Example sentences of "voice that make [pron] " in BNC.

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1 There was something in his voice that made her open her eyes .
2 There was something in his voice that made her want to throw herself into his arms ; but then she knew that Aggie would n't like that .
3 ‘ I wo n't take your refusal , ’ he said in a soft voice that made her quake .
4 There was something in his voice that made her believe he was not speaking from malice himself .
5 There was something in his voice that made her determined not to look at him .
6 There was a harsh note in his voice that made her shiver .
7 It was that inner voice that made me cringe as I lay sleepless on my lumpy mattress listening to the pogoing of the bedstead against the wall next door , where my co-tenants were pursuing their nightly quest for the elusive grail of Trish 's orgasm .
8 ‘ I know what you want , ’ he said in that soft deep voice that made her think of a silk-sheathed scalpel .
9 ‘ You 're forgetting , Miss Lea , ’ he murmured in a soft voice that made her shiver , ‘ you invited me in . ’
10 But there was something about Doyle 's voice that made it impossible to interrupt .
11 In a voice that made it sound like an article of faith , Christine said : ‘ We both know that your father did n't kill mine so why he was late and why he did n't tell the police about it does n't matter . ’
12 They will go about the city in the weeks to come , and Phil will point out things behind doorways and up courtyards that he 'd never noticed , and explain how the whole set-up of the city is really a conspiracy , and read out public notices in a voice that makes them suddenly ridiculous , and persuade him to believe preposterous stories .
13 I was thinking about life , the universe and how much I liked Kim Carnes 's voice ( a voice that makes you regret moving to filter cigarettes ) on the tape-deck when I began to conjure up a mental picture of Billy Tuckett .
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