Example sentences of "[pers pn] make [pron] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , not wanting to return to bed , she made herself comfortable in the wicker armchair , her eyes gazing on her husband 's sleeping face . |
| 2 | We make them aware of the pitfalls . |
| 3 | If we 'll only buy highly coloured food , we make it difficult for the industry to eliminate the additives which provide them . |
| 4 | Mr when he gave evidence , assessed the parent 's contribution as quote absolutely amazing really , not just what they did to help the nurses but also in insisting that she was n't stupid , she just could n't talk they made it clear to the nurses and doctors that she could understand and we were n't to treat her like a vegetable . |
| 5 | The Commander 's gay as a grasshopper , old Dass 's son walks in and tells them they make him sick to the teeth . |
| 6 | Given that weak electromagnetic fields at the power frequencies 50Hz and 60Hz do pollute the environment in the sense that they make it hostile for the chemistry of body functions , there is no real choice other than making sure we live well removed from power lines or accept the higher incidence of cancer and leukaemia as tolerable . |
| 7 | Even now he says he was surprised by the appointment , which caused him to make himself unavailable for the British Lions ' tour of South Africa . |
| 8 | But it 's n I still ca n't reconcile why it was kept secret cos surely this is a fundamental point cos it is because they ca n't openly declare that how that they are moving away from the United Front , but if they 're trying to show that they 're moving in line with the peasants ' demands surely they want to show that to the peasants an so there , there 's it 's more that how th the Party cadres have been acting out of step rather than them making it clear to the peasants . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He made himself ill with the worry . |
| 11 | But Under-21 boss Craig Brown said : ‘ I felt Darren was unfortunate , but he made it easy for the official by a slight push . |
| 12 | He made it possible for the duke and his eight-months pregnant duchess to rush back from Germany to Kensington Palace for the birth , putting up the royal cavalcade at his home in Shooter 's Hill on the way . |
| 13 | Startled , she looked up into Dane 's sea-blue eyes , and even as she tried to strengthen herself against him she felt a rush of longing so intense that it made her weak at the knees . |
| 14 | Instead he makes you privy to the way he took certain shots , coping with available light , wind , wet knees and so on . |
| 15 | He makes it clear in the dedication of the latter that voices and instruments were to be used now together , now separately ( ‘ per vocum et instrumentorum melodiam , tam conjuncte quam divisim ’ ) but not at all clear how this was to be done . |
| 16 | The West Indian family values education , but the way it goes about it makes it impossible for the kids . |
| 17 | As far as possible , it should be included in primary legislation ; otherwise it makes it difficult for the House to consider the issues . |
| 18 | This effectively nullifies the use of the ‘ upwards reporting ’ of SPRs and SSRs , since it makes it difficult for the recipients to see the extent of the problem . |
| 19 | This effectively nullifies the use of the ‘ upwards reporting ’ of SPRs and SSRs , since it makes it difficult for the recipients to see the extent of the problem . |
| 20 | The beauty of this method is that it makes you aware of the most harmonic choices that are avaible to you on any chosen scale degree . |
| 21 | The analytical approach is useful to us because it makes us familiar with the parts and the way they work together . |
| 22 | LET us make it clear from the outset , writes Jack Massarik , that the correspondents , copytakers and editorial staff who contribute to your sports pages are all doing an absolutely splendid job . |