Example sentences of "had make him [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Nicholas 's victories over the Persians in 1828 and the Ottoman Empire in 1829 had made him temporarily safe from international complications in this area , they did little for the extension of Russian control over the peoples who lived to the north of Georgia . |
| 2 | His experiences there in grappling with the problems of planning the postwar development of the French economy had made him increasingly convinced that effective economic planning was beyond the capacity of any single state , but would depend upon intense cooperation between states . |
| 3 | Her accusation in front of her family had made him coldly furious , she realised with a jolt . |
| 4 | An upbringing designed to carry him through changes of regime and frontier , possible loss of every worldly possession , and , in the event of crisis , protracted stays with distant relatives ensconced wherever the aristocracy was tolerated , from the Polish border to Hyde Park Gate , in short , a good European background , had made him totally self-contained and able with sunny smile and the formal handshake of the gymnase to set almost anybody at their ease , even the flustered Nenna . |
| 5 | The front page story had made him very angry . |
| 6 | Perhaps Ken 's accident had made him more articulate . |
| 7 | And with an inward smile Dexter realised another reason why Blanche 's flirtation with the inspector had made him so irritable . |
| 8 | She was wise enough to understand , now that her fear was leaving her , that it was Dr Neil 's very real concern which had made him so sharp with her when he had found out who it was he had rescued . |
| 9 | Robert said that ill-feeling between him and his brother had made him so annoyed that he had used a large knife to slash a rubber dinghy which they owned jointly . |
| 10 | Rumours of a social evening at the Hall with the entire village being invited had n't exactly dispelled all worry , since it was his summer parties that had made him so unpopular around the area in the first place . |
| 11 | What on earth had made him so angry all of a sudden ? |
| 12 | When I had made him as comfortable as I could — a relative term , since he was in pain with each new spasm — I cut the two blankets into strips , each one two feet or so wide . |
| 13 | His confinement to a wheelchair had made him defensively aware of his reliance upon other people , as well , and Anthony Powell has described him as " at once nervous and dominating " with a manner which " could at times approach the positively tyrannical " . |