Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun] made [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only when it became clear that the rules made it impossible for them to shake the landowners ' grip on the zemstvos did interest decline so that the last pre-war zemstvo elections were marked by peasant apathy . |
| 2 | She tried to imagine them in bed together , and found that the thought made her feel physically ill . |
| 3 | A contract is a bargain and the bargain was that the Company made her the promise in the advertisement and she in return bought one of their smoke balls from a retailer . |
| 4 | It was not until August 1987 that the Government made it mandatory for blood banks to test donated blood , arguing that imported AIDS diagnosis kits could not be afforded . |
| 5 | However important this battle might be for future power at sea , the decisive point for the current war had been that the blockade made it impossible for the French to reinforce their West Indian or North American possessions . |
| 6 | ‘ No ! ’ he said , so relieved when it was out that the recoil made him faint and set him shaking . |
| 7 | This can not be sustained : it had always been difficult and there is no evidence that the Seljuks made it conspicuously worse . |
| 8 | ‘ Pineapple pyramids : I always felt that the Jews made them to mourn all the slaves before them that the Egyptians had broken with building their mighty pyramids . ’ |
| 9 | Although the drawing made it back to civilisation the pickled head , along with the rest of the ship , was lost . |
| 10 | Although the neighbours made me feel like an evil , uncaring daughter , I knew in my heart that you 'd understand because you always did — I loved you and that was all you needed to know . |
| 11 | I told him about our own lack of any real bomber force until the Germans made us build one . |
| 12 | At one stage , Fields had threatened to pull out of the arrangement altogether and find a new partner , until the CAA made it clear that Fields would not have a licence without Virgin 's involvement . |
| 13 | However unpleasant she would find it , she would have to watch Eddie 's fatal accident , even if the thought made her feel ill . |
| 14 | If the plane made it into the basket , the Mayor would authorise expenditure for whatever scheme was proposed . |
| 15 | If the mechanism made us faint , or vomit , or have a heart attack , then as cavemen we would have made very easy prey every time we encountered an animal we feared . |
| 16 | I mimicked his slow accent , and the mimicry made him turn and stare at me , and the look on his face instantly made me regret my mimicry . |
| 17 | And the consequences made her shudder . |
| 18 | The strong simplicity of his ideas about life and the universe made it easy to link him with other men of understanding , so that for me the book seemed to be ringing with echoes of Hamlet and Richard Jefferies and the New Testament . |
| 19 | Memory of the event and the inconvenience made her chuckle . |
| 20 | She wondered idly if Hank was interested in Dorothy , and the idea made her feel a little forlorn . |
| 21 | That was impossible , because the heat and the champagne made her feel dizzy , till she felt she could hardly concentrate . |
| 22 | She was tired , emotionally and physically tired , and the champagne made her cease to worry about whether she was right to allow the Burgermeister to cosset her with flowers and champagne . |
| 23 | By the reign of Queen Victoria the 3rd Marquess was the richest man in England and the Queen made him a duke . |
| 24 | Marlene Dietrich played Lola , and the film made her an overnight international star ( please note that this film will be shown at QFT — see page 33 ) . |
| 25 | He remembered how fondly Jane had said farewell after her anger had abated , and the memory made him lift his hand to see , in the first creeping light of dawn , the small smear of rouge that still remained on his forefinger . |
| 26 | Now The Trust Deed and rules were asked for prior to their consent and the company made it clear that they would not be available until after the new scheme commenced on the first October nineteen ninety and indeed it was some eight days later on the ninth October at er Trustee meeting that the company presented the Trust Deed and rules and it was resolved that the Committee of Management would er transfer all the close scheme members er into the new nineteen ninety scheme and er the same Trustees appointed themselves er Trustees of the nineteen ninety scheme and one hour later were the presentation of a draft deed amending the British Steel Pension Scheme and a draft interim Trust Deed establishing the British Steel Pension Scheme in nineteen ninety and a draft Trust Deed and rules of the British Steel Pension Scheme of nineteen ninety were tabled for noting ; and those very Trustees that were on the first meeting agreed to transfer the assets to the new scheme , set as Trustees of the new scheme one hour later , accepted the assets and er without er seeking either legal or actuarial advice and in this case er Watsons were advisors to the company to the old scheme Trustees and to the new scheme Trustees . |
| 27 | Even though she was n't looking at him , she knew he was smiling scornfully , and the awareness made her clench her hands into fists . |
| 28 | ‘ Ssh , dear , do n't try to talk , ’ said the woman lodger , and the nurse made her lie down . |
| 29 | ‘ I hope Big Ben and the convoy made it in time . ’ |
| 30 | The skills of the midwives were everything I could have wished for and the NCT made me feel as if I was a useful part of the whole process . |