Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pron] make i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 148 ) If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , how like a fussy old woman you make me sound , an embroiderer , a jam-maker , a do-gooder . ’ |
| 3 | It is no doubt the remembrance of these early days which makes me despise and dislike all primeurs , the fruit artificially grown , gathered too early and expensively sent , wrapped in cotton wool , to " smart " restaurants . |
| 4 | Kirishima is nothing like Dana , but he has that male charisma which makes me want to lie in his arms — I feel safer just gloating over his superb body on the television screen . |
| 5 | Or perhaps it is all that rain which makes me want more water . |
| 6 | The little cunt who made me parade in front of him at eight thirty in the morning so I erm |
| 7 | Elsie B graced me with a long chat which made me feel as if I 'd been in the presence of royalty , though I suspect not too many members of the Royal Family are at their desk as early as Elsie . |
| 8 | Because I am a very poor man you made me accept a figure like six million lire ( £2,500 ) . |
| 9 | When you said you came from good tough stock it made me shiver a bit . |
| 10 | Well I 'll be wearing a distressed leather jacket , black jeans , a new short haircut which makes me look really hard and a large stomach . |
| 11 | I have had a Chinese hair-cut which makes me look slightly less like a fierce western barbarian to Chinese eyes , but I have kept my beard . |
| 12 | Yes , she was the first person who made me realise that acting was more than just speaking and doing . |
| 13 | I did n't have to do any of these crazy things they made me do . |
| 14 | It always strikes me when you see meths drinkers and imagine those people as children — they were all beautiful then , and it is simply an inexplicable phenomenon which makes me sit here and that other person is out there on the street . |
| 15 | Other times she made me promise to keep them for ever , to remember her by , and say a prayer She was a bit vague who it was I was to pray to . |
| 16 | Yeah I mean obviously you 're not gon na instantly assume that every that says he fancies you is just joking , no obviously you 're not gon na assume that and I understand how easy it would be to be mislead but then on the other hand it makes me think , you know , you know with people like Ch you know |
| 17 | When I see Rachel 's trembling face it makes me gasp like I 've been hit . |
| 18 | I can still see in each of them the special qualities which made me select them . |
| 19 | Last night you made me feel more alive than at any time since the crash . |
| 20 | ‘ I have a horrible feeling it makes me look like a daffodil ! ’ |
| 21 | The next time he makes me stand in the rain when I need answers to questions , he may well be treated to a proverbial Glasgow kiss , but I do wish those who choose to criticise him ( and , given his superb all-round game , his one Major title does deserve scrutiny ) would give some consideration before they complain . |