Example sentences of "[vb base] made [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old Ralf likes me , and I 've made myself very serviceable to him , and behaved myself circumspectly here . |
| 2 | A thousand needs that I 've spent most of my teenage years pretending do n't exist , and when they 've made themselves felt , so strongly that I ca n't fail to be aware of them , I 've crushed them , trying to control my appetite and cravings in every way that I know , fighting a pointless and endless war against myself . |
| 3 | ‘ You 've made yourself an enemy for life instead of a friend for life — very clever , that . |
| 4 | You 've made yourself very comfortable here , I must say . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I think you 've made yourself hear it , ’ said Betty . |
| 6 | ‘ And you 've made yourself cold . |
| 7 | You 've made yourself crystal-clear . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You 've made yourself absolutely clear . ’ |
| 9 | You 've made yourself soaking wet , look at you ! |
| 10 | right , you 've made yourself a , your , twenty thousand anyway , then you could probably buy a , a nice little two bedroom bungalow |
| 11 | Once you have made yourself familiar with the basic sewing processes , you will then be able to cope with any of the projects in this book . |
| 12 | " Well , you do realise , Mr Grout , that by resigning you have made yourself ineligible for Unemployment Benefit for a period of — |
| 13 | You have made yourself |
| 14 | In general , the rule with haggling is to do as the locals do , taking particular care not to beat down those who are selling items they have made themselves . |
| 15 | These two institutions have made themselves universally known as the automatic check-in points for people who like a bit of a show — canteens for gossip column readers in search of local colour . |
| 16 | Should Wasps ' Lozowski and Oti have made themselves only available for Poland ( or even Italy ) and Nigeria respectively and/or been barred from playing in League One ? |
| 17 | It may be a shrubbery with a well-trodden path that the children have made themselves or a hard-surfaced path winding between small trees . |
| 18 | Both Michael Lynagh and David Campese have made themselves available for the tournament . |
| 19 | Mr Moynihan indulges in nostalgia for departed days ; like Milton 's devils , he writes , men have made themselves smaller to enter new prison cells . |
| 20 | Some caterpillars have made themselves unpleasant to eat . |
| 21 | In a word , governments have made themselves unpopular with their manifold ‘ failures ’ , those failures are traceable to their basic failure to restructure the social relations of British capitalism , and yet there has been no social force with the ‘ will ’ and capacity to enforce any radical restructuring against the opposition which any such move must encounter . |
| 22 | ‘ It appears to me that the whole question is governed by the broad , general , universal principle that English legislation , unless the contrary is expressly enacted or so plainly implied as to make it the duty of an English court to give effect to an English statute , is applicable only to English subjects or to foreigners who by coming into this country , whether for a long or a short time , have made themselves during that time subject to English jurisdiction . |
| 23 | ‘ Put into the language of today , the general principle being there stated is simply that , unless the contrary is expressly enacted or so plainly implied that the courts must give effect to it , United Kingdom legislation is applicable only to British subjects or to foreigners who by coming to the United Kingdom , whether for a short or a long time , have made themselves subject to British jurisdiction . |
| 24 | She 's just so full of that middle class attitude that says , These people have made themselves unemployed , now they can get themselves out of it . |
| 25 | Since the Mexican panic they have made themselves less vulnerable through a variety of stratagems . |
| 26 | ‘ The Scottish lords have made themselves at home , ’ Agrippa muttered . |
| 27 | She 's just so full of that middle class attitude that says , These people have made themselves unemployed , now they can get themselves out of it . |
| 28 | Since then they have made themselves widely known from radio and television . |
| 29 | ‘ But now that I have made myself available for England again it 's important to be part of this Championship . ’ |
| 30 | I know a fair amount about how the machine works and I have made myself slow up when it comes to finishing off ( I have to be very careful to inspect all seams , knowing my friend 's beady eye will be on the work ! ) . |