Example sentences of "[noun] and makes [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 It also reduces the load on the tail-skid or wheel and makes it slip sideways more easily .
2 Imagine , said Francis , that I returned to Perugia on the darkest of nights , a night so cold that everything is covered with snow , and the frost in the folds of my habit hits my legs and makes them bleed .
3 He 's honest to a fault and makes me feel I 'm greatly loved .
4 When you consider what makes you laugh , try to distinguish between the humour that opens things up , that enables you to confront painful areas and makes you feel stronger , and the humour that operates at the level of the stock response , works on your fear , keeps your defences up and makes you feel weaker .
5 Olwyn hits Katie and makes her cry .
6 The cold wind ruffles his hair and makes him flinch for a moment , but it is refreshing after the stale warmth of the house , and he takes a deep breath or two on his way to the garage .
7 This one falls uncompromisingly into the latter category and makes you wonder why it ai n't always this way .
8 Surely you can see that the very serious element in it puts the straightforward demonstration ‘ Maggie Maggie Maggie Out Out Out' ’ protest song , in its place and makes it seem trite and a little bit cosy ? ’
9 It works on the basis of a magnetic coil , which generates a high frequency radio signal , converting mercury gas inside the bulb into a " plasma " , emitting ultra-violet light which strikes the bulb 's phosphorous coating and makes it glow .
10 his drawing pad and makes me trace again and again
11 The wasted life and the wasted love that comes to me in the night and makes me cry out in pain . ’
12 He does n't just provide us with a general description , he puts forward more significant details and makes us visualise clearly and lets us see for ourselves what it was like .
13 This gives the novel great feeling and makes you ask many questions about how everything will link in together in the end .
14 A celebration of the Queen 's passion for the Turf , gun dogs and racing pigeons — one imagines in that order — comes as a welcome relief and makes one hope fervently that she will one day lead in a Derby winner .
15 Perhaps I could be Eric 's stunt man , standing in when he turns on the flash dangerous stuff that terrifies the defenders in his wake and makes them have a go like David Burrows did .
16 That 's what knobs off the A&R man and makes him say , ‘ I do n't want to know ’ . '
17 ‘ Tell me , my lady — is it mere courtesy that makes the bells ring , that makes moonlight of a sudden more desirable than sunlight and makes one yearn for this Twelfth Night to be of the past ?
18 ‘ — And she says dreadful things to you in front of the whole class and makes you feel really stupid , ’ continued Maud .
19 HIV enters the T4 cells and makes them produce more of the virus which eventually kills the T4 cells .
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