Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] made [pron] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | His anger reached out with a deadly force that made her flinch back from him . |
| 5 | Behind Thorfinn , the door slammed shut with a force that made her bed jerk . |
| 6 | I provided the calm , the cleanliness , the order and nourish-ment that made it possible for him to work . |
| 7 | She withdrew , and Claudia opened the door , steeling herself to greet Roman without a trace of the emotion that made her want to run out of the flat , away from the two people she loved most and who were causing her so much pain that she wanted to die . |
| 8 | That was the obsession that made me write this . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was a command that made her even more resentful . |
| 11 | Of course , having always possessed an interest in astrology , she knew that it was her Arien opposition that made her react so whenever she was under threat . |
| 12 | It must be his over-sensitive suspicious mind that made him see a relieved relaxing of those muscled shoulders . |
| 13 | He swung away from her , walking over to the edge of the small pond , his body rigid with a tension that made her afraid to do or say anything that might unleash that anger once again . |
| 14 | His bulk created an intimacy in the small workroom that made her wary , and the atmosphere , just for a moment , became charged , until he gave a little grimace which dispelled it . |
| 15 | Michele was answering with a brevity that made it abundantly clear that he was disinclined to talk about the sculptor . |
| 16 | Giving her a long , slow appraisal that made her wriggle uncomfortably , he asked softly , ‘ Decided to rejoin the human race ? ’ |
| 17 | She shook her head and felt colour wash into her cheeks as his eyes drifted slowly over her face in a very thorough appraisal that made her feel both weak and excited . |
| 18 | It was a Frankie Howerd interview that made me realise I do not even want one . |
| 19 | Charles told her about his movements on the Sunday night , concluding , ‘ … so it must have been the arrival of Nigel 's car that made me run out of the place . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Damian 's voice rose in fury as he strode to them , reached them and pushed Tony away from Rachel with a violence that made her cry out in horror as Tony stumbled backwards . |
| 24 | Words and pictures spun around behind her eyes with a speed that made her head start to ache . |
| 25 | She shook her head , trying to clear the hot rush of blood that made her feel strangely dizzy . |
| 26 | In her later years a thyroid condition destroyed the figure that made her famous . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She pretended not to see the light in his eyes ; she pretended it was the wind going up her skirt that made her suddenly shiver with apprehension . |
| 29 | All were matted with puffs of trees ; the bright thread of a waterfall was laid over one , a snail 's silver trail ; and one was crossed by a great rift that made it appear a giant 's helter-skelter . |
| 30 | Her mouth tight , she hurried into the cottage and slammed the door , but that one brief glance had been more than enough for her to take in the fact that he 'd removed his shirt as though quite impervious to the chill wind that made everyone else shiver , and was digging over the colonel 's vegetable patch with an economy of movement that she might have admired if it had been anyone else but him . |