Example sentences of "made [pron] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because , apart from the emotion of the moment , what had made me take this decision was really a kind of pride : I had to see myself as someone who had done the ‘ right thing ’ . |
| 2 | They 've made me have more humility and compassion . |
| 3 | Yes , we members have to abide by the current by-laws , but these have made me lose much confidence in the Society . |
| 4 | Was it because of the passion that the excuse me , these women seem to er , be pres having that made them think that er , it was n't er a male who wrote the book or not ? |
| 5 | ‘ It 's encouraging that work is being made which refuses this ridiculous demand for positive images , which tries to take on multiple aspects of identity . |
| 6 | Although this is a complex area of the law and subject to much speculation as regards the various overlaps between artistic , aesthetic and functional designs , if a design has been made which has some degree of eye-appeal , an application for registration should be made . |
| 7 | Robert said , ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've made you change any plans you had for today . ’ |
| 8 | The hunt only made one kill that day . |
| 9 | She had no idea what had made her blurt that out . |
| 10 | What had made her do that ? she wondered . |
| 11 | What on earth had made her let that slip ? |
| 12 | What on earth had made her say that ? |
| 13 | I was — like Flora with her mother — in the stupid position of being unable to put the one argument that would have made her feel some sympathy for me . |
| 14 | He had made her laugh several times , had laughed once at something she 'd said , she recalled , and the entire evening had gone by on winged feet . |
| 15 | What on earth had made him say that ? |
| 16 | " Funny , being a bird-watcher , " a boy called Cosgrave had once said and Stephen had made him take that back , twisting his arm until he agreed to . |
| 17 | The frequency of such bids has made it seem that stockmarket valuations are arbitrary , that bidders are stealing money from somebody else rather than creating wealth , and that American and British managers spend too much time shuffling assets and too little investing ( that is , building factories ) for the future . |
| 18 | Observing Raskolnikov wince at the idea of eternity as a bathhouse , he murmurs ‘ with a vague smile ’ that he would certainly have made it like that himself . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's never made us do this before , ’ Dangerfield said . |