Example sentences of "[indef pn] make i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nobody makes me do anything I do n't want to do , ’ she assured him . |
| 2 | Nobody makes me pay for it , I always pay for my drinks . |
| 3 | Something made me linger at the bottom of the grand staircase , near the bust of Unamuno , pretending to read some notices about student societies . |
| 4 | Something made me pour myself a glass of wine before Stuart returned at his usual hour of 6.30 . |
| 5 | I could have just walked past him in silence , but something made me turn and say quickly , before I could stop myself , ‘ Thank you , Mr Rochester , for your great kindness . |
| 6 | Something made me snatch the woolly choirboy from its metal gallows ( even at that moment I noticed its surprising weight ) . |
| 7 | Something made me want to touch you . |
| 8 | Something made me glance over to the long french windows leading to the back verandah , and there she was : Poppy , dressed from head to foot in black . |
| 9 | ‘ I just said , it looked to me at first as though it was a woman , then just something made me think it might be a man . ’ |
| 10 | The thought of morning service is always a pain , and the prospect of this one made me stick my head back under the duvet to block out the already brilliant day . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've lost track , ’ said Bella , ‘ they must have give me something to make me sleep . |
| 12 | Sheila Egoff ( 1972 , p.3436 ) provides the categorizing test when she says ‘ A fine book sends me rushing to share it , with anyone I can find , child or adult ; a mediocre book sets my teeth on edge , and a poor one makes me laugh ’ . |
| 13 | Nothing makes me more downcast than the ‘ uplifting ’ , nothing elevates me more than the de-jected . |
| 14 | Nothing strange happened , nothing risky , nothing to make me unhappy or break my sleep . ’ |
| 15 | She 'd always done very well , had lots of friends , been very settled , nothing to make me believe in any way that she was disturbed . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's right , I 'm not begging food this time but clothing , have you anything to make me look like a man from these parts ? ’ |