Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] make he [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had blushed at the thought and turned quickly away , but as time passed he found that he desperately wanted to share his secret with her ; until then he 'd always confided in her unhesitatingly and it seemed strange that something should now make him hold back . |
| 2 | He was advised by Charity to brace up because the effect on the Colonel of tonight 's little scene might well make him change his mind . |
| 3 | Anything but a lucky accident might well make him look an idiot . |
| 4 | ( 155 ) … and even the Soviet morticians could not make him look presentable . |
| 5 | She had a severe struggle with herself , but decided that if she made a fuss she 'd just make him laugh even more at her . |
| 6 | He needs it because I suspect he 's hooked on the secrecy and excitement that could easily make him run off again . ’ |
| 7 | That could still make him feel good . |
| 8 | He lifted Goldman again , wrapping his arms round the man , but could n't make him move towards the car . |
| 9 | But since ( Rabbit believes ) Pooh will in fact believe that Rabbit believes what he says , this need n't make Rabbit say ‘ I believe there 's honey ’ : it need only make him say ‘ There 's honey ’ . |
| 10 | It had lain there all day , still unread , for he knew that just to look at it , just to scan its heavy headlines announcing further death and destruction would only make him sink deeper into the bog of doubt . |
| 11 | His personal religious feelings would not make him doubt Ramsey , for he owed something in his private religion to that tradition of the Oxford Movement which Ramsey represented . |
| 12 | He hoped she had made up her mind to talk and would not make him lose valuable time persuading her . |
| 13 | ‘ Even if you do find him , you ca n't make him go back to your sister , ’ she said slowly . |
| 14 | You can take a newt to water , but you ca n't make him swim . |
| 15 | I ca n't make him hear me , or see me . |
| 16 | But , as things stand , cases of a person feeling cold when conditions are such as would ordinarily make him feel warm are the exception to the rule . |
| 17 | ‘ William can be as stubborn as the devil when he chooses , and the sight of a soldier will only make him dig in his heels further . |
| 18 | After all , we have no proof against him , and if we can not make him talk , this mystery will never be solved . |
| 19 | We can create conditions for an employer , but we can not make him employ someone under those conditions . |
| 20 | Nicholas Soames , the aristocratically toned and booming Tory MP for Crawley , can still make him stumble at the despatch box by muttering ‘ Another G and T , Giovanni ’ . |