Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] make [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tabloid press will publish stories of dole scroungers laying in bed all day , living the life of Riley on the dole , blaming the unemployed and making them feel guilty for a desperate plight . |
| 2 | ‘ I think you 'll have to , ’ said Fenella , who found the idea completely appalling , but who was trying to be practical and sensible and make it sound safe for them to go so that they could get Nuadu . |
| 3 | Now Saint Marcus had to put all that lot together to make it look right and make it make sense , with hindsight , bringing all the important pieces together . |
| 4 | If your exercise session is fairly strenuous and makes you pant a bit ( and takes at least twenty minutes ) your stamina will also increase . |
| 5 | He was terrific and made me realise the only reason I had these thoughts was because of the enormous love I have for you . |
| 6 | Our technique is to make customers feel relaxed and make them feel they are buying the right car for their needs . ’ |
| 7 | Since nineteen eighty two when they took away the related earnings from the unemployment benefit they have introduced a further nine retrograde steps to the plight of the unemployed and now the proposals as has already been pointed out they now have a look , because there 's a fifty billion pound shortfall at how they can best tackle the sick and make them pay , as well as people who are struggling to keep a roof over their head . |
| 8 | Goals will help keep you motivated and make you want to run , and they 'll also help you plan a specific , personalised training programme . |
| 9 | I just hope that he believes what he sees , that you do n't become too obvious and make him realize that he 's being set up . ’ |
| 10 | If that 's what you 're doing in practice , say so , do n't put all these exclusions in the document because that makes me suspicious and makes me think you 're trying to exclude these things . |
| 11 | The storyline at the moment is very good , gripping and makes you watch the next episode . |
| 12 | The correlations with the various scales give some indication of what types of situation subjects think of as risky , particularly those which require high levels of concentration , feel stressful and make them feel they are not in control . |
| 13 | Push the pictured tiles around the playing area , matching like with like and making them disappear — when two similar designs are placed adjacent to each other , they 're destroyed . |
| 14 | This speech although , shows Brutus to be very sincere and made him gain great admiration from the other conspirators . |
| 15 | By 35 , our faces have undergone structural changes , so that the hair-styles which suited us throughout our 20s may suddenly seem severe and make us look older . |
| 16 | If you do that , then I think that even though your own values are bound to be in it a bit , they wo n't be in it in a way that makes the work useless or makes it appear hopefully prejudiced to someone else . |
| 17 | On instructions from the Corporals , we stripped him naked and made him run across to the horse trough where he was thrown in . |
| 18 | At times his language turned crude and made him look foolish . |
| 19 | ‘ Okay , blue-eyes , ’ I drawled , even though they were green , ‘ be difficult and make me twist the information from you until you scream for my kisses … ’ |
| 20 | Much as we might like to , we ca n't turn the clock back on these fundamental changes , we have no choice but to proceed with all faith in the new and make it work . |
| 21 | Corporate entrepreneurs are people who envision something new and make it work . |
| 22 | Student prejudice kept the KGB off the list , which made Trent mad or made him laugh , depending on the day of the week . |
| 23 | She was still very active and made me feel so welcome , especially when she opened the sherry bottle . |
| 24 | The moment she saw Mungo , Mary Ann fussed and tut-tutted and made him have a bath . |
| 25 | It was fun and made me feel useful and wanted . |
| 26 | Knackering though it is , the sessions are also very enjoyable and make everybody work for each other . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , girls may be encouraged to keep their voices high , perhaps because it sounds sweet and makes them appear vulnerable and feminine . |
| 28 | ‘ Initially it was very disconcerting and made me feel very self-conscious , ’ she said . |
| 29 | The treatment itself was distressing and made him feel very ill , but the care and kindness of the medical staff and of the radiologists made his time bearable for both of us . |
| 30 | They went wild and made us promise to come back and give a display , so a few weeks later we returned and gave them the whole show . |