Example sentences of "[pron] made [pers pn] [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's talking about the time I approached them at Leeds Poly and asked them why their logo featured women 's breasts rather than the species-ist cow 's udders I made them change it to . |
| 2 | The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo . |
| 3 | I 'll get you so you wo n't even recognise your own body but after we 've done it you 'll be grateful to me that I made you do it and you 'll enjoy it and you 'll get better at it and one day you 'll thank me for doing this to you . |
| 4 | You wanted to abandon it by the side of the road , but I made you push it on , with myself taking short spells of pushing . |
| 5 | It shows signs of spreading , which made me think it must be lead and , therefore , a .22 . |
| 6 | She made him do it . ’ |
| 7 | She made me repeat it five times . |
| 8 | She made me see it , and the different evergreens , and the red berries and the dogwood and the sheltered bench and the silvery fish in the little pool … |
| 9 | But you made me fight it , and I did . |
| 10 | ‘ You made me squash it , ’ snapped Victoria and pettishly threw it across the room , where it struck the sleeping dog sharply on the flank . |
| 11 | ‘ I just said , it looked to me at first as though it was a woman , then just something made me think it might be a man . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ S/he made me do it ! ’ |
| 13 | Well , it was his fault , it was him stealing my money , he made me do it , Officer , I 'm not guilty , M' lud . |
| 14 | But he made me do it , I did n't want to do it , but he he he made me do it . |
| 15 | But he made me do it , I did n't want to do it , but he he he made me do it . |
| 16 | This recalls the habitual remark of youngsters admitting to some misdemeanor performed under the influence of another : He made me do it ! , which would be significantly different from He forced me to do it which implies an action one was pushed into by means of force rather than one performed under coercion . |
| 17 | It was 's fault , he made me do it . |
| 18 | He made me put it down and began a long , fast conversation with the soldier . |
| 19 | He made them put it in the garden shed . ’ |
| 20 | It was n't a sound I ever remembered him having made , but certain things about it made me think it came from Quigley . |
| 21 | Now why , what made them take it to the stage |
| 22 | I think that was partly what made him do it . |
| 23 | ‘ So what made you do it ? ’ |
| 24 | What made you do it . |
| 25 | What made you think it was n't ? |
| 26 | ‘ What made you buy it , ’ she asked tightly , ‘ right next door to my father ? |
| 27 | I said to 'im , ‘ Whatever made yer do it , Ernie ? ’ |