Example sentences of "[v-ing] to make [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For 16 months , like a prince in medieval England who succeeds to the throne before he comes of age , he was tied to a particular past and regime , hedged by his predecessor 's courtiers and advisers , living through his minority and aching to make his own mark . |
| 2 | I 've been hoping , longing , praying to make you happy ! ’ |
| 3 | He 's dying to make me grateful . |
| 4 | Shastri injured ligaments in the back of his knee while driving to make his ground : he missed the last two Tests . |
| 5 | Their widespread success convinced all but the bravest computer makers ( notably Apple , though even it is now seeking to make its machines compatible with Windows ) to join the DOS and Windows club . |
| 6 | Further evidence that it is not all plain sailing for individuals seeking to make their mark in this recession is provided by the experience of Graham Chapman , latterly finance director of fashion retailer Kookai . |
| 7 | Instead , the New Age establishment is seeking to make everyone feel embarrassed about humanity , and to revere the perfection and innocence of nature . |
| 8 | The NP has been seeking to make itself acceptable to non-whites and what better way than this . |
| 9 | Mandeville and Santerre had arrived at Templecombe wanting to make everyone dance to their tune . |
| 10 | Anyone wanting to make their pet a star should go along to an audition at the theatre on March 16 at noon . |
| 11 | For me , sexual morality is a matter of caring , of lack of greed and selfishness , of wanting to make one 's partner happy and fulfilled . |
| 12 | Wanting to make him feel I was hurt . |
| 13 | When she had said that before she had meant it , but now she realised she was lying ; she was wanting to make him feel better and she was also hanging on to her old life to feel safe . |
| 14 | Sparc90 on the other hand is a Sun-sanctioned exercise but probably depends on someone wanting to make it happen . |
| 15 | The kid comes out hard , apparently wanting to make it a real fight . |
| 16 | THE Northern Ireland scene has seen an increase in the number of men wanting to make it into modelling . |
| 17 | Proto-feminist who committed the sin of wanting to make someone else happy . |
| 18 | Thus the fast process may make a permanent contribution during the sensitive period , while its influence later would adjust the cortical feature detectors , tending to make them respond most to the unusual combinations and coincidences in their input . |
| 19 | In Chapter 11 we showed that an increase in the after-tax wage ( as for example when income tax rates are cut ) will have a substitution effect , tending to make people work longer hours , but an income effect , tending to make them work fewer hours . |
| 20 | With some difficulty , she unzipped her gold and black dress in the bathroom and then trailed into the bedroom , self-pity and too much to drink tending to make her weep . |
| 21 | Joe Reilley and Paul Holmes , the band 's songwriting partnership , tackle pop head-on , aspiring to make you feel what pure pop can : elusive warmth and some sort of prefabricated goodness . |
| 22 | Joe Reilley and Paul Holmes , the band 's songwriting partnership , tackle pop head-on , aspiring to make you feel what pure pop can : elusive warmth and some sort of prefabricated goodness . |
| 23 | In the early days Yoash was a natural rebel , refusing to make his bed with a proper hospital corner , throwing the blue collection box for the Jewish National Fund at a fellow student , and taking up almost permanent occupancy of the bed-wetters room . |
| 24 | Thirdly , something James could not know when the season began , 1976 was going to be one of the most contentious seasons , politically and administratively , that I have ever known in the sport , and there were several times in the year when it really looked as though the fates were conspiring to make it impossible for Hunt to win . |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't go on like this , ’ he said , shouting to make himself heard . |
| 26 | Well , as I explained to the Almighty , at 30,000 feet I was much nearer to him than ever before and , shouting to make myself heard above those damned engines , perhaps there was an even money chance of being heard . |
| 27 | I asked him again , shouting to make myself heard above the grumble of thunder and the sound of water . |
| 28 | It 's almost as if they were looking to make themselves the most hated and hunted men on earth . ’ |
| 29 | He said : ‘ We would be looking to make ourselves viable in-house before going down that road , and we are well able to do it . ’ |
| 30 | We are looking to make it simple for people . ’ |