Example sentences of "may make [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 If your organization is slap-happy it will unnerve candidates and may make them think twice before accepting a job with you .
2 Sometimes changing to a normal lifestyle may make them feel guilty .
3 You 've got to make them feel that you 're not expecting too much of them , or you may make them freeze .
4 In such circumstances their use of slang and informal language may make them seem rather stupid in the eyes of others .
5 He may make me feel desolate , make my spirits sink , hide my future from me … still …
6 It may make me sound as if I 'm in training for a Blue Peter badge , but it works .
7 A drug may make an animal less hungry , less mobile , less sensitive to the pain of an electric shock , just as much as it may make it forget .
8 That may make it seem as if we thought each had specific dates and a definite content .
9 Excessive heat may make us feel ‘ stupid ’ and unable to function mentally .
10 The problems of the informal interview , then , are considerable , and they may make us feel that the formal type of interview is much less beset with difficulties and open to the criticism of lack of scientific method .
11 Dame Edna Everage may make us laugh at prejudice , but are we smiling or laughing at ourselves ?
12 Fear of losing our grip may make us hang on to jobs for longer than we should , in an attempt to reassure ourselves .
13 OK — when you 're in a dazed state , drugs may make you think you understand it all .
14 An enjoyable social life at the beginning of June may make you think twice about getting married now , Aquarius !
15 Firing off a writ or an unfair dismissal application may make you feel better for a little while , but you should think carefully before launching yourself into a full-scale battle .
16 Food intolerance may be the cause of many minor ailments , which may make you feel under par .
17 And I 've got something to tell you which may make you feel the same way about me . "
18 If you can stand the pace and the heat , Bangkok is a very rewarding place to visit , although it may make you feel like taking a week afterwards to lie on a beach and recover .
19 It may make you want to ask the caterer if the coronation chicken was free range .
20 Do not cover up aspects of your lifestyle , such as heavy drinking , which you think may make you look less respectable .
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