Example sentences of "his [noun] [conj] make [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was something about his presence that made her feel calm and peaceful . |
| 2 | In no time at all , he was scrubbed shiny , dressed in his night-shift , and seated in the big armchair , with the heat from the fire drying his hair and making him feel all sleepy . |
| 3 | The cold wind ruffles his hair and makes him flinch for a moment , but it is refreshing after the stale warmth of the house , and he takes a deep breath or two on his way to the garage . |
| 4 | A glance towards the windows confirmed his words and made her shiver even more . |
| 5 | The rain had almost stopped , but various projections over the pavement in Fleet Street dripped on Dyson as he passed , wetting the lenses of his spectacles and making it difficult for him to see where he was going . |
| 6 | I took his shoulders and made him look at me . |
| 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 | Julius stood in the doorway , and there was a bright light in his eyes that made her feel very alarmed . |
| 9 | He smiled suddenly , something in his eyes that made her instantly wary , but when she tried to remove her hand from his arm he covered her fingers with his own and held them there . |
| 10 | He slapped both hands palms down on the table , slopping his tea and making them all jump , totally unselfconscious in his misery . |
| 11 | Are we to kill his scholarship and make him unhappy ? |
| 12 | He had done so four years before , and nothing had happened in the meantime either to abate his ambition or to make him less qualified — in the latter case very much the reverse . |
| 13 | After all those years in Paris he found the bright sunshine and the sparkling translucence of the air disturbed his concentration and made it difficult for him to work . |
| 14 | Motionless , unmindful of the cold or the swirling fog , he watched the man below , waiting for boredom to slacken his concentration and make him careless . |
| 15 | ‘ He hath unpacked his carriage and made it run a mile or two up and down in River 's great room , making it carry the fire shovel , tongs and poker . |
| 16 | It was hard enough to stare at his photograph and make it come to life , but it was impossible to imagine the figure in the picture living in the sort of conditions which Normandin and others had described . |
| 17 | But it was n't his deeds that made him a Christian , it was his trust in Jesus Christ . |
| 18 | The second set unfolded in much the same way , with the Herts player — who recently scored another major success when he beat the nationally-ranked Neil Dyson in a county friendly — rally from 4–5 down to hold his serve and make it all-square , before breaking Ainley 's service in the following set to go 6–5 ahead . |
| 19 | But there is an interdependence between the various themes in his work that makes it difficult to deal with them in isolation . |
| 20 | With Dawson it was his bulk which undoubtedly contributed to his premature death along with his broad , rubber face that became his trademark and made him an ideal pantomime dame in true bawdy music hall tradition . |
| 21 | But his bulk , along with his broad , malleable face , was virtually his trademark and made him an ideal pantomime dame in the finest bawdy music hall tradition . |
| 22 | He must persuade the Collector of his error and make him realize that his veneration for this Vanity Fair of materialism was misplaced . |
| 23 | He mounted it on his vehicle and made it work . |
| 24 | Cold air like rushing water battered at his face , beating in his cheeks and making it hard to breathe . |
| 25 | He sniffed the bundle and a drop of water fell on his nose and made him jump . |
| 26 | falling down his trousers and make me laugh and shout , I 'll always feel so happy when the comes about ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , the funny circus clown |
| 27 | ‘ So you 've gone off chocolates , ’ he remarked with a glint in his eye that made her even more wary . |
| 28 | And again there was that sickly sweet stench of cooked flesh which clogged his nostrils and made him want to vomit . |
| 29 | His extreme empathy coloured his behaviour and made him a heady , if unpredictable companion . |
| 30 | The Prince smiled his thanks and held his hand out so that the sunlight streaming through the stained glass windows caught the gems in his rings and made them sparkle . |