Example sentences of "to make [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It fulfilled none of my expectations and seemed to be merely trying to make me laugh at the fact that it had left me standing there grasping at nothing . |
| 2 | She was , however , immensely enthusiastic and encouraging , trying to make me think of the enterprise as a holiday as well as a mission with a sad and serious purpose . |
| 3 | Thus , one might characterize one 's grasp on the experience of seeming to see a red object as something is going on in me ( I do n't know what it is ) which is like what goes on when a red object is acting on my eyes ; or … like what goes on in me to make me behave in a red-object-appropriate way . |
| 4 | ‘ I suppose you 're planning to make me foam at the mouth and gabble in obsolete tongues . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ That 's right , I 'm not begging food this time but clothing , have you anything to make me look like a man from these parts ? ’ |
| 6 | You 're never going to make me sound like a human being , because people like to think I 'm Dracula 's mother but I did have a rotten time at the start and it 's only just getting better . |
| 7 | It is alleged that I am unpunctual sometimes , so certain members of the party arranged with the driver and the guard to make me run for the train . |
| 8 | Britain welcomes foreign investment , as everybody knows , but the point of having a European Community is to make everyone play by the rules . |
| 9 | If we teach a horse to move to the right away from the pressure of a rider 's leg on their left side ; they do not seem to be able to reason that pressure on the right side is intended to make them move to the left . |
| 10 | Is it ethical for man to interfere with the genetic constitution and physiological functions of living organisms , especially of man and the higher animals , in order to make them perform in a different way ? |
| 11 | The great public buildings were stuccoed with gypsum to make them dazzle in the bright sea-light . |
| 12 | She used to show you a collection of photographs which she kept in her wallet as if they were family photographs , but in fact these pictures were all pictures of men 's cocks , she used to make them stop on the way home at the photobooth in the entrance to the station , she 'd make them stand on the stool with their trousers down , she never got caught — Greta , on seeing me leave with an especially handsome man : ‘ I hope you 're on the pill . ’ |
| 13 | As the name suggests , the tomatoes are dried in the sun to make them dehydrated like a dried fruit . |
| 14 | ’ Thus if the goods require anything to be done to them in order for them to be ready for delivery or in order to make them comply with the contract , they will not be in a deliverable state . |
| 15 | Now what I 'm wondering is this : instead of thinking that staying put is natural , and then having to introduce a force of gravity — which then mysteriously pulls on everything to make them behave in the same way — why not start out by saying that falling is the natural thing to do ! |
| 16 | Crucially , they found it almost impossible to make them work for a wage . |
| 17 | ‘ It seemed unfair to make them play in the dark , ’ John says . |
| 18 | to make them blink for a bit , to smirch |
| 19 | James Halden bent his leonine head to make himself heard above the hissing steam . |
| 20 | One of his rules , which Miss Claybury could not contest , was that all patients must be spoken to kindly , but it was hard to make himself heard above the noise . |
| 21 | Luke had to raise his voice to make himself heard above the noise of the rotors , but the grin on his face made it clear that he , at least , was enjoying himself . |
| 22 | Norman Tebbit was still on his feet , waving what appeared to be a small Union Jack , and trying manfully to make himself heard above the din . |
| 23 | He shouted to make himself heard above the din : " I want to see you at once , " |
| 24 | Struggling to make himself heard above the chants of the crowd , the manager said : ‘ I have only been on Teesside for ten months , but thank you for making it memorable so far . |
| 25 | Trevor Skeet struggled to make himself heard against the din . |
| 26 | She pushed her way through the crowds to the back of the cab , where another group of nomes were already nomehandling a plank into position , and scrambled up to where Dorcas was trying to make himself heard in the middle of an excited crowd . |
| 27 | He was using his ‘ goon 's ’ voice , the one he put on when he wanted to make himself sound like a harmless imbecile . |
| 28 | So from the first he attempted to make himself master of the city — a prelude to an active policy not only to control Rome but to restore the Papal State to its old frontiers . |
| 29 | Jackson tried to make himself look like a man again . |
| 30 | In the first three sentences , be obviously has its " activity " sense and one gets the impression of continuous efforts of the subject in order to make himself behave in a calculating manner , to make his followers act in an orderly way or to keep someone quiet . |