Example sentences of "he [vb past] made [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , Joshua 's retirement to the safety of his estate had freed Dowd to wander until the old man 's demise , when he was drawn back to offer his services to Joshua 's son Nathaniel , only revealing his true nature once he 'd made himself indispensable , for fear he was trapped between his bounden duty and the zeal of a Christian . |
| 2 | Since her mother 's death he 'd made himself practically indispensable . |
| 3 | Yesterday 's meat and vegetables had been high — soft and sweet with badness — he had made himself swallow it and then in the night the shite had poured out of him until he was too weak to stand . |
| 4 | He looked at her carefully to see he had made himself clear , then resumed his search through the file . |
| 5 | He had made himself prime ministerial : adopting double-breasted suits and gold-rimmed spectacles , shortening his sentences and restraining his instinctive jerks of the head . |
| 6 | He had made himself an internal picture of me and now only examined it against my external appearance ’ . |
| 7 | When she returned from the kitchen he had made himself comfortable on the sofa . |
| 8 | Benjamin was clearly an ambitious and careful man , neither dissolute nor spendthrift , and was probably very conservative in every way ; he had made himself respectable in Victorian terms , generating enough of a cash surplus by a lifetime of hard work and good fortune to build up that stock of 3 per cent Bank Annuities and accumulate a healthy balance with the London Provident Savings Bank . |
| 9 | Better , even , than he had made himself . |
| 10 | He turned to the entries he had made himself . |
| 11 | The only appointment of significance which he had made himself was that of Neville Chamberlain as Chancellor , and that had been done only two days before the beginning of his holiday . |
| 12 | He had carried the day , of course , for although in fourteen years he had made himself supreme King in Alba , he was born to the north , and from Moray to the northernmost island of Orkney he was the leader men trusted and knew . |