Example sentences of "[noun sg] and make [pers pn] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was hard enough to stare at his photograph and make it come to life , but it was impossible to imagine the figure in the picture living in the sort of conditions which Normandin and others had described . |
| 2 | The mosquitoes had already arrived in force and made us feel as if one trench was very much like another . |
| 3 | We 'll make your blood run cold and make you laugh on the Sinister side of your face at Women 's Wit and Wickedness . |
| 4 | Soho , meanwhile , enthuse and make me feel like a miserable old fart . |
| 5 | Our main purpose in life is to make people aware of the problem , to make them think of their own vulnerability and responsibility and make them act in a safe and sensible way . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He taught me the fundamentals of the job … unsparingly … he channelled my discontent and made me want to be an actor . |
| 8 | Bending down , he stared into her face , his long fingers strangely gentle as he cupped her cheek and made her look at him . |
| 9 | And it 's really to make people to attract peoples ' attention and to make them think about these issues . |
| 10 | Suddenly he cut me short and took me round the room and made me look at things . |
| 11 | He put out his hand towards her now but did n't touch her , saying , ‘ Do n't faint ; it wo n't help you any because I 'll only revive you with a jug of cold water and make you listen to the finish . |
| 12 | Do n't let anxiety rule your life — at our special one-day workshop you 'll learn how to control stress and make it work for you |
| 13 | It made my life a bit unbearable for a while and made it look as if I was attacking Michael , which I was n't . ’ |
| 14 | She took him into the living-room and made him sit in the black leather armchair . |
| 15 | He admits the scheme cramped his dress sense and made him sweat at official functions , but he hopes he has given the people of Hawick ‘ a sense of purpose , pride and awareness of the quality of world-class knitwear they produce ’ . |
| 16 | William II , Henry I and Stephen all won the throne by holding rivals at bay , and in each case warfare played its part ; in Henry 's case the battle of Tinchebrai ( 1106 ) enabled him to imprison his elder brother for life and made him secure in Normandy as well as in England ( see pp. 289 ff . ) . |
| 17 | ‘ I saw state policemen drag strikers across the road and make them kneel in the ditch there while they held shotguns in their backs . |
| 18 | Once that knowledge is gained , it can be used to explain events in the natural world , to make predictions about what will happen in the natural world , and thus to control that world and make it behave in ways that are , at least in theory , to the advantage of the controllers . |
| 19 | It was only when Maisie emerged from the back kitchen , wearing her third headscarf of the morning ( this one was in Liberty print and made her look as if she was about to go out to watch titled men shooting grouse ) , that he felt emboldened to get close enough to hear what they were saying . |
| 20 | Tom took his hand and made him point to the letters , going from left to right , sounding out each one . |
| 21 | The authors identified three options before them : first , ‘ planning ’ , starting again with no preconditions ; second , total dispersal ; and third , ‘ conditioned yet comprehensive planning ’ — retaining the old structure and making it work under modern conditions . |
| 22 | If you present someone with a set of stripes on a TV screen and make them move at right angles to their long axis , that is the direction in which the person will see them move . |
| 23 | He held the mutilated carving close before Harry 's face and made him look at it . |
| 24 | Since Legnani first danced the famous thirty-two fouettës in Swan Lake , it sometimes seems that choreographers lacking ideas for a spectacular finish to a solo , send the dancer spinning faster and faster round the stage , or set them centre stage and make them turn with increasingly difficult poses . |