Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] make [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think I 've made any mistakes this time . |
| 2 | Can I + can I make I wanted to make general point earlier . |
| 3 | I mean I 've made one or two balls-ups before now . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't consider I 've made such a fool of myself ; these things happen . ’ |
| 5 | I do n't want it to be questionable I want I want to make sure that somebody whose gon na be in that environment will settle down . |
| 6 | And if anything happens to me , I want you to promise to make sure that he inherits my money . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I expect they wanted to make sure he was baptized , ’ said Mrs Hollidaye . |
| 8 | Eros love is the chemistry that causes us to want to make physical contact — it is the butterflies in the tummy , the excitement that rises when we see or hear that special one and we want to say ‘ you flip my switches ’ , or ‘ you float my boat ’ . |
| 9 | Students are reminded that their eventual employers will expect them to have made good use of their time at university . |
| 10 | Let me watch to make sure you come to no harm . ’ |
| 11 | Having said this , let me try to make clear what I do not mean to be claiming in this section , lest I be taken to be arguing for more than I intend to be . |
| 12 | By bringing still more evidence to light , I hope I have made some contribution towards reforming an outmoded and unfair system , one that permits arrogant and unscrupulous commissioners to do as they please . |
| 13 | As I hope I have made clear already , the objectives have to be things which can actually be achieved by advertising — ‘ to increase sales ’ is not an advertising objective , though it is something to which advertising can and should contribute . |
| 14 | One way in which he does that he thinks is by plural voting , that you give the educated more than one vote , he says we have to make sure the educated do n't form their own class with their own class interests , but , but giving the educated a bigger say will lead us to make better decisions he thinks . |
| 15 | Alice told herself to stop making these apparently inconsequential statements . |
| 16 | The children themselves appeared , and after a second summer spent playing at the M's farm , and becoming ‘ socialised ’ by contact with that family , it seemed they had made some progress . |
| 17 | It was over a week since the children had been removed , and both police and the Social Work Department had said they had made independent investigations which had led to their decision to take such drastic action . |
| 18 | He has made a great number of friends here who wish him the best of luck , and hope he plans to make frequent visits back here . |
| 19 | We 'd just feel happier if we 'd thought you 'd made some provisions for the future . ’ |
| 20 | You 've taken that , you 've squared X so you 've got You 've made that into another value . |
| 21 | May I beg him to stop making political capital out of the health of the citizens of the capital and concentrate on the real issues ? |
| 22 | Think about that for a moment , cost it 's more than just a word , it 's potentially the mass genocide of innocent young people on both sides of the divide by the combined efforts of those who consider themselves fit to make such decisions for us , and about us . |
| 23 | Think about that for a moment , cost it 's more than just a word , it 's potentially the mass genocide of innocent young people on both sides of the divide by the combined efforts of those who consider themselves fit to make such decisions for us , and about us . |
| 24 | I do n't think we need to make any more buns yet . |
| 25 | We did make we did make this point to Keith actually very very clearly , |
| 26 | Er , I know I 've made some mistakes which they 've missed and I 've managed to put those right as I went on . |
| 27 | This problem is highlighted by the studies of Linton and Wagenaar which do make some attempt to sample a range of autobiographical events , both of which while showing slight memory improvements for emotional items appear to show memory impairments if the items were regarded as unpleasant . |
| 28 | When someone is bereaved they have to make considerable readjustment socially speaking . |
| 29 | Anyway , they all sensed they had to make this work . |
| 30 | erm , I have n't , I was gon na go and , I tried phoning Lorne one time I was going through to Glasgow just to see if I could , can I have a , can I have a pint with him or something , erm , just to chew it over cos he suggested you know he 'd made various helpful suggestions , in the meantime I did n't manage to meet him , but in the meantime I did manage to speak to my father-in-law who has a camcorder and er he will be more than happy to erm , he 's also got editing equipment , he would be more than happy you know , to do the home made video that we 've talked about , I need to talk to him about this because the obvious place to do will be the Lyceum on one of your shows |