Example sentences of "i made [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made nothing out of it . |
| 2 | I made myself pretty busy : got pissed , went and screamed at Jamie , saw a million movies , realised with horror that that ate up only a week . |
| 3 | I made myself as comfortable as possible on the floor of the trench , wrapping the camouflage square round my head and face in a vain attempt at protection against the mosquitoes . |
| 4 | I made myself a cape from an old camel hair coat , I could not wear that of Queen Alexandra 's Service . |
| 5 | I made myself a pot of mint tea and sat silently at the living-room table . |
| 6 | I made myself eat liver — they hate liver — and I gave up the odd episode of ‘ Coronation Street ’ to read them Rudyard Kipling — with actions and funny voices . |
| 7 | I made myself scarce as quickly as I could . |
| 8 | They did n't notice me so I made myself unobtrusive and listened . |
| 9 | I did n't wait to be told twice and I made myself scarce . |
| 10 | So I went to meet her without my make-up on and demonstrated how I made myself up . |
| 11 | I made myself a coffee and went to bed , pausing to look in and say goodnight to Nigel on the way , which at the time , and since , did n't seem at all an unusual thing to do . |
| 12 | I made myself smile . |
| 13 | It was not possible to hurry downhill in that half-light , so I made myself go slowly , and at last reached the beach and the end of the causeway . |
| 14 | I made myself calm down and Miles Davis 's clear tones on the stereo helped a lot . |
| 15 | I made myself very small as the stags crashed down the heathery , birch-studded hillside . |
| 16 | I made myself very clear about that . |
| 17 | I made myself the timetable you know . |
| 18 | The filter system , which I made myself , has four 25-gallon water tanks . |
| 19 | I made myself believe we shared a cause . |
| 20 | I made myself presentable and sallied forth . |
| 21 | I wanted desperately to be with him , to comfort him , but somehow I made myself keep walking , and when a coach passed , I arranged to travel on it as far as my money would pay for . |
| 22 | A year or two later , I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island . |
| 23 | I made myself another coffee , extended myself on the sofa — my legs quivery with fatigue — opened the folder , pulled out the sheets of paper and started to read . |
| 24 | I made myself as small as I could and waited to hear what Mama would say . |
| 25 | Father hated to be disturbed when he had anybody with him and I could see he was annoyed so I made myself scarce ; I mean I did n't stay to say what I wanted . ’ |
| 26 | I made myself some medicine , some er honey , glycerine and apple cider vinegar . |
| 27 | Before getting into my sleeping-bag I made myself a cup of cocoa , without milk , which I do n't much like , and with a generous lacing of whisky , which I do . |
| 28 | For the more I yelled , the lower I made myself and the greater the sense of mastery and control the malais around me could enjoy . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought I made myself clear this morning , Rincewind . |
| 30 | ‘ When you did not come to see him I made myself a vow that you would face reality and not some story that has been hammered into you since childhood . |