Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] to make some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the brothers had waited in vain for me to make some retraction . |
| 2 | Claudia pleaded with him to make some defence . |
| 3 | As he pushed away the empty plates she waited for him to make some comment about the meal . |
| 4 | In spite of my appeals for him to make some effort to intervene with the King , who could often attain success with a father bent on violent punishment , Kareem dismissed my cries of alarm with unconcealed irritation and insisted the subject be dropped . |
| 5 | She was waiting for him to make some reply , and he said slowly : ‘ I guess you must be homesick , now Captain Dawson is n't here . ’ |
| 6 | But it is up to you to make some decisions , however small , and to put them into action . |