Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb past] he [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The abruptness of the change made him shudder . |
| 2 | The feel of her body close to his in the carriage made him want to hold her , and he was tempted to cover her attractive though work-worn hand with his . |
| 3 | He was so involved in these thoughts that when the school finally loomed into view he failed to notice it and only when Tock poked him in the side did he look up and see the gigantic sight . |
| 4 | Another warning jab of the gun through the seatback made him start , and he dropped a couple of coins at his feet . |
| 5 | Akram 's hour at the crease saw him punish Salisbury , take his side into the lead , survive at catch to Malcolm 's outstretched hand at deep mid-off , and finally go , bamboozled , when Salisbury put a googly , from wide of the crease , around the wicket , between the batsman 's legs and into the stumps : 263 for 7 . |
| 6 | Only the porters saw him come in , and they wo n't talk ! |
| 7 | Lou Macari says … he ; s very annoyed about what happened at swindon.the people that ran the club let him doww … but it was up to him to get on with his football and he 's happy at Stoke having won a cup at wembley and promotion to the first division |
| 8 | Jesus , even the words made him shiver . |
| 9 | The cold made him gasp ; it nipped his cheeks . |
| 10 | Once , when a messenger brought bad news to Cuchulain , the hero let him go in peace . |
| 11 | I mimicked his slow accent , and the mimicry made him turn and stare at me , and the look on his face instantly made me regret my mimicry . |
| 12 | The lepers made him think about the two who lurked in the cemetery of St Erconwald . |
| 13 | Not till they had come up onto the green did he realise that the figure in waterproofs pulling the doctor 's trolley was Chris . |
| 14 | The Connons saw him leap into his car like a Le Mans driver and accelerate explosively up the street . |
| 15 | ‘ No ! ’ he said , so relieved when it was out that the recoil made him faint and set him shaking . |
| 16 | For weeks it threatened to be a cesspit of scandal , and not to be outdone the controversial English striker Stan Bowles , whose behaviour over the years made him seem like a surrogate Scot , admitted that he frequently took drugs . |
| 17 | He told Newman to hold on and the Englishman heard him call out in German . |
| 18 | The slippers made him feel less tired . |
| 19 | The sounds made him go a little faster , but progress was slow and difficult and he was near the point of exhaustion . |
| 20 | Who the devil did he think he was ? |
| 21 | Only when he was safely inside the Passat did he look round to see if he had been observed . |
| 22 | The shock made him shout . |
| 23 | The nomination helped him avoid the feuds between Francis Clifford , fourth Earl of Cumberland , and Lord William Howard ( 1563–1640 , q.v. ) , and signalled that he was ‘ tied to none in dependancie ’ . |
| 24 | The mask made him seem menacing , and she suddenly had the sensation that with Lucenzo she was playing with fire . |
| 25 | But even though the fridge helped him acclimatise to the cold , the temperature of minus twenty degrees celcius was still a little on the warm-side ! |
| 26 | She tried surreptitiously to refasten them , to conceal the bare expanse of flesh with the ruff that lay open , and looked away when the movement made him glance round at her . |
| 27 | The sound it made rustling outside in the trees made him feel comfortable and protected . |
| 28 | Only when Marcella had relaxed sufficiently to sit back in her chair and release her tight hold on the dog did he risk intervention : ‘ We came to talk about the Garlands . ’ |
| 29 | So has a summer of bombing round country lanes and setting psychics loose in the circles helped him figure out whether whirlwinds , UFOs or tabloid journalists are responsible ? |
| 30 | The thought made him flush hot with embarrassment even though chilled to the marrow . |