Example sentences of "his [noun] made [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mum made him wear sensible shoes ( bit of an admission , this ) . |
| 2 | His Mum made him sit on one of the chairs that were all round the walls and look at the magazines . |
| 3 | His look made me feel guilty , though I could n't think why it should . |
| 4 | The cutting scorn that hardened his eyes and thinned his mouth made her flinch . |
| 5 | His words made one recall the excellent reports compiled by Ian Paisley 's Assembly Agriculture Committee and Sheila Magee about the industry in the mid 1980s . |
| 6 | He was reluctant to begin and his hesitancy made her look questioningly at him . |
| 7 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 8 | With his hands so painful , the effort of holding open the springy collar enough to slide it from round his neck made him sweat . |
| 9 | He 'd meant to stay longer , but a wee niggle in his mind made him return early . |
| 10 | His swing was taut and abbreviated as , despite what his golfing mind was telling him ( swing slow , swing smoothly through the ball ) , the darker side of his mind made him try to steer the ball . |
| 11 | His reply made me love him even more , if that were possible : ‘ If you stay , I stay . ’ |
| 12 | He lay for some minutes listening to the clatter of boots , slamming of doors and distant shouts before the snorts and squeals of armoured personnel carriers below his window made him realise this was far from normal and was , in fact , an Agile Blade . |
| 13 | For the last twenty years of his life his bronchitis made him take holidays on the French Riviera ; Frith says of these later years that he ‘ fell back upon books and art , nature , love and poetry ’ . |
| 14 | Artai was incapable of sitting still for long , and only his abnormal concern with his appearance made him submit at all to the restrictive nature of the ministrations of the Y'frike slaves . |
| 15 | The anger on his brow made him look uncommonly like a younger version of his brother . |
| 16 | For years his name made me feel sick too : |
| 17 | looked after me in Hyderabad , where he and his wife made me feel at home with their warm , relaxing hospitality . |
| 18 | The relief of an interlude with one of the handful of people who could understand his feelings made him weep , which embarrassed them both . |
| 19 | Camille thought his smile made him look like one of Mick 's greyhounds . |
| 20 | His stillness made them hesitate ; he might have been watching for fish but the stream was hardly large enough for trout , only minnows or sticklebacks Libby pressed close to George , they stayed on the path watching . |
| 21 | But his flight made him feel slightly better . |
| 22 | Something in his voice made her look up at him . |
| 23 | The dryness in his voice made me feel that I was being very naive . |
| 24 | The metallic voice that rattled out of his radio made him jump . |
| 25 | He spurred forward , sword raised , then a shout from his rear made him twist in the saddle . |
| 26 | His tone made me think he was phoning because he sympathized and wanted to help . |