Example sentences of "you [modal v] make [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | You 've got to make them feel that you 're not expecting too much of them , or you may make them freeze . |
2 | ‘ Of course , you must make him wear a wig or some kind of decoration for the performance itself . ’ |
3 | You must make him understand the need for secrecy . |
4 | You must start paying five pounds a week by next Tuesday the court usher will give you the address of the court but you must make you send that money every week . |
5 | You should make him sleep on your side and then when you come in he should move over . |
6 | ‘ You 'll make me stop seeing my oldest friend , but you wo n't let your mistress go ! ’ |
7 | Mmmmm , you 'll make me dribble in a minute . |
8 | If you 'll let me , I 'll come racing with you — if you 'll make me part of the team ? ’ she finished a little anxiously . |
9 | Oh , I should n't have phoned you ; I might have known you 'd make it seem as if I 'm moaning . |
10 | You could make them see it so clearly if only you 'd try . ’ |
11 | You 're stronger than I am , and I know you could make me do … ’ she lowered her lashes in embarrassment ‘ … things … that I do n't want to do . |
12 | ‘ I started training modest horses and in those days you could make it pay by running them in selling races . ’ |
13 | And if you got four together you may be two down or three down and one back , you could make it pay , and share the cost out between everyone . |
14 | All the parties were the same ( such cynicism from our beautiful people , I thought ) , although , someone droned , ‘ Maybe anarchy would be alright if you could make it work . ’ |
15 | You will make it lose . |
16 | And er If you get a small little chickens you can make them do two days |
17 | Ah , yes , find that and you can make them tick . |
18 | You do n't want to go to the police , because you 're afraid they 'll simply get involved in another siege — if you can make them believe you in time , which seems doubtful . |
19 | ‘ If you believe in miracles you can make them happen ! ’ |
20 | This is an important area in which you can help him a great deal if you can make him feel that with you open grieving is permissible . |
21 | ‘ If you can make me understand that , I stand a better chance of helping to get you the money to find it , ’ Waldegrave said . |
22 | yes and if you can make somebody think from your writing well that 's good . |
23 | Whichever room you choose , you can make it feel as fresh as a coat of fresh paint — with a coat of paint . |
24 | But the converse is that if you can make it work you 'll have bought a fair lease on a prime site that you could never have afforded in the ordinary way . |
25 | So again we 're going to come back to several themes in a fairly repetitive way , and we — do n't forgive us for this if you do n't like it , but we 're certainly going to talk about certain things again and again and again , but what it really comes down to , is ‘ Learn what the media 's all about , learn what they want , learn what you can provide , see whether you can match this , in a sense , and see whether you can make it work to your advantage ’ . |
26 | Only you can make it happen . |
27 | Well , now you can make it come true thanks to The Limit . |
28 | Disclosing what 's happening to you can make you feel better and , as described earlier in this chapter , it can also raise your status : ‘ I feel quite tongue-tied in this company ’ or ‘ That comment 's made me go quite red ! ’ |
29 | Say yeah you can make you know the big bright lights and things like that . |