Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] i [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 This partially revived me after the £1,314 price tag made me feel faint .
2 What strange quirk of the heart made me feel so much a part of the life of this place ?
3 ‘ My parents ' break-up made me grow up very quickly which really helps quite a lot in my profession , ’ he says .
4 William made me sell it .
5 I had another coffee ; I was confused , irritable and dizzy as I stood by the buffet and watched the station cleaners , suddenly desperate to be on my way before tiredness made me change my mind .
6 Money made me gu out an rob
7 Their ugly faces and unpleasant smell made me feel quite ill .
8 Cos mum made me laugh tonight but she came in and she said oh you can have a hot cross bun there , I said well I think I 'll have a piece of chocolate cake and she said alright then !
9 Mum made me go into town with her to spend my Christmas money on clothes .
10 That bit made me think even then .
11 You know , you know what bit made me laugh ?
12 The experience made me realize that there is more to speechreading/ lip-reading than meets the eye .
13 As a final thought , my enjoyment of the longer essays made me regret that we still do not have an Oxford Companion to the Earth Sciences .
14 Then after Sir Henry had gone to-his room , Holmes made me stand in front of the picture .
15 The last time I saw her was when Benedict Joseph shoved her into his car outside the Villa Fiesole , and Philippe made me go with him to Nice . ’
16 My natural reserve made me recoil at this blatant approach , as did my total commitment and loyalty to Leslie .
17 When I got down to the park , the combination of the cold and my long sleep that afternoon made me feel too restless to contemplate actually going to sleep again , so I just sat there on one of the benches , thinking .
18 The sight of him standing there smoking made me realize how little any of us in Benedict 's knew what he was really like as a man , once out of the defensive armour of his white coat .
19 His look made me feel guilty , though I could n't think why it should .
20 Mum helped me put my clothes in the drawer .
21 Just looking at his fishy staring eyes and open mouth made me want to keep silent .
22 ‘ Flaming June ’ , people muttered bitterly amid the cascades of rain , and the thought of the poor men who must be waiting to set out across the choppy Channel in their small boats to fight a bloody battle on the other side made me feel cold and sick .
23 The workshop session on the importance of the measurement and analysis of data made me understand the purpose of the charts and graphs displayed on office walls at Runcorn Heath .
24 Teaching practice made me feel a lot less dispirited .
25 Lady Augusta xenophobically added : ‘ … a sort of national prejudice made me attribute the grace and dignity of the scene , for what there was of either came from her , to the blood of Kirkpatrick ! ! ! ’ , a reference to Eugénie 's Scottish grandfather
26 Holmes ' warm words of thanks made me feel much happier , and I saw that he was right .
27 His reply made me love him even more , if that were possible : ‘ If you stay , I stay . ’
28 ‘ I was attracted to it because the script made me laugh and it 's a splendid play .
29 But his own political outlook was also vital : ‘ Those influences made me want to write a history of the game 's toilers , the hired labourers .
30 Would you believe that the sight of her in that condition made me feel differently about her ?
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