Example sentences of "makes i [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It makes me long for a complete collection so that I might read on , especially the verse you mention but do not quote . |
| 2 | ‘ You can scarcely conceive ’ , she wrote , ‘ how the jarring contrast between the sounds which are now for-ever ringing in my ears and the sweet sounds of Allfoxden makes me long for the country again . ’ |
| 3 | For he sometimes makes me sleep on the wrong side of my own bed . |
| 4 | It makes me cringe into the smelly upholstery of his battered armchair . |
| 5 | ‘ It makes me go to sleep in the afternoon . ’ |
| 6 | Then he makes me go round the shop with him and pick out flowers that are blue or white , nothing else . |
| 7 | Because too many people around , it makes me go like this , and I |
| 8 | M. It makes me want to be sick . |
| 9 | Such developments keep Johnson and Boswell at a further remove , although on the wall of the castle hangs a framed letter in which Johnson , with his attractive spidery writing , gives thanks to his host : ‘ The kind treatment which I have found wherever I go makes me leave with some heaviness of heart an island I am not likely to see again … |
| 10 | The next time he makes me stand in the rain when I need answers to questions , he may well be treated to a proverbial Glasgow kiss , but I do wish those who choose to criticise him ( and , given his superb all-round game , his one Major title does deserve scrutiny ) would give some consideration before they complain . |
| 11 | This makes me feel at a disadvantage . ’ |
| 12 | They think my Yorkshire accent is amusing , and Nicola , my boss , tells friends that I 'm ‘ from the country ’ , which makes me feel as if I 'm from another planet . |
| 13 | It stops me concentrating on breathing properly and makes me feel as if I 've lost control of the situation . |
| 14 | People like Jeff Whitefoot who is so experienced should be trying to encourage young players like myself but this makes me feel like packing it in . ’ |
| 15 | There were pictures on every page : an heiress danced at a charity ball with a matador half her age — ’ Enrico makes me feel like a child again ’ , an ageing pop star posed with his new wife — ’ Now I really do have everything . ’ |
| 16 | It makes me feel like a woman |
| 17 | ‘ Messiness makes me feel like hitting someone . |
| 18 | For he makes me feel like a light-bulb that can not switch itself off . |
| 19 | She makes me feel like a starlet . |
| 20 | Do you know what that makes me feel like ? |
| 21 | It makes me feel like a sneak . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Nothing about this situation makes me feel in the least happy , ’ she shot back at him . |
| 23 | Nobody makes me pay for it , I always pay for my drinks . |
| 24 | Prince 's music makes me think of Des Esseintes 's symphony of perfumes : exquisite , heady , overpowering , slightly nauseous . |
| 25 | ‘ He is not in the least like any of Henrietta 's children , but when I see him laugh and run he makes me think of them , being nearer the little one 's age than my Penini . |
| 26 | I 'm watching it , and I want you to watch it too , it makes me think of you . ’ |
| 27 | This time of the building of the gardens of our minds makes me think of the Pacific Ocean where insects spin the sunlight and the salt water , and weave them into the most beautiful oases of the sea . |
| 28 | I wanted to forget him , because he makes me think of his mother . |
| 29 | Yes I think that , jut having said the word survive , there erm , makes me think of if er they are actually surviving , but not living . |
| 30 | It 's the kind of place best avoided after dark ; it makes me think of poor Moley , and Ratty 's warning , and that 's why I call it the Wild Wood . |