Example sentences of "[modal v] make we [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Excessive heat may make us feel ‘ stupid ’ and unable to function mentally . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Dame Edna Everage may make us laugh at prejudice , but are we smiling or laughing at ourselves ? |
| 4 | Fear of losing our grip may make us hang on to jobs for longer than we should , in an attempt to reassure ourselves . |
| 5 | As at Corbridge , they sometimes resemble rural dwellings , which should make us look again at some of the larger houses which occasionally occur in small towns further south . |
| 6 | What should make us tick ? |
| 7 | The fact that several provincial towns reported pope-burnings in November 1714 and 1715 should make us question how extensive support for the Jacobite position was at this time . |
| 8 | This should make us take extra care with introductions and conclusions . |
| 9 | ( 1980 ) and Wood , McMahon and Cranstoun ( 1980 ) in relation to the nursery , must make us question the claims that schools provide a linguistically rich environment , able to provide compensation for children believed to be linguistically deprived at home . |
| 10 | I said , well you co , if Claire wants to stop nothing 'll make us go will it ? |
| 11 | We 're in a position where we 're going to borrow a bit from next year , that actually puts the pressure on as I see it 's about nine or ten thousand extra this year , the allowance is about a hundred and eighty thousand , the total , erm , we 're adding nine or ten thousand to that , we 're taking it off it for next year , so we 've already got ourselves something like an eighteen to twenty thousand reduction in members allowances next year so the pressure is on to resolve the problem , and er , perhaps Mr might feel that actually that extra pressure might make us resolve it . |
| 12 | • With regard to thermal comfort ( whether we think our environment is too hot or too cold ) , a particular room temperature might make us feel cold and even shiver in the morning but in the evening the same room temperature will sometimes feel hot and stuffy . |
| 13 | For example , if we were to enforce so-called free-range systems for laying hens that increased the incidence of death , infectious disease , aggression , pain and fear , it might make us feel fairly good , but it would not do a lot of good for the hens . |
| 14 | We are afraid of the new , of anything that might make us grow or change . ’ |
| 15 | Get the bomb squad out any way , but erm , the British army has got a lot of important that 's they way we would fight the Russians , take over a small hamlet , mortify it and that 's how the only way we would ever up the Russian 's grass nest , they take it very seriously , so what they did if they tell us how to do it , walks us through , show us what to do , let us do it and then they 'd make us do it again , but without any mistakes and that , it was really good and they showed us how to er mortify up a house , go , going through all the sewers and stuff is quite fun |
| 16 | We went along with to investigate armed with a pile of Fun Fortnight T-shirts to see if the youngsters could make us laugh . |
| 17 | We went along with to investigate armed with a pile of Fun Fortnight T-shirts to see if the youngsters could make us laugh . |
| 18 | We went along with to investigate armed with a pile of Fun Fortnight T-shirts to see if the youngsters could make us laugh . |
| 19 | The shadows of a mouse projected upon the wall in such a way could make us believe a monster lurked around the corner . |
| 20 | In some other far-flung continents not even the plants can be trusted to leave your flesh intact , and exotic colourful insects that would make us reach for our cameras here land on your arm and lay eggs in it . |
| 21 | However , doing them would make us feel better and re-energize us ! |
| 22 | Yet discussions of the threat to public service broadcasting have ignored not only the potential for change but also the deficiencies of the existing system which would make us question its benefits and its claim to permanence . |
| 23 | Ladies and gentlemen , he would say , Ladies and gentlemen , now it gives me very great pleasure to introduce the woman who is responsible for holding this whole show together ; the woman who first understood all those years ago that there was crying need for a place where all you lovely people could gather of an evening , the one that we all know and love , and so … would you please welcome on stage , the very lovely , the very talented … once again … our very own … and sometimes he would fade out , and not even say her name , and he would pause , he would make us wait , he would suspend his elegant hands over the keys ; and then , in that silence , he would play the first notes of the actual song itself . |
| 24 | The judiciary only resort to disciplinary action in the most blatant cases , where the alternative would make us look even worse . |
| 25 | So what will make us move from plans to action ? |
| 26 | If any of our players make a mistake then Wigan will make us pay for it . |
| 27 | The Lord will make us prosper and our land will produce rich harvests . |
| 28 | ‘ A good teacher is someone who 'll take a good joke but will make us work to get the work done . |
| 29 | Yeah but Mr will make us work in maths . |
| 30 | ‘ — it will make us look rather small fry . ’ |