Example sentences of "to make [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Me , a stump of a man and they wanted to make me Cesar Romero . |
| 2 | Properly parfumed , to make me debonaire ; |
| 3 | Too sniffy and cursory for today 's friendly Banff with its many tractors and willing hospitality : the hotel being closed , the lady behind the counter in the newsagents offered to make me Dr Johnson 's pleasure , a cup of tea . |
| 4 | Does he further appreciate that , throughout Ayrshire , people recognise that any additional assets that are poured into the South Ayrshire hospitals to make them work will be at the expense of the national health service in the rest of Ayrshire ? |
| 5 | All these sort of things to make them work , as in you set out a pattern of behaviour . |
| 6 | If you 've got points you 've been unable to answer you 've got to make them part of the report back which wastes yet more valuable practitioner time . ’ |
| 7 | She wished fervently that they might be allowed to be together , that nothing would happen to make them part . |
| 8 | If you have a sweet tooth , it is much better to make them part of a meal . |
| 9 | some artists expect us to make them stars . |
| 10 | The French , whose military presence had appeared to make them Habré 's main ally , stood aside when he was overthrown , alienated in part by the regime 's continued disregard for human rights . |
| 11 | Traditionally tanned leathers will need to be treated with a good wax proofing agent to make them water resistant , although some leathers are now treated at the tanneries with special waterproof finishes . |
| 12 | And of course the deterrents that we 've had , over the years , when they they 've been of the emotive and knee jerk sort , and I remember the short sharp shock for instance , under Whitelaw , they did n't work , because they were n't thought out , they were just to make them clap at the Tory party conference . |
| 13 | The was a photographer who used to say , ‘ Catch a butterfly ’ to the girls to make them smile . |
| 14 | Fortunately for the police complaints department , skins seem to regard this as part of the normal way of life , in the same way they might get a good hiding from their old man to make them toe the line at home . |
| 15 | The cleverness was in using the wealth of old prints lying around ignored and simplifying them to make them fresher and give them a contemporary feel . |
| 16 | Normally , though , sociologists have argued that these three strata have enough in common to make them components of one class , because they are all divided by a considerable gulf from the non-manual middle class , which contains its own strata . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , the reported effect on some of the older generation is to make them regret having lived so long and apologize for their need to call on more services than do younger people ( Norman 1987b ) . |
| 18 | Finally , with regard to cl 10 , it should be noted that no obligation to permit alteration of the goods to make them non-infringing is imposed on the buyer , and that the obligation to return infringing goods , subject to a refund of the price , is only imposed on the buyer where it arises not at the option of the seller but because of a judgment or settlement relating to the claim of infringement ( which is presumably not entirely within the seller 's control ) . |
| 19 | I used many things to make them cane and dowling and metal coathangers and aluminium tent-poles , and paper and plastic sheeting and dustbin bags and sheets and string and nylon rope and twine and all sorts of little straps and buckles and bits of cord and elastic bands and strips of wire and pins and screws and nails and pieces cannibalised from model yachts and various toys . |
| 20 | He was managing to make them money . |
| 21 | That was enough to make them agents , not only historians , of the Roman expansion . |
| 22 | We have parents who seem to have lurched abruptly into grandparenthood , or who are nagging us to make them grandparents . |
| 23 | The Comforter comes not in order to allow men to be comfortable , but to make them missionaries . |
| 24 | Providing they entertain us with stupendous performances , who cares if sponsors want to make them millionaires . |
| 25 | Well we need to make people think and we need to make them care . |
| 26 | I could have messed about to get the price under 20m to make them legit. teans but I could n't be arsed ! |
| 27 | The British media 's peculiar psychological tendency to build up sportsmen only to make them scapegoats , at a later stage , for wider national ills is well enough recognised by cricketers . |
| 28 | If they come up with a question maybe just find out what 's being it erm not just reaction to a particular behaviour , but asking them how the feeling , you know maybe pointing to the bit in their body that 's actually feeling butterflies or whatever and trying to help them to express the fears and , more importantly , to make them concrete in terms of play , drawing , or acting it out . |
| 29 | She said you want nice fine things when you 're fat to make you slimmer . |
| 30 | get him to make you pizza , brilliant , I 'm not joking |