Example sentences of "[modal v] make he [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 it might make him feel sick .
2 He also had unusually heavy , drooping eyelids which could make him look comic or sinister , benevolent or supercilious .
3 She smiled up at him , wishing she could will the tension out of his body , wishing she could make him relax that guard .
4 She could make him doubt most things about himself , but not the accuracy of his ears .
5 At the same time , the worker has at his command tools and machinery that would make him feel enormous strength but he feels impotent because he is involved in only one part of the pattern of mass production ; never experiencing involvement with a total process from the raw material stage through to a finished product .
6 Fancy her thinking that getting him that lamp would make him feel any different about moving .
7 Someone once told him that horse manure in his wellington boots would make him grow taller , but the boys at school had made fun of him and Mr Sunderland , the headmaster , had called him a stupid gullible boy and made him scrape his boots and wash them clean in the outside drain and scrub his feet in hot water and carbolic soap .
8 His next goal is to walk and we can be sure that the same strength of character will make him achieve that .
9 Now he realises a sugar lump will make him feel better so he does n't mind .
10 ‘ Anyhow , ’ Sendei continued , ‘ while we 've got this we can make him do pretty much what we want . ’
11 If I can make him play deep and keep him as far away from our goal as possible the more I 'll fancy our chances . ’
12 If I can make him take another step he will come alongside Ludo .
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