Example sentences of "[modal v] make they [vb infin] " in BNC.

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31 If Gina was pleasant to him she could share ; if not , he would make them last for two meals .
32 The return of Latin would make them feel as if they were experiencing something mysterious and exalted , something greater than themselves .
33 For example , ‘ I forgive you for being so patronising towards me ’ would make them feel that they were having their sins confessed to them .
34 Thousands of people took AZT in the hope that it would make them feel better and live longer .
35 They fed these children with these tablets that would make them go and the parents were rushing out and buying tablets to make the children intel the children intelligent .
36 He would make them pay .
37 I would make them pay for what they 've done .
38 Gravity attracts objects towards each other ; antigravity would make them repel each other .
39 Those which have are reaping impressive rewards simply by identifying precisely the services or products customers want ; looking at their most lucrative areas ; finding out what clients really value ; and establishing what would make them move to a competing hotel .
40 ‘ I think if I did that would make them look at me in a completely different way . ’
41 And to encourage people to work they would make them fill in a job-sheet saying how many forms they had booked in .
42 To suggest the hidden but omnipresent power of the TARDIS Brachaki wanted a system of lights behind the roundels that would make them glow and pulse while the ship was in flight .
43 Debasement of the coinage led Wriothesley to call the Mint ‘ our holy anchor ’ ; its profits were such that he told Paget to keep its operations secret , ‘ for if it should come out that men 's things coming thither be thus employed , it would make them withdraw and so bring a lack ’ .
44 I shall make them pay , ’ he announced with satisfaction .
45 The only thing that will make them change their attitudes will be knowing someone with AIDS and watching them decline .
46 This will make them perform better .
47 The prison service does n't pretend to change every inmate 's attitude , but they 're hoping it will make them think .
48 Instead they seek positive promotion , new reasons to drink nablabs that will make them feel good ’ .
49 Erm , that will sa , that will stick to them and erm they will that will make them feel ill so they
50 ‘ What we hope is that a writ will make them settle , Mike , at some level . ’
51 We check out a sound card that will make them eat their words — the Laserwave Plus .
52 Who boils his socks will make them shrink ;
53 I think candidates who are thinking of applying for entry in nineteen eighty-five , who are now say seventeen coming on eighteen , have got three or four years ahead of them at university , which is a considerable time , and if nothing else , university will make them question themselves , what their interests are , and they 'll introduce them to new subjects , new areas of study , and it may be a mistake to embark on a vocational course , and discover halfway through that actually it 's not what you want to do .
54 Worrying about , concentrating on and listening to the head noises will make them seem even more prominent and dominating .
55 Only a dramatic confrontation with the reality of their condition will make them take their illness seriously .
56 Our purpose should be to provide visitors with experiences which will enhance their knowledge , enjoyment and appreciation of the work carried out here in ways that will make them wish to support us , but not overwhelm us .
57 It is the only thing that will stir out sleeping brethren , the only thing that will make them fight and not cooperate .
58 In former ages we us 'd to give , So that our work-folk like farmers did live ; But the times are altered , we will make them know All we can for to bring them under our bow ; We will make them work hard for sixpence a day , Though a shilling they deserve if they had their just pay .
59 In former ages we us 'd to give , So that our work-folk like farmers did live ; But the times are altered , we will make them know All we can for to bring them under our bow ; We will make them work hard for sixpence a day , Though a shilling they deserve if they had their just pay .
60 Wings can be firmly stitched down or left raised , this will make them look even more realistic .
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