Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb past] him [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was over Charing Cross Road and well into the Square before some instinct of recognition made him look up and see the place which was still the jewel of London , the haven of fantasies , the last known post of security , the Crystal Rooms . |
| 2 | But an irritating and inopportune appearance of honour made him hesitate to benefit from her rejection by Alfred at least for tonight . |
| 3 | But he did not know himself what it was and the impossibility of explaining made him turn his head at last and look across at the bright , rectangular picture Doyle was holding out . |
| 4 | Darwin himself had little sympathy for these ideas and not much , personally , for Spencer , though he did once say — I quote Burrow ( p. 182 ) — ‘ in a moment of enthusiasm … that Spencer 's Principles of Biology made him feel that he ‘ is about a dozen times my superior ’ , and thought that Spencer might one day be regarded as the equal of Descartes and Leibniz , rather spoiling the effect by adding , ‘ about whom , however , I know very little ’ ’ . |
| 5 | The story is , that in bygone days before the advent of the white man , there was a young Siwash Indian whose ardent love of nature made him come to that point of land on the inlet every day to watch the sunset . |
| 6 | The experience of war made him question both the metaphysical assumption of an impassible God , and the hortatory patriotic moralism of many contemporary churchmen and political leaders . |
| 7 | Thinking of Lee made him remember Uncle Walter 's medals that he still had in his pocket . |
| 8 | The creak of a pump-handle and the answering gush of water made him feel his own thirst and taste his tongue 's rancid dryness . |
| 9 | Although tolerant of the religious beliefs of others , his belief in the work ethic and his intolerance of alcohol made him insist on a stern regime for others . |
| 10 | The recurring bouts of illness made him feel he was continually living on the brink of eternity . |
| 11 | His head was drenched in a moment , but he stayed there until a flash of lightning made him withdraw . |
| 12 | A sudden explosion of glass made him jump . |
| 13 | His strong sense of duty made him insist on going , even if the weather was very bad . |
| 14 | A strong sense of taboo made him swerve away from the direction his thoughts were taking . |
| 15 | At first he found the increase of activity made him feel healthier , but soon the exhaustion of travelling — and the waste of time involved — began to affect him . |
| 16 | Ten to one , the Prince of Wales saw him do it , ’ pointing at Auguste . |
| 17 | The thought of Benedicta made him smile . |