Example sentences of "make [adj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | but for the tree I thought well I 'm gon na make some I 'm gon na make six , like the colouring we did erm the erm wa black , red and white |
| 2 | A failed test means no progress that round , and a test failed by 30 or more means the character has slipped right back to the bottom of the stairs — anyone beneath him must make another I test at -20 to avoid being carried back down as well . |
| 3 | But now more and more maybe cos they 're taking early retirement or getting made redundant I mean it 's the fellers is n't it ? |
| 4 | She was so kind when I was orphaned , she always made sure I was fed by organizing a rota of other Girls ' mothers who took me in until I was fourteen ; otherwise I would have ended up in an orphanage . |
| 5 | As I was permanently hungry , he used to make enormous treacle puddings — it was the first time in my life I had heard of such a dish — and always made sure I got a big helping . |
| 6 | The point was , he 'd made sure I could n't sell it and blow the proceeds on some other scheme . |
| 7 | Following our father 's advice both brothers made sure I was seated between them , at the same time refusing to exchange a word with me . |
| 8 | But I do remember that in every room he showed me I made sure I was near to the door , the safest point of exit if he tried anything . |
| 9 | ‘ I made sure I had a balance , though . |
| 10 | She smiled , ‘ But I made sure I got them back again , mind . ’ |
| 11 | She made sure I had money in prison , she made sure that everything I needed I had . |
| 12 | My time here was up , so he made sure I got a one-way ticket out . ’ |
| 13 | As ever , Mary made sure I kept my feet on the ground . |
| 14 | Chris arrived , notepad in hand , hair flying , and made sure I knew that we were both going out on stage at the end of the Benefit . |
| 15 | Then he paused , made sure I was looking , before gravely he removed the cloth . |
| 16 | I made sure I did n't put on too much weight and set myself a final goal — to get down to 13 stone . ’ |
| 17 | And I made sure I blabbed a bit to her , even contradicting in inessential details some of the earlier relations to the Colonel , so that he might think he was getting better quality intelligence this way . |
| 18 | I made sure I was well prepared before the big day and I especially took time in deciding my dress . |
| 19 | I made sure I looked as if I 'd just got out of bed and dressed in a hurry — hence no socks and the sweatshirt — and went down to front garden to wave them in . |
| 20 | I made sure I got some of the white powder on my fingertips and not making a big deal of it , brought them up to my tongue . |
| 21 | He made sure I knew it was him by flicking on his interior light and waving me towards him . |
| 22 | I made sure I had sufficient pellets in my jacket pockets , then headed out of the house for the Rabbit Grounds on the mainland , between the large branch of the creek and the town dump . |
| 23 | But I made sure I got my fair share . |
| 24 | I still made sure I had the best of claes . |
| 25 | The safest course of action seemed to be to shore up the bunker and make sure I did nothing to upset the fragile eco-system that was supporting me , for however much we wanted to disguise it , I had nothing to fall back on . |
| 26 | If I 'm going to spend several hundred pounds on an outfit , I make sure I get real value out of it and will wear it a lot . |
| 27 | I do sit out in the sun occasionally , but I make sure I 'm well protected . |
| 28 | The children make sure I never have a straightforward day |
| 29 | If anything , I just make sure I do n't starve to death . |
| 30 | I make sure I drink well to counteract the dehydration , do light stretching and have a hew hot baths ’ |