Example sentences of "and makes [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Olwyn hits Katie and makes her cry . |
| 2 | ‘ Tell me , my lady — is it mere courtesy that makes the bells ring , that makes moonlight of a sudden more desirable than sunlight and makes one yearn for this Twelfth Night to be of the past ? |
| 3 | A celebration of the Queen 's passion for the Turf , gun dogs and racing pigeons — one imagines in that order — comes as a welcome relief and makes one hope fervently that she will one day lead in a Derby winner . |
| 4 | No doubt this was the real point of the missive , but it is rather vaguely expressed and makes one wonder whether the author really had much idea what had happened . |
| 5 | This is unsettling , and makes me realise that for those three and a half hours I have been the still and passive object of her intuition as well as her technical skill . |
| 6 | I am so glad ; it sounds pretty good to me , and makes me feel just a poor bloody soldier . ’ |
| 7 | It stops me concentrating on breathing properly and makes me feel as if I 've lost control of the situation . |
| 8 | He 's honest to a fault and makes me feel I 'm greatly loved . |
| 9 | Sometimes my helper comes in and says , ‘ It 's time for a walk ’ and makes me do it even if I think , ‘ No I 'm too comfy to move ! ’ . |
| 10 | If that 's what you 're doing in practice , say so , do n't put all these exclusions in the document because that makes me suspicious and makes me think you 're trying to exclude these things . |
| 11 | his drawing pad and makes me trace again and again |
| 12 | As for yours truly , yes , there is someone who I met quite recently , who probably needs me no more than I need her , someone who brings out my poetic streak , and makes me believe in the little people . ’ |
| 13 | Gibson said : ‘ It is soul destroying and makes me wonder whether all the effort is worthwhile . |
| 14 | The wasted life and the wasted love that comes to me in the night and makes me cry out in pain . ’ |
| 15 | But they do n't speak any English , I do n't speak any Arabic , so I 'm gesturing away about the bar-tailed lark and not being able to go into the forbidden zone , and somehow or other the leader understands what I 'm going on about and makes me understand that because they 're nomads they do n't have to follow international boundaries . |
| 16 | We fly backwards , retracing old tribal routes — dreamed up , or remembered — and into a city walled with honey-coloured stones , where the sage Hanina sends demons home to Hell with their putative tails between their legs , and where King Solomon outwits mighty Ashmodai , Duke of the Underworld , and makes him do the royal bidding like any human flunkey . |
| 17 | Then two miles back to bed ; an evening walk does this poor chap good ( not me , the other ! ) , and makes him sleep . |
| 18 | The cold wind ruffles his hair and makes him flinch for a moment , but it is refreshing after the stale warmth of the house , and he takes a deep breath or two on his way to the garage . |
| 19 | That 's what knobs off the A&R man and makes him say , ‘ I do n't want to know ’ . ' |
| 20 | Unfortunately , girls may be encouraged to keep their voices high , perhaps because it sounds sweet and makes them appear vulnerable and feminine . |
| 21 | Imagine , said Francis , that I returned to Perugia on the darkest of nights , a night so cold that everything is covered with snow , and the frost in the folds of my habit hits my legs and makes them bleed . |
| 22 | But , whatever name you choose to give it , something gets into humans one way or another and makes them do things that are very hard to understand . |
| 23 | Perhaps I could be Eric 's stunt man , standing in when he turns on the flash dangerous stuff that terrifies the defenders in his wake and makes them have a go like David Burrows did . |
| 24 | yes it sort of familiarises them and makes them seem like they 're relatives and stuff yeah |
| 25 | It stops them from dropping out and makes them look longer and thicker — I think it really works . |
| 26 | HIV enters the T4 cells and makes them produce more of the virus which eventually kills the T4 cells . |
| 27 | Claire Clairmont and the Shelleys is scholarly and sympathetic , and makes us feel the growth of Clairmont 's mind . |
| 28 | The idea enters the brain and by being given meaning triggers off a biochemical process which soothes and makes us feel happy . |
| 29 | He does n't just provide us with a general description , he puts forward more significant details and makes us visualise clearly and lets us see for ourselves what it was like . |
| 30 | A picture different from those that we are accustomed to see , unusual and yet true to nature , and for that reason doubly impressive to us , because it startles us , and makes us emerge from our habits . ’ |