Example sentences of "make me [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Daddy 's gon na make me eat some tomato and , and cucumber |
| 2 | ‘ The pleasure of being top , and nothing else , except the interest of my father , made me do such homework as I did in the evenings … . |
| 3 | He made me do terrible things , things with animals , for instance . |
| 4 | And she gave me an indulgent look and she said , ‘ I 'm really sorry , the pictures made me feel tender feelings for you , but they just really did not arouse me . ’ |
| 5 | His shaking hands with me made me feel half hero , half saint . |
| 6 | Made me laugh last night , he said erm I , I , I always do a load of spuds he said even if it 's |
| 7 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
| 8 | Thanks once again for a charming picture — it made me smile all day . |
| 9 | My knowledge of history and myself made me ask awkward questions . |
| 10 | I remember terrible arguments when shopping for shoes — I wanted to have fashion shoes ( high heels , pointed toes ) like my friends , but Mum always made me have sensible shoes . |
| 11 | Because , apart from the emotion of the moment , what had made me take this decision was really a kind of pride : I had to see myself as someone who had done the ‘ right thing ’ . |
| 12 | They 've made me have more humility and compassion . |
| 13 | Yes , we members have to abide by the current by-laws , but these have made me lose much confidence in the Society . |
| 14 | At the moment the only thing making me write this essay is the thought of me being able to vegetate in front of the box tomorrow night and also , if I push my self and write three lines a minute I will be able to go to bed early and ease the strain and trauma of getting up in the morning and trudging off to another dreary day in school . |
| 15 | Damian Flint does everything he possibly can to make me blow twenty-five fuses at once ! |
| 16 | Tom 's very superstitious and he used to make me carry three tees in my pocket . |
| 17 | She said carrying the water up from the well had taken a great deal of time which , when I saw her filling the bucket , I was not surprised since she lowered the rope slow enough to make me fall asleep watching . |
| 18 | Are you going to make me play twenty questions ? ’ |
| 19 | Or perhaps it is all that rain which makes me want more water . |
| 20 | Because she [ the new maths teacher ] did n't know me , she did n't have any confidence in me … but because she did n't have any confidence in me , I did n't have any confidence in myself , and that is the thing that really makes me regret changing schools … at my first school all the teachers knew me and had confidence in me . |
| 21 | I did n't go to Lourdes for a miracle but Lourdes makes me appreciate each day and thank God for Zoe . |