Example sentences of "made i think " in BNC.
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| 1 | It made me think of the Palace Hotel . |
| 2 | The 20th Century Fox logo always made me think we were about to see a war film , as the searchlights that had woken us in London in the blitz always preceded an air-raid . |
| 3 | ‘ The problems of distribution and the various changes that we had to make to establish ourselves in Scotland made me think that if I just swung the compass I 'd land up in Paris . ’ |
| 4 | It was the altar — stuffed with as much clutter as a belle epoque boudoir — that really made me think . |
| 5 | ‘ That Kirsty came along and appeared in the sittings was a by-product , but made me think ‘ why not animals , as well ? ’ |
| 6 | Seeing it on the noticeboard at the workhouse made me think … but I ca n't be sure any more . |
| 7 | I was , moreover , amused by the juxtaposition of names in the Bedford High Street — Blood , Sand , DeAth : the bullring , of course ! — which made me think back to my Special Subject paper in the Finals , on the Spanish Background of English Literature . |
| 8 | Hearing of this preliminary training for the Parachute Regiment at Hardwick made me think up an indelicate version of the famous old rhyme about that prodigy house , ‘ Hardwick Hall , more glass than wall ’ : ‘ Hardwick Hall , sore a — e when fall ’ . |
| 9 | My day has been spent in sleeping , reading a little , which at once made me think of you — and then , mostly , thinking of you , and feeling you so close … |
| 10 | It made me think a lot about photography while I was in prison ; it was like why are you doing this ? ’ |
| 11 | ’ Boy often made me think of that particular moment — it was the way he looked down . |
| 12 | Surfing Hawaii was like being in the Blitz , and it may have been the thought of death that made me think of love . |
| 13 | Paul Oldfield topped the lot in Melody Maker when he wrote of the track ‘ Living And Learning ’ that it ‘ made me think of a man who favoured The Jasmine Minks and My Bloody Valentine , but whose bedroom was so damp that miraculous spores and mildew afflicted his brown suede and paisley . ’ |
| 14 | It made me think of a Bedouin taking out his prayer carpet and unrolling it in the vastness of the desert . |
| 15 | That bit made me think even then . |
| 16 | I laughed at this , but it made me think of where Charlie may have inherited some of his cruelty . |
| 17 | Watching Jamila sometimes made me think the world was divided into three sorts of people : those who knew what they wanted to do ; those ( the unhappiest ) who never knew what their purpose in life was ; and those who found out later on . |
| 18 | And though he was never to make such almost innocent remarks again , and though Eva and Dad continued to want to make love all the time , and I caught her giggling while she did idiotic things with him , like snipping the hair in his ears and nostrils with a huge pair of scissors , there were looks that escaped all possible policing , looks that made me think he was capable only of a corrupted happiness . |
| 19 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 20 | It made me think of that voodoo thing which hangs round graveyards and wears a top hat . ’ |
| 21 | Too much space and too much light in this courtyard : it made me think of the difference between his face and mine . |
| 22 | The Gay Black Group also made me think much more of the implications of being a man , of being an oppressor as well as someone who is oppressed . |
| 23 | He did a very good job , but it made me think about what would be right for me when I died . ’ |
| 24 | His tone made me think he was phoning because he sympathized and wanted to help . |
| 25 | It had two wings , one of which made me think of a church . |
| 26 | It made me think I was going to abuse my own kids . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | But it made me think of the voice that sent us to the bar ; he whispered then . |
| 29 | It made me think of my convict 's travelling companion . |
| 30 | That made me think of my convict . |