Example sentences of "[noun sg] that make i " in BNC.

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1 That was the obsession that made me write this . ’
2 It was a Frankie Howerd interview that made me realise I do not even want one .
3 Charles told her about his movements on the Sunday night , concluding , ‘ … so it must have been the arrival of Nigel 's car that made me run out of the place . ’
4 I 'm about to sign a new contract that makes me virtually a Santa Barbara resident , and we locals do n't mix with you tourists ! ’
5 The dominant tone is of jubilation , not the hysteria that makes me swoon in Prince .
6 There was a lot of tooth-sucking for a while as he tried to get me to say more and that was almost funny , given that it was the tooth-sucking that made me think of it in the first place , suddenly thinking .
7 The humbucker carries a clean sound well , although there 's a hint of midrange that made me go for the coil-tap to keep things sounding sweet .
8 ‘ I came down from Manchester two days ago , to meet my fellow archdeacons , and the Bishop told me of your husband 's application and of course that made me wish to meet him , and to meet you .
9 It 's simply the tiredness that makes me so unresponsive on many occasions . ’
10 It 's not the money that makes me happy .
11 Perhaps it was Lanyon 's horror that made me feel like that .
12 I have a folding mac that makes me look like a haystack in the rain , I have an umbrella that would fit most of Dublin under it . ’
13 Alec wore a navy-blue romper suit — the outfit of a French workman , or indeed that of some little new-wave narcissist at a C. L. & S. screening It was the sight of him in his issued clothing that made me sense just how far he had fallen .
14 Every time they came forward , you expected something to happen ( perhaps It was sitting in the north bank with the Cockney scum that made me think this ! ! ) .
15 I immediately backtracked , and he said with a sorrow that made me feel guilty , ‘ When push comes to shove , nobody wants me . ’
16 I think it was the wine that made me real tired .
17 Sometimes I will have abandoned a painting , got really tired of it and feel it 's not getting anywhere , and you will come and make some remark that makes me look at it again and think : oh yes , I could just pull that one together .
18 Perhaps it was despair that made me believe there was one person in the world who might know that I was in despair .
19 It was foolish hurt pride that made me behave so coldly towards you .
20 So I hope it is n't just sentimentality that makes me baulk at his drastic solution .
21 BELVILLE : By the God that made me , I 'll do you no harm .
22 That set me wondering , but it was reading the diary that made me know . ’
23 It was pure chance that made me notice the writing on the top file , as I pushed open the window .
24 The audience were a comic 's dream and when Dennie came back on stage and whispered ‘ two minutes to count-down ’ I ran off to applause that made me feel like Mike Tyson .
25 And then they want you , I tell you what there 's another thing on television that makes me really laugh is that advert about electricity and it says
26 This was a prospect that made me feel ill .
27 Jean-Claude 's use of the word — the way he spat it out as if dirt clung to it — was a blasphemy that made me feel sick .
28 When I wrote ‘ Nirvana ’ , it was just supposed to be this positive thing about a song that made me wan na go and live , not really a political thing , like you say someone might hear that and go out and try to change things .
29 He was unusually distrait as he buttered a slice of toast and cut into one of the rashers on his plate , then after a minute 's thoughtful chewing he brought down his hand on the table with a suddenness that made me jump .
30 This presented a thought that made me shudder with fright : this awesome , eerie world-apart in the dead of night , unbearably cold , no moon or stars , merely the moan of the mysterious gods beneath the ice …
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