Example sentences of "[noun sg] makes [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 That his jacket photograph makes him look more like Norman Bates than ever does n't help .
2 Does n't he , granddad makes you laugh ?
3 Robbo makes you rise in your seat , just like Ellery
4 It will be picked off when fear makes it try to flee .
5 But they have another property — ultraviolet ( UV ) light makes them glow .
6 My mummy makes me do lots of housework !
7 ‘ That skirt makes you look dumpy .
8 Jamila makes me do shopping and washing and cleaning .
9 This pillar is Caisteal Liath , the grey castle , highest point on Suilven ; and although Suilven is only a modest 2,399 feet in height , its isolation and stark setting makes it appear much higher , rearing majestically from the surrounding moorlands in solitary splendour .
10 The running action makes you use your ankles more and gives you a longer stride .
11 Our Guider makes us do that . ’
12 Anxiety makes him want to pee .
13 Dr Taylor said the reason why a good laugh makes you feel better is still a mystery .
14 He said , ‘ The idea of marriage makes you feel trapped , then ? ’
15 The brandy scrolls will keep in an airtight container for up to two weeks , but should n't be filled more than 30min before serving as the gooseberry fool makes them go soft .
16 The logic of the Act makes it appear an eccentric indulgence rather than a guarantee of fair procedures .
17 I realise how guilty and bad that disapproval makes me feel .
18 A 45-minute session makes you feel relaxed and slightly dazed , but not so severely that you ca n't go shopping afterwards .
19 My physical exercise makes me feel so good inside — whether I 'm on my stairmaster , whether I 'm out running , dancing to music like a crazy person , riding up hills on my bicycle or just taking a brisk walk .
20 Gombrich makes him think of the readiness with which the eye recognizes the features of the human face .
21 I 'd never before realised so clearly how drinking makes you want to drink .
22 That bloody Williams bloke makes me puke !
23 All this chaff makes me feel uneasy and isolated — or rather , did make me .
24 ‘ Having a child makes you see things differently , your view of things changes in many ways and that 's major .
25 The Great Mother aspect of our nature makes us insist on knowing and doing best .
26 I think that the rain makes it come and the paint wears off and you can see it .
27 Climbing in the rain makes you feel a lot more clever than it should rationally justify .
28 This year 's theme makes us shift focus , from the object per se , to the provenance .
29 The author makes it seem as if in this euphemistic world , tradesmen , dealers — men of the flesh — have refined themselves out of existence , and have imparted their qualities to the shop itself , its furniture and fittings , in a general ambience of discretion .
30 Also , like the liquidator , the administrative receiver can compel those involved in the affairs of the company to provide him with information relating to the company 's affairs and is also obliged to report to the Secretary of State if he forms the opinion that the conduct of a director makes him unfit to act as a director of a company .
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