Example sentences of "can make [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Nothing can make me feel guilty .
2 Nothing can make me feel inhibited — I decide whether to feel inhibited or not .
3 No-one can make me feel jealous .
4 No-one can make me feel unproductive .
5 It can make me feel like doubting , it can bring me to the place where I question it , but it does n't alter the fact we can be totally sured , totally certain of our salvation , because God has said it .
6 My dog can make me laugh , shows me affection constantly , keeps me company , gives me something to cuddle and stroke , and keeps me fit .
7 I want a wife who can make me laugh , and I would always want her near me . ’
8 But no one can make me talk to you .
9 He can make me depend on him .
10 There are times these days when I feel so starved of warmth that the instructions on a painkiller packet or vitamin tub ( " At the first sign of a cold developing be sure to … " ) can make me go all husky and brave .
11 D' ya know for kids , they 're the only kids that can show , that can make me go bright red !
12 All these players can make me flinch and squirm ; but it 's nothing compared to the complicated torment meted out by the Barometer .
13 Nothing can make me worry .
14 I hate to sound sappy , but anything can make me cry , and I still get melancholy during the fall or when the sun goes down .
15 Let's face it , no one can make me look like Princess Diana . ’
16 ‘ If you can make me understand that , I stand a better chance of helping to get you the money to find it , ’ Waldegrave said .
17 This is an important area in which you can help him a great deal if you can make him feel that with you open grieving is permissible .
18 Skilful questioning of the child can make him tap sources of knowledge he did n't know he had .
19 ‘ Anyhow , ’ Sendei continued , ‘ while we 've got this we can make him do pretty much what we want . ’
20 No one can make him do anything he does n't want .
21 I think what you want to do now , write down a list of what you want him to do and let Steve do that for tomorrow if you can and then let's see if we can make him stick to that list cos otherwise he 'll be here in
22 Now nobody can make him fight , but he can not leave his new homeland as he has no passport .
23 His very intelligent scrutiny of a role can make him seem too detached , too much the performer of a plan . ’
24 He chuckled , ‘ Perhaps I can make him see the error of his ways . ’
25 If I can make him play deep and keep him as far away from our goal as possible the more I 'll fancy our chances . ’
26 If I can make him take another step he will come alongside Ludo .
27 ‘ I expect I can make him understand , ’ she replied .
28 We ca n't give her what she really wants , poor girl , but at least we can make her look pretty .
29 But we can make her look part of the magic theme .
30 The child who has been moving boats and other objects that float on the surface of the water , suddenly discovers that he can make them sink by holding them down or pouring water on top of them .
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