Example sentences of "[modal v] make [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Let's make them work . |
| 2 | Let's make them work . ’ |
| 3 | If your organization is slap-happy it will unnerve candidates and may make them think twice before accepting a job with you . |
| 4 | Sometimes changing to a normal lifestyle may make them feel guilty . |
| 5 | You 've got to make them feel that you 're not expecting too much of them , or you may make them freeze . |
| 6 | In such circumstances their use of slang and informal language may make them seem rather stupid in the eyes of others . |
| 7 | He may make me feel desolate , make my spirits sink , hide my future from me … still … |
| 8 | It may make me sound as if I 'm in training for a Blue Peter badge , but it works . |
| 9 | This may make her feel that society regards her as a second-class widow , and you may need to help those who come into contact with her to understand how important it is going to be for her future adjustment for them to treat her just as they would any other bereaved person . |
| 10 | So the very fact that she observes her price to be higher than the average price level she was originally expecting may make her adjust upwards her expected average price level . |
| 11 | A drug may make an animal less hungry , less mobile , less sensitive to the pain of an electric shock , just as much as it may make it forget . |
| 12 | That may make it seem as if we thought each had specific dates and a definite content . |
| 13 | Excessive heat may make us feel ‘ stupid ’ and unable to function mentally . |
| 14 | The problems of the informal interview , then , are considerable , and they may make us feel that the formal type of interview is much less beset with difficulties and open to the criticism of lack of scientific method . |
| 15 | Dame Edna Everage may make us laugh at prejudice , but are we smiling or laughing at ourselves ? |
| 16 | Fear of losing our grip may make us hang on to jobs for longer than we should , in an attempt to reassure ourselves . |
| 17 | OK — when you 're in a dazed state , drugs may make you think you understand it all . |
| 18 | An enjoyable social life at the beginning of June may make you think twice about getting married now , Aquarius ! |
| 19 | Firing off a writ or an unfair dismissal application may make you feel better for a little while , but you should think carefully before launching yourself into a full-scale battle . |
| 20 | Food intolerance may be the cause of many minor ailments , which may make you feel under par . |
| 21 | And I 've got something to tell you which may make you feel the same way about me . " |
| 22 | If you can stand the pace and the heat , Bangkok is a very rewarding place to visit , although it may make you feel like taking a week afterwards to lie on a beach and recover . |
| 23 | Familiarity with the case , product or service you are discussing may make you blinkered . |
| 24 | It may make you want to ask the caterer if the coronation chicken was free range . |
| 25 | Do not cover up aspects of your lifestyle , such as heavy drinking , which you think may make you look less respectable . |
| 26 | ‘ Counsel ’ should make themselves acquainted not only with this procedure but with the main rules of evidence — e. g. those relating to leading questions . |
| 27 | He had explained about Ari , vehemently disagreed with Zambia 's suggestion he should make himself known to the girl , and tortured himself out loud with conjectures about how Roirbak and Leila might , at this very moment , be destroying Ari 's abilities beneath their feet . |
| 28 | You should make him sleep on your side and then when you come in he should move over . |
| 29 | In the lift to his floor he thought how odd it was that taking a firm stand should make him feel so bad-tempered . |
| 30 | ‘ If you 're worried about him , we should make him come to us . |