 1715 Rising and his continuing Jacobitism made him an undesirable ally for a Whig politician like Montrose . |
| 19 | On one side is the spineless Bishop Barrantes , representing the worst aspects of the Church 's mugwumpery and corruption ; on the other is Father Maby , confidant of Elena and friend to the poor and displaced in his jungle retreat ; his work is less glamorous than the revolutionary 's , but his wisdom and gentleness make him the unexpected hero of the novel . |
| 20 | Kenneth Horne 's rich , fruity voice and warm patrician manner made him the ideal link man and that , coupled with a mischievous sense of humour , ensured that any programme in which he was involved was the better for his presence . |
| 21 | His detached , even , and quite uncontroversial manner makes him a valuable auxiliary of liberal thought . ’ |
| 22 | His experience and loyalty made him an important figure in the remodelled navy . |
| 23 | Marco 's father realises that the quick wits developed in the London slums and the boy 's everyday , practical good sense make him a perfect companion ( aide-de-camp , as he likes to be designated ) for the quietly ardent , reflective Marco . |
| 24 | His silken touch , his ability to play off either foot , and his pace make him an obvious crowd-pleaser . |
| 25 | The State made him the ecclesiastical head of the Church of England by trampling on the opinions of the relevant ecclesiastical authority . |
| 26 | Cardus ' determination in his battle with the American made him a big hero in Spain last year . |
| 27 | The king 's favour made him the special target of the reforming Ordainers , who in 1311 called for the exclusion from court of both Henry and Isabella , the resumption of his grants from the king , and the transference of the custody of Man to ‘ a good Englishman ’ ( a phrase which reveals one reason for his unpopularity ) . |
| 28 | The famous ‘ twinkle ’ in his eye and the firm yet non-interventionist finger he kept on the pulse of hall life made him a fair but firm warden at all times . |
| 29 | Corbett felt as if he was in a nightmare ; the very smallness of the man made him a false opponent , almost cutting off Corbett 's blood lust and desire to protect himself . |
| 30 | A Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society , Paul Damari has 25 years experience of the weather business , and his down-to-earth , common-sense approach makes him a welcome change to the distant and expensive alternative , the Met Office . |