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

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1 That it might make them think other than we wish them to think ?
2 The curia was worried by talk of modernization — especially perhaps by the thought that 2,500 bishops in Rome might make them change their procedures in unwelcome ways .
3 ‘ The only thing that might make them move after three years here is Italy .
4 She must never ever do anything that might make them fight .
5 This enforced separation might make him feel her loss .
6 it might make him feel sick .
7 Albert took off his glasses and rubbed them on his handkerchief and put them back on , as if clean spectacles might make him think better .
8 Concerned , however , that these words might make him seem too frivolous , in the simple delight he obviously took in playing with his cat , he checks himself with the criticism that ‘ verily it may well be called an idle man 's pastime ’ .
9 He is likely to be easily distracted by the sights and sounds around him , and this might make him stray into the road or trip and fall .
10 ‘ It might make him accept a cut in his fee — out of sheer good will and concern for the Hochhauser Season . ’
11 The patient has to undress slowly and methodically , as there is a temptation to go too quickly , which might make him lose his balance and increase his spasticity .
12 ‘ You 're quite certain you said nothing that might make him suspect ? ’
13 The threat just might make him see sense .
14 That might make me drink .
15 I do n't think it will make me a vegetarian but it might make me think about it .
16 He might make me come back to London , and I could n't bear it .
17 This is the one thing that might make me lose my temper .
18 Perhaps he thought it might make me nip up a bit quicker with his morning tray . ’
19 I 'm trying not to cry and I 'm trying not to cough , either , because that might make me cry .
20 ‘ I do understand that reading a recipe might make you panic .
21 In spite of the fact that you turned her away , I was afraid that your love and devotion to her might make you forget how she had shamed you .
22 If , in defence of your own attitudes , you do n't wish to examine them and believe that they are fixed , it 's not worth exposing yourself and listening to anything that might make you think differently .
23 It might make you cough , but you 'll feel better . ’
24 You know , darling , I carry a very clear picture or you in my head , and probably some of my thoughts might make you feel shy - and glad , too , I hope !
25 Also the stronger the solution of minerals and salts in your bathwater , the more moisture your skin loses , however delightful it might make you feel to bathe in bubbles .
26 I thought , if you knew you 'd been abandoned , it might make you feel insecure , and I felt there was no need for you to know that . ’
27 The distress of your loss might make you see things .
28 Might make you hesitate .
29 In fact if you think about it evolution might promote your reproductive success by making you vaguely unhappy most of the time , cos that might make you strive for more success .
30 In fact one thing he says er which might make you doubt his motives somewhat is that the reason for giving people more than one vote is that they 're more educated , but in general there is also a rough correlation between property ownership and education and so there 's a good reason to give the property owners more than one vote , people who own a lot of property more than one vote .
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