Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb past] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What strange quirk of the heart made me feel so much a part of the life of this place ? |
| 2 | The experience made me realize that there is more to speechreading/ lip-reading than meets the eye . |
| 3 | And she gave me an indulgent look and she said , ‘ I 'm really sorry , the pictures made me feel tender feelings for you , but they just really did not arouse me . ’ |
| 4 | His cruel and callous comments about the murder made me shiver . |
| 5 | The kids helped me pile up the slabs and we ‘ borrowed ’ a barrow from the house-renovators next door to transport the broken humps of concrete , via some wobbly ramps , to a spoil heap up the garden . |
| 6 | ‘ I was attracted to it because the script made me laugh and it 's a splendid play . |
| 7 | Through the window the monster saw me destroy his woman . |
| 8 | The humiliation made me shudder . |
| 9 | ( 19 ) The telephone made me wonder whether I need drop this task to answer the call . |
| 10 | The study of the Buddha made me feel that I was in the presence of a very great religious teacher , a man of great compassion , who diagnosed man 's original trouble as greed , desire , attachment , the escape from which was the treading of the Noble Eightfold Path . |
| 11 | Seeing it on the noticeboard at the workhouse made me think … but I ca n't be sure any more . |
| 12 | The angle of the lamp cord on the bar made me think I saw a hearing-aid cable extending from Fielding 's ear . |
| 13 | But only when I reached the washed sky of the Thames did I dare to pull over and negotiate my fear . |
| 14 | The embarrassment made me postpone going to the clinics for weeks — until the last possible moment , in fact : the day before I was due to board the train that bore me off to this hotel room in Manchester . |
| 15 | The field was laid out in strips about two feet apart and only after pushing into the crop did I realize that the plants were trained up a trellis of almost invisible wires and that I was in a hop field — a ‘ beer field ’ , as Duncan would have called it . |
| 16 | The skills of the midwives were everything I could have wished for and the NCT made me feel as if I was a useful part of the whole process . |
| 17 | The therapist made me feel that my obsessions were not silly or trivial and , by implication , that I was n't either . |
| 18 | The DHSS made me go to see them every day — I had a broken bone in my ankle but they still made me go every day ! |
| 19 | — the colour made me think of Nile mud — |
| 20 | The mask made me look terrifying and rather professional , like a commando . |
| 21 | The baggy cut of the jacket made me look as it I 'd eaten one roast dinner too many , however the loose fit gave complete freedom of movement — particularly useful for stretching when scrambling or skiing . |
| 22 | The smoke made me feel quite sick . ’ |
| 23 | Both were smoking and the pungent smell of Gauloise tobacco so early in the morning made me feel sick . |
| 24 | Although the neighbours made me feel like an evil , uncaring daughter , I knew in my heart that you 'd understand because you always did — I loved you and that was all you needed to know . |
| 25 | After a disastrous relationship in my early twenties in which the woman made me feel like a rapist , I gave up on the idea of sex and women . |
| 26 | Well I only , th I mean the woman made me feel dead small because I said to her you know , she was asking everybody why they 'd come and I said , well I 've only come to give Chris moral support , which was the truth because until about three hours before we went , I did n't even know it was there |
| 27 | One of the guys at the gate helped me give the Fiasco a push . |
| 28 | The thought made me feel warm inside . |
| 29 | The dressing-gown made me think … just for a moment … ’ |
| 30 | The paradox made me laugh . |