Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [adj -er] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thousands of people took AZT in the hope that it would make them feel better and live longer . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't make me feel sillier than I already do . ’ |
| 3 | It looks therapeutic in movies but it made me feel worse than ever . |
| 4 | I know it sounds stupid , but it , like , made me feel better than if I just smoked a joint with it . |
| 5 | They made me feel older than they were . |
| 6 | Yes , I think whenever one makes judgment about therapy being better or worse you have to say er on what criteria and there are certainly certain criteria on which group therapy would do better for certain problems like us making feel people feel better if they had a symptom or problem which erm make them feel worse because , because they felt isolated from the community , so it means other people who have got the same problem makes you feel better erm and er certainly suggestion therapy can produce dramatic results especially in the short run . |
| 7 | All the doctors , psychiatrists and groups I 'd been to so far for help had made me feel worse than ever : could she be any different ? |
| 8 | Let him grow stronger before you break the news . |
| 9 | Disclosing what 's happening to you can make you feel better and , as described earlier in this chapter , it can also raise your status : ‘ I feel quite tongue-tied in this company ’ or ‘ That comment 's made me go quite red ! ’ |
| 10 | Although excess fluid will not harm you , it will make you feel bigger than you really are . |
| 11 | Which choice(s) would make you feel smaller and more separate from others ? |
| 12 | If you know that a slightly longer sweater will make you look slimmer and you want to look that way , it is up to you to examine the diagram before you knit and work accordingly . |
| 13 | That 'll make you look older and I 'm going to look like a bloody prat ! |
| 14 | But even if this is your situation it is important to establish some degree of self-sufficiency from the outset to help you become stronger and happier eventually . |
| 15 | Two deep lines down her forehead and the complete absence of make up made her look older than her probable forty odd years . |
| 16 | She 'd reverted to her glasses because she thought they made her look older and more respectable , somehow , the way people wanted a doctor to look . |
| 17 | The fullness around her forehead balanced her square chin and the waterfall of glossy brown hair softened her angular bones and made her look younger than usual . |
| 18 | He meant it would make her look older and plainer . |
| 19 | Now he realises a sugar lump will make him feel better so he does n't mind . |
| 20 | It made him feel better when he heard Smallfry mention the book , the special album in which they kept all the photographs of him wearing his best clothes and doing nice things . |
| 21 | He was wearing a grey suit with a light polo-neck sweater which made him look younger and at the same time more intimidating than he had the day before . |
| 22 | João had been out with Fernando for most of the previous night and looked pale and tired , but Maria Iñes said this was all to the good , because it made him look older and readier to take on the responsibility of a wife . |
| 23 | ‘ It would n't make it taste better if I owned it . ’ |
| 24 | make it look simpler than that . |
| 25 | She 's made me angry with her anger , and then turned it around so that I 'm eaten up with guilt because she 's been ill and I have n't noticed , and now she 's taking the blame on herself and making me feel worse than ever . |
| 26 | One such is Marilyn Lawrence 's The Anorexic Experience ( The Women 's Press , 1984 ) , which I found did talk about my experiences without making me feel weirder than ever , or a mere statistic . |
| 27 | It was pretty old and too small now , making me look skinnier than I was , but it would be all right for the trip . |
| 28 | Exercise tones you up all over and as well as making you feel fresher and fitter , it helps you to sleep better . |
| 29 | His nose , hands and feet seemed large in relation to his thin face and limbs , somehow making him look older than a newborn . |
| 30 | It altered her appearance considerably , making her look older and quite severe , and in her new black working dress she could have been taken for a widow . |