Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] make [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only ask because Mr Hamlyn has made them look remarkably similar — the main difference is that Ms Rendell has a splendid pair of naked buttocks perched on her head where her hair should be . |
| 2 | By setting this film against a backdrop of the London Underground , Christine Halsall and Steven Sprung made us feel inextricably woven into this madness . |
| 3 | Mandeville and Santerre had arrived at Templecombe wanting to make everyone dance to their tune . |
| 4 | ‘ IBM needs to make something happen with OS/2 2.1 , or it 's facing the possibility of being a niche product for a very long time . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Being with England has made me realise what I have missed ’ |
| 6 | Eva could be snobby , that was obvious , but if I saw something , or heard a piece of music , or visited a place , I would n't be content until Eva had made me see it in a certain way . |
| 7 | A steel frame , bolted together , which can be finished in a matter of months , before the Armenian winter sets in with temperatures of 40 degrees below freezing , it 's the brainchild of a school consultancy from Gloucester , but it 's taken agreement between Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher at today 's Downing Street talks to make it happen . |
| 8 | " Funny , being a bird-watcher , " a boy called Cosgrave had once said and Stephen had made him take that back , twisting his arm until he agreed to . |
| 9 | Nicola had made me go and see if he was okay and I said yes he was , because I 'd seen his eye move and I left him there . |
| 10 | Many viewers thought she 'd used the famous Lawley charm to make him relax and talk about his childhood and family . |
| 11 | Finally , Mrs Frizzell rose to make her report . |
| 12 | In a letter to a newspaper one man commented that he was taking his six-year-old daughter to her school sports day when she asked , ‘ Daddy , can I have some of the drugs that Ben Johnson took to make me run fast ? ’ |
| 13 | Frank Griffith has made them wonder if the letters really exist . |
| 14 | Visits to sports grounds in London and Birmingham had made me realize just how many second generation black kids were following the likes of Hope and Cunningham and channelling their efforts into sport . |
| 15 | Because Florian Jones had made him believe that she was innocent of all that he had accused her of . |
| 16 | Hindley has made him become a poor , dull farm worker . |
| 17 | What had Lavinia , Lady Merchiston done to make him speak so ? |
| 18 | Once Nour had made me laugh , but then I had laughed — like the nuns — more from happiness than mirth . |
| 19 | I had wanted to be a nun before Nour had made me love him with his golden hair and his golden face and his golden eyes . |
| 20 | For Bridgnorth had made me resolve that I would never more go among a people that had been hardened in unprofitableness under an awakening ministry … |
| 21 | ‘ And now , when it 's over , Florian has made you realise that you could quite safely have done so . |
| 22 | I must just tell you this , Laura did make me laugh , cos she said she stood up and she said , I 'm gon na give my talk about cats so I said , fine . |
| 23 | Everything Suzanna had made me feel was alive again , magnified a hundred times . |
| 24 | BRITISH motorists face higher road taxes under an EC plan to make them pay according to the number of miles they drive . |
| 25 | But with more than 50mpg available and the possibility of good deals to reduce the outlay , the cheapest Fiesta has made me take a long hard look at the lavishly equipped hot hatch we use as a shopping car . |