Example sentences of "[verb] and make [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What are you going to do instead ? ’ asks Phil , chewing up little pieces of graph paper into sodden balls , and flicking them at the laboratory ceiling with a slide-rule to try and make them stick . |
| 2 | So Malcolm went down Club Row market and bought us a cat and the most ridiculously horrible food — tins of sardines and those disgusting tinned plum tomatoes they used to try and make you eat at school . |
| 3 | That was why I kept pushing you and provoking you — to try and make you spit it out . |
| 4 | Well there are one or two other things we can do to try and make you feel better er even if the , the hands are n't the principle cause er I think we 'll see what happens , work your chest out of the way first though . |
| 5 | Well , perhaps I wo n't light the fire until half past eleven or something to try and make it go that bit further . |
| 6 | I did use more at first when I was buying grams , say a year ago , when I was doin' that , but , say this last year I was trying to pace meself out 'cos I knew that I 'd run outa money eventually , so I had to try and make it last … . |
| 7 | And after as many tender words as he could think of , to try and lighten the load , to try and make it seem less of a confession , even to try and compensate for the shared and shaming confidence , he told Fergus that he had been responsible for the fire that had burned down the barn near Port Ann , fifteen years earlier . |
| 8 | She would fall and make him drag her the rest of the way first . |
| 9 | Your cousin warned me off again , we had a little set-to in the pub , so I thought I 'd better come and make me mark . ’ |
| 10 | It was all right for the likes of May and Izzy , always shouting and laughing and making her cry . |
| 11 | I chose a man who massaged my bruised ego , made up for much of the emotional neglect I 'd suffered and made me laugh a lot . |
| 12 | They always do that , the saucy wenches , they like to tease and make me beg for them to come back . |
| 13 | When I 'm not happy every day , about the things I said today , she caught me being rude today , but I know , she 'll tell stories to make me laugh , she makes me laugh , makes me laugh , she 'll tell stories to make me laugh and to make me feel this bad , I love my mum , she 's the best mum in the world |
| 14 | My mum remembers long ago , when she makes snow men in the snow , and pulled a face at Mrs Jones , but I 'll know she 'll tell stories to make me laugh , make me laugh , make me laugh , she 'll tell stories to make me laugh and to make me feel this bad , I love my mum , she 's the best mum in the world |
| 15 | The idea enters the brain and by being given meaning triggers off a biochemical process which soothes and makes us feel happy . |
| 16 | It makes the British attitude to planemaking — make it commercial or defence oriented and make it pay PDQ — look plain shortsighted and stupid . |
| 17 | The great Italian poet Leopardi had this to say : ‘ Works of genius have this intrinsic property that even when they give a perfect likeness of the nullity of things , even when they clearly demonstrate and make us feel the inevitable unhappiness of life , even when they express the most terrible despair , nevertheless … they always serve as a consolation , rekindling enthusiasm , and though speaking of and portraying nothing but death , restore to it , at least for a while , the life that it had lost . ’ |
| 18 | You need to be on a diet that is healthy , well-balanced , and that you enjoy and makes you feel good . |
| 19 | I 'd start by shooting a few people I know and making them stop digging holes in the road . ’ |
| 20 | After a few scotches , he told her he 'd buy a dishwasher , throwing in a string of fatuous clichés about her delicate hands , sparkling and making her laugh . |
| 21 | If you want the entrance to be part of the item , keep moving and make it flow . |
| 22 | So I 'm in there — making them run — that 's what you 're trying to do and make them feel small . |
| 23 | See if you can try and make them feel better — you 'll soon forget about your own problems . |
| 24 | Did you try and stop them , did you try and make them see reason ? |
| 25 | We would tread very carefully but we have done this sort of thing before and we would try and make him realise just what he 's doing to himself . ’ |
| 26 | If she did n't try and make him behave , no one else would . |
| 27 | Well i that was to sort of try and make you focus on the gifts of the Holy Spirit that we 're going to receive , that we receive through or that you have strengthened through Confirmation , rather than receiving because they 're already there . |
| 28 | Oh dear , he thought , she 's going to cry and make me look a bastard in front of all the doctors and nurses . |
| 29 | Soon she would see them , but first thing in the morning , before she booked her flight , packed up her belongings , she must see Leo , try and make him understand . |
| 30 | The assistants try and make them fill this in . |