Example sentences of "make [pers pn] [vb infin] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the old days , life was simple in schools in the sense that if pupils did n't do what they were supposed to do you thrashed them , or made them stand in the corner , or expelled them . |
| 2 | You would have thought Magnus 's mother would have been nice to me but I bet Father had already telephoned and told her lies about me , because she made me wait in the hall until Nanny came to collect me in a taxicab . |
| 3 | I do n't know what made me look in the bag , but it were n't . |
| 4 | She made me get in the driver 's side and we followed a Volga police car and did a careful legal speed all the way into town . |
| 5 | ‘ I saw state policemen drag strikers across the road and make them kneel in the ditch there while they held shotguns in their backs . |
| 6 | He spurred forward , sword raised , then a shout from his rear made him twist in the saddle . |
| 7 | They had suddenly pulled up his breeches and made him stand in the corner . |
| 8 | When they reached the Watermen , Mary and Ruth would n't let Ernest into the kitchen , but made him wait in the bar . |
| 9 | ‘ It might take a letter a week to get to Germany , might n't it ? ’ said Mrs Fanshawe , taking her rings off and amusing herself by making them flash in the sunlight right into Nurse Rose 's eyes . |
| 10 | He ripped a packet in his hand and smoothed the rubber on his cock making it shine in the half light as Richard raised his head and watched . |
| 11 | ‘ It seemed unfair to make them play in the dark , ’ John says . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It makes you see in the dark . |
| 14 | And when I took over the magazine I said let's just use the typefaces that they use in the newspaper and supplement them for some headlines , but try to make it belong in the New York Times . |
| 15 | But Kuwait , which is reported to have built up its output recently to 2 million bpd , was resisting pressure to make it share in the cuts . |
| 16 | But to tame an animal as awe-inspiring as a wild elephant , to make it work in the forests and to carry man into battle ! |
| 17 | Now sheer monotony makes it stick in the gullet like sawdust . |