Example sentences of "his [noun] [conj] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dexter turned round one of the gold rings that adorned his fingers and made a stab at humour . |
| 2 | He shrugged , then linked his fingers and made his knuckles crack . |
| 3 | Worshippers used to avert their eyes from his statue when making a sacrifice to him , so deep was their respect for his fierce nature . |
| 4 | But Simon had been really nice to her , not losing his patience or making excuses to escape . |
| 5 | I think he could have done with a general chapter on the French State , which would have placed Diderot more firmly in his times and made clearer the difficulties he encountered . |
| 6 | Fleeing from the carnage , Wallace resigned his Guardianship and made his way to France , seeking aid there and from Norway , and ultimately from the Pope . |
| 7 | There was something about his presence that made her feel calm and peaceful . |
| 8 | Subsequent entries on his report card show Hermann enjoying his new job delivering films to cinemas , paying off his debts and making toys in his spare time . |
| 9 | Sir John Dacourt gathered his cloak and made to leave . |
| 10 | He glanced nervously at his watch and made a hasty decision . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I 've given him some some things to play he 's going to play with his pennies and make patterns and work out his tables . |
| 14 | His dark eyes were serious but it was his mouth that made Constance hopeful . |
| 15 | ‘ You need to eat , ’ he said ; and turning to the idiot boy he pointed to his mouth and made the movement of eating . |
| 16 | But to his horror he saw the boy cup his hands round his mouth and make a crude and earsplittingly loud imitation of a pheasant 's call . |
| 17 | A glance towards the windows confirmed his words and made her shiver even more . |
| 18 | He reined in his horse and made a gesture with one hand that took in the flat dead wasteland and the strangled trees and the black barrenness . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Mandru leaned back on his couch and made an expansive gesture to include his vibrancers . |
| 21 | They pinched his toes and rubbed the back of his heels and made a rat-tat sound on the stone flags that echoed through the spooky quiet to announce his presence . |
| 22 | I took his shoulders and made him look at me . |
| 23 | Little Billy glanced back quickly over his shoulder , and now , in the distance , he saw a sight that froze his blood and made icicles in his veins . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Wherever she was , upstairs , in the garden , in the quiet little back room overlooking the hedged side-patch of grass , she always seemed aware of his entry and made a point of leaving what she was doing to greet him . |
| 26 | Julius stood in the doorway , and there was a bright light in his eyes that made her feel very alarmed . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He smiled , and there was a glint in his eyes that made Rachel catch her breath . |
| 29 | Corbett closed his eyes and made his own prayer , sending it up into the void . |
| 30 | For a moment Ben seemed about to say something , then he dropped his eyes and made a small movement of his head . |