Example sentences of "his [noun] make [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His small son , age five , was hanging from a steel bar eight or ten feet above the ground while William 's , a year older , taunted him from a greater height and threatened to tread on his fingers to make him drop . |
| 2 | Their casual acceptance of his presence made him edgy . |
| 3 | Eleven years later the World Federation of the Deaf at the seventh Congress in Washington awarded him an International Solidarity Merit Award , and Gallaudet College , taking advantage of his presence made him the first recipient of a medallion for " outstanding international service to the deaf " , which he received at a special convention attended by the Vice-President of the United States . |
| 4 | She also noticed that at times Silas left his table to chat with his guests , and even as she wondered if he 'd come to her table he sat in the chair opposite her , his presence making her feel warm . |
| 5 | His Mum made him sit on one of the chairs that were all round the walls and look at the magazines . |
| 6 | His mum made him wear sensible shoes ( bit of an admission , this ) . |
| 7 | His mum made him some instead , and I 'll pour it on you after you said that one . |
| 8 | So his experience makes him ideally placed to plot Durham 's tactics : ‘ The Dutch tend to be steady , defensive and go for the breakout while the Poles rely on disciplined passing . |
| 9 | I did n't like this town when I first came to it , and … and I must whisper this , I did n't care much for him either , for his deaf-aid makes him believe that everybody else is deaf . ’ |
| 10 | Mr Evans looked at Carrie and his look made her tremble . |
| 11 | His look made me feel guilty , though I could n't think why it should . |
| 12 | Will his ideology make him close the border , or will economic self-interest keep it open , at least for a time ? |
| 13 | It was easy to convince him of his worthlessness-to make him believe he was capable of such an act . |
| 14 | But his ruthlessness made him as much a figure of fun as a minister of fear , and whatever his future holds , Souness will always be pursued by a sense of resentment in Scotland . |
| 15 | The cutting scorn that hardened his eyes and thinned his mouth made her flinch . |
| 16 | His mouth made her cringe , his hands moulded her flesh . |
| 17 | We can assume that his scepticism extended to his belief in the efficacy of non-violence because he notes that reading Tolstoy influenced him greatly and cured him of his scepticism making him a believer again in ahi sā . |
| 18 | His words made her feel an odd glow of warmth deep inside her , and her tears dried up . |
| 19 | He was reluctant to begin and his hesitancy made her look questioningly at him . |
| 20 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 21 | Something about the angle of his shoulders made her want to reach out to him . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll finish his bed and get him to lie on his side to make it easy for thee . |
| 23 | He is ever confused and his confusion makes him angry and I can not see that it can be helped though it is hard to endure . |
| 24 | He rolled his rrrs to make her laugh too . |
| 25 | John George had long ceased to play the father to John : not only did he put his son first at all times , but his alcoholism made him extremely difficult to deal with . |
| 26 | With his hands so painful , the effort of holding open the springy collar enough to slide it from round his neck made him sweat . |
| 27 | What she saw in his eyes made her catch her breath . |
| 28 | The gleam in his eyes made her uncomfortably certain he knew perfectly well what she 'd just been thinking . |
| 29 | Then he looked at the Curator , straight into his eyes to make him understand that the person he was thinking of was himself . |
| 30 | ‘ Goodnight , Rob MacDonald , ’ she whispered , and he reached for her and kissed her gently , the sadness in his eyes making her suddenly afraid . |