Example sentences of "[noun sg] that made [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She flashed me a glance that made it clear there was some backbone in there , it was just the training that made her act like a dipstick . |
| 2 | I provided the calm , the cleanliness , the order and nourish-ment that made it possible for him to work . |
| 3 | It is certainly amongst the oldest of the European herbs , and it was its very pungency that made it popular with the palates of our tougher ancestors . |
| 4 | Did you not yourself say that our love must be holy ? ’ or when she pointed out that his ‘ lovely poems ’ would have been less lovely if she had not pro vided ‘ the unrest and storm that made them possible ’ : ‘ Beloved I will pray with my whole strength that suffering and temptation may be taken from you as they have been taken from me and that we may gain spiritual union stronger than earthly union could ever be . ’ |
| 5 | Michael felt sick suddenly , the choking kind that made it difficult to swallow . |
| 6 | The main reason for the flow of emigrants was the farm crisis in Europe , and the circumstance that made it possible was the availability of cheap steamers . |
| 7 | She gave a loud , bitter shout of laughter that made them all stare . |
| 8 | There was something about the memory of that evening that made him uneasy . |
| 9 | The county was overrun with underwood that made it impervious to the traveller . |
| 10 | The glow through , er yes the paper was erm , was the same colour all the way through and er , and erm they had quite an impact , but of course they , would only last a year or two er and er they started a small factory in London and , erm call it Hula-Hoops I think er , I do n't know whether Hula-Hoops came from the lighting shades or the lighting shades from the Hula-Hoops , but it was the same process that made them both and er this was erm thin plastic tubing brightly coloured , er which was er cemented together into er |
| 11 | A renowned rock guitarist is going back on the road with a new band , ten years after leaving the group that made him famous . |
| 12 | But from his impassive , narrow-eyed face it was impossible to gauge his thoughts ; like many Annamese he had the kind of boyish appearance that made it difficult for an American to estimate his age . |
| 13 | Only last year the four-star Tiroler Adler underwent an extensive renovation that made it one of the best hotels in Kirchberg . |
| 14 | What if it was her feebleness that made him impatient ? |
| 15 | The figure in the seat was human , as far as he could make out in the murky light , but there was something about the awkward way it was sprawled in the chair that made him glad he could n't see it any clearer . |
| 16 | All these factors have some role in Emerson 's make-up , but it is that old Paulista go-ahead mentality that made him one of the most disciplined , most consistent and , in his prime , ablest of drivers . |
| 17 | As Jimmy , Hoffman elaborates the film role that made him famous , Benjamin in The Graduate , and he is a thoroughly charming actor with sufficient off-beat idiosyncrasies to make him a spiny delight . |
| 18 | The task , assigned to humanity by God , was that of transforming , by chemical means , the raw products of nature into a state that made them serviceable . |
| 19 | We knew what lay down any other road : a political scandal that made it worthwhile for Parliament to get involved in Security . |
| 20 | The Grosvenor opened its doors in the 1920s as a focal point for preachers , and it was the sound of music that made it famous . |
| 21 | ‘ It was basically the novel that made it necessary for me to look into the Bible . |
| 22 | Though they also put stuff in the air that made you passive . |
| 23 | There was something in his voice that made her open her eyes . |
| 24 | But there was something about Doyle 's voice that made it impossible to interrupt . |
| 25 | He was a spare , grizzled man , who limped with the gout that made him ill-tempered , so unlike the dandified figure of Lord Dacre 's vague memory that he felt wholly disorientated in his presence . |
| 26 | It had come to him over the last year or so that there was only one thing that made him different from other men , and that was the weight he was carrying on his mind . |
| 27 | The thing that made it attractive to Paneth and Peters , and years later to Pons , Fleischmann and Jones , was its great affinity for hydrogen — it can absorb up to 900 times its own volume of the gas . |
| 28 | And in the final twist in a tense and nerve-racking game , Glenn Hoddle 's trip allowed Kenny Irons to score the penalty that made it 3-2 on the night . |
| 29 | An irresistible softness with an inner strength that made them million sellers . |
| 30 | The girls were , however , very much alike : wide-eyed , glossy-haired , with a hunch of shoulder and ease of hip that made them all the sisters they longed to be . |