Example sentences of "[noun] that make him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosen eked out a conversation with her and without Leon Kennedy , who was sewn into an isolation that made him more powerfully present . |
| 2 | It was an association that made him an appropriate keeper at Loseley of Montague 's imprisoned son-in-law Henry Wriothesley , second Earl of Southampton [ q.v. ] in 1570 . |
| 3 | By now he was used to spending longer and longer periods alone , yet in that moment when she walked away he always experienced a brief sense of loss that made him want to rush after her and beg her not to go . |
| 4 | Under a massive front-page headline , HUNT FOR DRACULA FIEND ( Star ) , the report indicated that a 13-year-old was able to tell detectives that her attacker ‘ had short dark hair streaked with grey and deep-set eyes that made him ‘ look a bit like Dracula ’ ' . |
| 5 | He 'd gone with one once , after a party , back to a flat with a friend of Dave 's , who 'd laughed at him and had eyes that made him feel he was being drawn into something he could n't stop , and when she shed her clothes and left them discarded on the floor he 'd stared , open-mouthed , aware of the noise inside his head , something to do with what he 'd drunk , he could still hear the music , and was aware too of the smell of some cologne that merged with hairspray and covered something that he did not want to know about , the dirt and dust of the room and the female odours that half-attracted and repelled him . |
| 6 | It must be his over-sensitive suspicious mind that made him see a relieved relaxing of those muscled shoulders . |
| 7 | On their third night she ordered him quite roughly to bring his legs closer together and found a way of rubbing herself against his knee while sucking at his neck that made him shudder . |
| 8 | In the screen of language the words that make him up are no more than some amongst many , a detail in the pattern , as a grotesque might be in early painting , or the straight man in a comic duo . |
| 9 | ‘ And then they painted the walls of his office with a chemical that made him lose his mind , ’ she was saying to her brother Phil , who was sitting next to her . |
| 10 | There have been many doubts that Gazza could n't make a come-back at club level or even contemplate straddling the international scene again with the outrageous talent that made him a folk hero . |
| 11 | Gone was the waxed jacket and jeans , replaced by a dinner-jacket that made him look formal and distinguished — and even more dangerously attractive . |
| 12 | VINNY Jones last night sensationally revealed the secrets that make him soccer 's hardest man . |
| 13 | But it was the driver that made him halt abruptly . |
| 14 | But he looked up all the same and saw the bike pass by , the rider wearing an unfamiliar black helmet and black leathers , the motorbike low-slung , bulging , making a noise that made him think of someone beating cream in a bowl with a wooden spoon . |
| 15 | It only needed a quick glance to see that he had been rebuking her , for her face was flushed and angry and he wore the grim look that made him appear so formidable . |
| 16 | He 's wearing a crisp white shirt that makes him look tanned . |
| 17 | But it was n't his deeds that made him a Christian , it was his trust in Jesus Christ . |
| 18 | It was one thing for Jean-Claude to have had the experiences that made him uniquely suited to interpret Alain-Fournier 's novel ; it was quite another for those experiences to have laid the foundations for a creative , personal life . |
| 19 | This seemed to quieten Oliver ; his screams died down into long , big sobs that made him shake all over . |
| 20 | Turning back , his strong face set in harsh lines that made him look older , he instructed coldly , ‘ Not one word of this will be breathed to Mother . |
| 21 | As for Forrester , Whelan , Bowman etc I got the impression that it was more desparation that made him turn to the younger players , granted their performances were top notch but I think the injury situation had more to do with it than Wilko 's judgement , after all where are they now ? ? ? |
| 22 | But — and it 's this sort of complication that makes him I think such a remarkable man — although that did happen then , for the next ten , twelve years , he was entirely preoccupied , almost entirely preoccupied with something else , and this something else erm originates from the other revolution that he underwent at this time , a revolution that occurred after a visit to an international mathematical congress in Paris , where he met the Italian mathematician Peano . |
| 23 | Their captain ( for so I must term him — though their forces understand no battle order and hurl themselves pell-mell on us like mere animals who must quench their parched throats with blood ) , a certain youth who is called Dulay to his people , with a trick of the eye that makes him seem to look at you and yet not see you ( and other tricks beside — I have seen this same swart creature climb a ladder into the air as if it were a tree planted there foursquare ) , we apprehended as he fled from our justice . |
| 24 | He did not look up until he was right down in the station ; and it was a sound that made him look up . |
| 25 | He had the sort of sensitive nose that made him instantly burst into tears if it got the slightest knock . |
| 26 | There was something about the memory of that evening that made him uneasy . |
| 27 | A renowned rock guitarist is going back on the road with a new band , ten years after leaving the group that made him famous . |
| 28 | He was still smiling , a charming , guileless smile that made him appear even more handsome than he already was . |
| 29 | She often did things and said things that made him feel loved . |
| 30 | However , when the first violin takes up the theme of the lullaby high up in its register , he plays with a pure sweetness that makes him sound like a luminous voice in the distance . |