Example sentences of "make [noun prp] [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mistakes usually make Lukic pick the ball out of the net . |
| 2 | Holly and ivy , the green leaves of winter … the thought of it made Tallis sing the carol , and Wynne-Jones joined in , adding his cracking voice to the melancholy memory of Christmas festivity . |
| 3 | Conservationists feel that if the nomination is accepted , they would be able to argue that any new ski development would make UNESCO take the accolade away . |
| 4 | She removed the clinging pink sweater , made famous by the Hollywood Oomph Girl , Lana Turner but which made Sylvia look the part of a streetwalker , and stripped herself of the gaudy , lace-edged cami-knickers she wore beneath . |
| 5 | But although the hunt for a substitute will go on , it looks increasingly likely that judicial pressure will make Walpole swallow the slime and Mr Weld his promise . |
| 6 | He taught her the words of the Angelus , the Hail Mary ; though he said that he could not quite use all the words himself literally , but he respected those who could , and he did not think there was anything in it which made Mary take the place of her Son . |
| 7 | The impulse which made Lewis transcribe the dialogue at such length was something which could have been directed into comic fiction . |
| 8 | If another lot of talks can make Iraq obey the demands of the UN Security Council , then the chance to avoid further bloodshed should be gratefully seized . |
| 9 | When she discovered Camilla had acted as Charles 's unofficial hostess at Highgrove functions in her absence it made Diana loathe the place even more . |
| 10 | This made Abie grip the reins tightly ; the muscles of his neck knotted and grew as all his worlds — past and future , real and imagined — became jumbled together and in his confusion the voice in his head rushed out of his mouth . |
| 11 | I made Stuart repeat the name to me several times : Squires Wine Bar . |
| 12 | Athelstan would correct him and make Cranston repeat the list of facts time and again until the coroner , not famous for his patience , shouted : ‘ Hell 's teeth ! |
| 13 | An America that stopped trying to ‘ solve ’ the conflict could still try to keep it manageable : by promoting arms control , say , or making Israel treat the Palestinians more gently . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're dreamy today , McAllister , ’ said Miss Mates accusingly , making Sally-Anne scrub the kitchen floor all over again , the first effort not being deemed sufficiently satisfactory . |
| 15 | He poured it into the glasses and handed her one with a mocking little bow that nearly made Hilary throw the liquid all over him . |
| 16 | Something in her face made Louisa unfold the letter . |
| 17 | Before we left Balham I made Des wait the car at the phonebox while I recorded dialling sounds from zero to nine . |
| 18 | Columbus in this bitter dream makes Isabella see the truth at last , makes her accept that her need for him is as great as his for her . |
| 19 | Boris Hessen 's account of the adoption of Newtonian physics in the seventeenth century as a response to the technological needs of the time can be read as a relativist account with respect to communities , whilst Feyerabend 's assertion that it is the ‘ internal connectedness of all the parts of the ( Copernican ) system together with his belief in the basic nature of circular motion that makes Copernicus pronounce the motion of the earth as real ’ is a remark in keeping with a relativism with respect to individuals . |