Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [vb -s] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That skirt makes you look dumpy . |
| 2 | Only in a few cases is it unclear whether a crater is volcanic or from an impact , and in comparably few cases does it seem more likely that a crater is of volcanic origin . |
| 3 | We shall shortly see that pragmatism is less radical than this description makes it seem , for it recognizes reasons of strategy why statutes should generally be enforced in accordance with their plain and intended meaning and why past judicial decisions should normally be respected in present cases . |
| 4 | The historical background provided in this chapter helps us understand some of these diagnoses as well as some of the prescriptions . |
| 5 | All this chaff makes me feel uneasy and isolated — or rather , did make me . |
| 6 | This routine lets you add a dustbin to DOSShell . |
| 7 | This device helps us do just that . |
| 8 | This package lets you add different patterns , shades and backgrounds to all TrueType fonts , thus making sure your productivity will slide further down the tubes . |
| 9 | I have to explain to everyone that I 'm not so much of a monomaniac as this collection makes me seem , but when my old man died , thirty years ago , he left me his paintings . |
| 10 | Oh this this page makes me laugh ! |
| 11 | The puzzle is , where along this chain does it get fixed that on this occasion the answer comes out " here " ? |
| 12 | Advantages : This baby makes you feel good . |
| 13 | This example makes it seem that the consumer price is raised by the full amount of the tax . |
| 14 | The examples that Shklovsky 's enthusiasm for the idea makes him choose in the early essays are extremely heterogeneous , and this heterogeneity makes him come close to spoiling the unique value of his case . |
| 15 | I ca n't tell you how feminine this line makes me feel ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Nothing about this situation makes me feel in the least happy , ’ she shot back at him . |
| 17 | Over-eating involves eating foods you like , convenience foods , take-away dinners , going out to parties or for meals ( but you think this is bad and behaving this way makes you feel guilty ) . |
| 18 | ‘ This weather makes me want to sneeze , ’ she said , and blew her nose vigorously . |
| 19 | Such enthusiasm makes them appear eccentric compared to policemen and women on the sections . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , and how much money does she need for that ? ’ asked Anne 's father , looking up quickly . |
| 21 | How much ice does it cut in the modern industrial society ? |
| 22 | Their bleedings and leakages , their lumps and growths , their peculiarly painful-sounding surgical operations — scraping of wombs , stripping of veins , amputation of breasts — the mere mention of such things makes him wince and cringe , and lately the menopause has added new items to the repertory : the hot flush , flooding , and something sinister called a bloat . |
| 23 | How much profit does he make ? |
| 24 | — How much classwork does it give you ? |
| 25 | The first question to ask is how much time does it want to spend on music overall ? |
| 26 | She felt the light , warm caress of his breath on her cheek as he bent his head and murmured tauntingly , ‘ Just how much heat does it take to melt broken glass ? ’ |
| 27 | Actually we hardly dare look at her now , the tiny typist , such power does she wield . |
| 28 | ‘ In the same way as some people might go to church and seek absolution , accepting that I have confessed to these sins makes me feel better . |
| 29 | Nowhere on either record does it say what these piano reductions are — the composer 's or another hand ? |
| 30 | ‘ Nothing in these papers makes me believe anything to the contrary . |