Example sentences of "make [pn reflx] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Yer made yerself vulnerable , ’ said the Old Stager irritably .
2 We ca n't make ourselves any different .
3 ‘ Come on , let's go back and make ourselves beautiful for him , for the evening .
4 I suggest we make ourselves comfortable and get down to business . ’
5 ‘ I suggest we make ourselves comfortable before we start talking . ’
6 We must restore German myth and make ourselves worthy of our great predecessors — Luther , as well as our artists and poets ; but we can only do so under the direction of the Dionysiac impulse .
7 the place , I mean , the chap down at the housing down there , try to say to me we made ourselves homeless
8 ‘ We made ourselves some ro is , and when we 'd eaten them , I set out for home .
9 We were cooking for ourselves so we settled in for the evening and made ourselves comfortable .
10 He made himself agreeable to the earl 's squires in the stableyard , and kept his ears open for any revealing mentions of Robert Bossu 's tastes , temperament and interests , and what he garnered was encouraging .
11 In the process , according to Belgrade press reports , Arkan made himself rich on looted gold , cars and electronics equipment .
12 Nevertheless they also took care to ensure that no one made himself vulnerable , no one put himself at risk by careless speech in public assembly .
13 Even Mr Sugden made himself available to meet the visitor , ready to assume that here was the returning warrior , eager to see areas of the country which only he could recommend .
14 I am quite pleased that Auckland fly-half Grant Fox has changed his mind and made himself available for international action .
15 He went off on a political career and before long was a Member of the European Parliament , always in the news as he made himself available for interviews and revealed a great flair for leading controversial campaigns .
16 Nevertheless he maintained a friendly attitude towards me and after my initial difficulty made himself available whenever he was needed .
17 God the Creator , the God who had come alongside men in Jesus , now made himself available to come within their very personalities .
18 But when the great general of the Civil War , Oliver Cromwell , lost his temper with the Rump Parliament for trying to monopolize power , and made himself supreme instead , he regretted this war between Protestant countries and set out to make peace between them as soon as possible .
19 Mum had said that if he made himself invisible people would like him and he wanted that very much .
20 Bénezet slipped into a carrel as near as he could approach unnoticed , and made himself invisible in the shadows .
21 Last night , after her parents had gone up to bed , and Aubrey very tactfully made himself scarce , I had a chance to ask her .
22 When he saw Mrs Goreng disembarking from her jeep , he at once made himself scarce , retiring through the back of the shop to his living-quarters and instructing me to deal with this dissatisfied , difficult , and , in all likelihood , dangerous customer .
23 When he first came the villagers wanted to get rid of him but he would n't go , and as he made himself useful they came to endure him .
24 A former officer in the so-called pink Panther Brigade under Rifat Assad , he held a master 's degree from the University of Kiev and , as Coleman quickly discovered , worked harder than anybody because he was desperate to get to America and Hurley kept promising to get a visa for him if he made himself useful .
25 Cornelius made himself comfy on the stool and sniffed at the coffee pot .
26 He made himself ill with the worry .
27 He kept gulping it down till he made himself ill ;
28 He was coughing so much that he made himself sick .
29 Fernandez , winner of 19 of his 25 bouts , landed some useful shots at the start before Hardy took control and in the third Hardy made the mistake of giving Fernandez too much of a target , but thereafter made himself more scarce , hitting and moving effectively .
30 And , while they were arguing , Conradin made himself another piece of toast .
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