Example sentences of "[noun] to make us [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does n't come with a lot pious platitudes and and charming words to make us feel better . |
| 2 | Lies are essential in life , says Professor Loyal Rue — not only do we lie to others , we tell ourselves fibs to make us feel better . |
| 3 | We have even constructed elaborate theories to make us feel better about the lives older people lead . |
| 4 | ‘ I just felt that though we were 14 when we last met there must have been something of the child left in our features to make us recognize each other after half a century . ’ |
| 5 | Here are some : To get out of trouble To get someone else out of trouble To make us look better than we are Try to think of some more . |
| 6 | Well that 's what I 'm saying , you know drugs erm , well you 're looking at society where we 're given drugs to make us feel better . |