Example sentences of "[coord] make [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , in a postscript , as if feeling that his measured words had not yet said enough , he added with a sudden note of desperation : ‘ May God preserve us & make us continue to be joy & comfort & wisdom & virtue to each other , my dear , dear , Poole ! ’ |
| 2 | They tell little lies to get themselves out of trouble or make themselves look good , but real villains live in a fantasy world . |
| 3 | ‘ Alternatively , a woman may have low self-esteem , feeling she can only impress others or make them like her by buying status symbols or the latest fashions . |
| 4 | Her hands flew to his shoulders , but whether to fend him off or make him stay she could not have said . |
| 5 | I must admit the ‘ truth ’ did not smack me right between the eyes or make me leap like Archimedes from his bath . |
| 6 | The sole exception to this seems to be in the case of co-ordination of whole clauses , where the co-ordination would be a matter of like treatment in respect of assertoric or imperative or interrogative force ( so that co-ordinations of , say , a command and a statement , if they ever occur , sound odd , or make one feel that the speaker has switched constructions in the middle of a sentence ) . |
| 7 | With over 6,5OO voluntary reresentatives across Britain , any eligible person need only look in their local telephone directory or ask at the Citizens Advice Bureau for the nearest SSAFA office and write one letter or make one call . |
| 8 | So assertive is just being clear in what you want being prepared to keep going until you 've got something along those lines rather than letting people dismiss you or make you feel as though they 've dismissed you and your point not being considered i.e. your point not being heard or going away feeling that your point you did n't have a fair crack because you did n't give your point properly . |
| 9 | Also , do n't think that it will put you into a trance or make you say or do stupid things . |
| 10 | Reading Alison and Freya 's stories may worry you , puzzle you , or make you wonder whether your feelings about your body , or constant dieting or guilt over food , makes you obsessive , or verging on an eating disorder . |
| 11 | Yes , so you have to put a lot of , like , mousse on or make it wet , no not wet , it stings |
| 12 | But Walcott does n't give his characters enough to do , or make us warm to Sonny so that we care whether he stays a tourist toy . |
| 13 | We must ensure that any new action does not jeopardise what we have done or make us lose more than we have gained . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Student prejudice kept the KGB off the list , which made Trent mad or made him laugh , depending on the day of the week . |
| 16 | We chose the following three dads as the winners of our Top of the Pops Competition because they either warmed our hearts or made us laugh . |
| 17 | We chose the following three dads as the winners of our Top of the Pops Competition because they either warmed our hearts or made us laugh . |
| 18 | Design involves doing something or making something happen . |
| 19 | It 's not entertaining us or making us feel comfortable . |
| 20 | Constructive dismissal includes demoting you , reducing your salary or making you do demeaning chores without actually sacking you . |
| 21 | Many thought that training was a technique by the government to take people off the unemployment register or to make them feel that because they were ‘ trainees ’ they were not therefore ‘ unemployed ’ . |
| 22 | And Miss P told him that if ever any man tried to mess him about or to make him do things he did n't want to do then he should come right back to The Bar and tell us , and we 'd sort the man out for him . |
| 23 | You also need to be inventive and prepared to look to untried and untested ways to earn money or to make it work for you . |
| 24 | The whole thing about a talk show is that you have to ask the questions that people are interested in — not in a way that puts the guest on the spot or makes them feel awkward — we 're not out to ‘ get ’ anyone , that 's not the idea of it at all — but certain things must be asked . |
| 25 | If you do that , then I think that even though your own values are bound to be in it a bit , they wo n't be in it in a way that makes the work useless or makes it appear hopefully prejudiced to someone else . |
| 26 | If a toothbrush tickles or makes you gag , try the new A/Mano tongue cleanser ( £6.95 , Harrods ) . |
| 27 | Knackering though it is , the sessions are also very enjoyable and make everybody work for each other . |
| 28 | This , surely , would inflame Harry and make him want to make love to her . |
| 29 | And make him regret it — him and this Maclean ! |
| 30 | So if the plaintiffs can , without obtaining the bank statements and other documents held by Mr. Tully prove that he has embezzled money from Abbey and make him bankrupt , the plaintiffs can then discover the bank statements and other information they now seek . |