Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I merely made it possible for you to come back to me the sooner . ’ |
| 2 | Despite the fact that he had come from a long line of soldier forebears , even the combination of breeding , upbringing and training no longer made it easy for him to bear the tedium of army life with good grace . |
| 3 | Kovalenko concluded that it was ‘ highly improbable that the five ASEAN countries , which lack adequate political , economic and military strength to force the imperialist powers to withdraw from Southeast Asia and thus make it possible for its people independently to determine their future , will be able to solve this question on their own ’ . |
| 4 | I started to think he finally made it impossible for me to be myself . ’ |
| 5 | While many a villager born in so small an island as Britain might pass all his days without seeing the sea , some of his comrades from every European land risked its dangers , courted its excitement — or just found it serviceable for their varied aims . |
| 6 | In retrospect , the greatest disservice Charles Howard ever did me was the way he had somehow made it impossible for me to trust this man . |
| 7 | Not only had Cora-Beth been incredibly patient and understanding about his reluctance to become engaged these past two years , but during that period of his life she had somehow made it possible for them to renew their old easy friendship . |
| 8 | It 's just to keep it tidy for me and your mummy coming down in the morning son . |
| 9 | They succeeded , thus making it possible for me to make predictions which could afterwards be verified . |
| 10 | By a process of ‘ abstraction ’ , moreover , it was possible for these general notions to be ‘ impressed ’ on our minds or intellects , thus making it possible for us to think in terms of them . |
| 11 | In the past we 've always made it easy for you . |
| 12 | He has always made it tough for me when he has been in contention but I can deal with that because I have confidence in my game . ’ |
| 13 | My friends have also made it difficult for me , but the world has n't come to an end . ’ |
| 14 | If we know how horses communicate , it not only makes it easier for us to understand them and look after them , but it also makes it possible for us to communicate with them more satisfactorily . |
| 15 | This immobility also makes it essential for him to be on good terms with his neighbours , as they are likely to be there , for better or worse , for most of his life . |
| 16 | Nobody likes to think about death … especially premature death … but the miracles of modern medicine now make it possible for someone who dies to give life to another . |
| 17 | But what really made it impossible for anyone to convict me was when , to my astonishment , a frail , bent old man appeared in the witness box . |
| 18 | The absence of a market rate of interest will obviously be a disincentive to lending but the law deals with this too : ‘ If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates … thou shalt not harden thine heart nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother : But thou shalt … surely lend him sufficient for his need , in that which he wanteth ’ ( Deut. 15:7–8 ) . |
| 19 | Today , of course , the importance of political parties makes it difficult for members of Parliament to claim to represent all their constituents ; but equally makes it difficult for them to assume delegate roles . |
| 20 | There is also the possibility of your neighbour erecting a wall within his own land , which would then make it impossible for you to carry out any maintenance works , even if you were able to gain access to your neighbour 's land . |
| 21 | She was easily distracted by any noise , particularly if there was a chance it was food or another bird calling , and this sometimes made it difficult for me to make her concentrate on what I thought she should be doing . |
| 22 | It pretends that there 's single no-fault ground for divorce — that the marriage has irretrievably broken down — but in practice it encourages nearly three-quarters of divorcing couples to rely on fault based grounds — adultery , or unreasonable behaviour as it 's usually called — and then makes it difficult for anybody to defend allegations , irrespective of whether that was the real reason why the marriage broke down . |