Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] make [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the lift to his floor he thought how odd it was that taking a firm stand should make him feel so bad-tempered . |
| 2 | The distress of your loss might make you see things . |
| 3 | Concerned , however , that these words might make him seem too frivolous , in the simple delight he obviously took in playing with his cat , he checks himself with the criticism that ‘ verily it may well be called an idle man 's pastime ’ . |
| 4 | And a nice cup of tea 'll make you feel better . |
| 5 | Albert took off his glasses and rubbed them on his handkerchief and put them back on , as if clean spectacles might make him think better . |
| 6 | I hoped my vote would make him think again . |
| 7 | But , when nothing she could do from inside the car would make it go again , she began to realise in her non-mechanical mind that she had something of a problem on her hands . |
| 8 | The judiciary only resort to disciplinary action in the most blatant cases , where the alternative would make us look even worse . |
| 9 | If you know that a slightly longer sweater will make you look slimmer and you want to look that way , it is up to you to examine the diagram before you knit and work accordingly . |
| 10 | Only a dramatic confrontation with the reality of their condition will make them take their illness seriously . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , you seem to have them by the wrong end , but , seeing as no amount of protestations will make you change your mind , I sha n't bother . |
| 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 | This enforced separation might make him feel her loss . |
| 14 | ( Do n't worry that visualising the scene might make it materialise . |
| 15 | We went along with to investigate armed with a pile of Fun Fortnight T-shirts to see if the youngsters could make us laugh . |
| 16 | We went along with to investigate armed with a pile of Fun Fortnight T-shirts to see if the youngsters could make us laugh . |
| 17 | We went along with to investigate armed with a pile of Fun Fortnight T-shirts to see if the youngsters could make us laugh . |
| 18 | ONE MORE DANCE COULD MAKE YOU BLIND |
| 19 | An hour on the workbench could make them play quite reasonably , but do n't imagine you 're getting anything like a real Rickenbacker for a bargain price ; they 've got the looks , but that 's about all . |
| 20 | And yet , over a century after Jack The Ripper 's grisly murders — so foul that simple descriptions would make you puke — no-one is any the wiser about his identity … |
| 21 | Worrying about , concentrating on and listening to the head noises will make them seem even more prominent and dominating . |
| 22 | Chicken will make you grow into a big strong boy . |
| 23 | The Ocean Princess will make you believe it 's your own personal yacht . |
| 24 | You may think you have problems now , but Vittorio can make them seem like fond memories . ’ |
| 25 | The truth is , of course , that no hypnotherapist can make you do anything . |
| 26 | Skilful questioning of the child can make him tap sources of knowledge he did n't know he had . |
| 27 | Professional punters can make it pay by carefully studying form but the average punter will end up with £81 for every Pounds 100 staked . |
| 28 | We are now being told by this arrogant and incompetent lot that having given us record unemployment , bankruptcies , house repossession , liquidations , factory closures etc , that they are the only ones fit to govern when surely that record should make them hang their heads in shame . |
| 29 | Your charms could make me forget the world . |
| 30 | And this job will make him feel like that , ’ said Fagin eagerly . |