Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] make [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the lift to his floor he thought how odd it was that taking a firm stand should make him feel so bad-tempered . |
| 2 | The distress of your loss might make you see things . |
| 3 | And a nice cup of tea 'll make you feel better . |
| 4 | I hoped my vote would make him think again . |
| 5 | But , when nothing she could do from inside the car would make it go again , she began to realise in her non-mechanical mind that she had something of a problem on her hands . |
| 6 | The judiciary only resort to disciplinary action in the most blatant cases , where the alternative would make us look even worse . |
| 7 | If you know that a slightly longer sweater will make you look slimmer and you want to look that way , it is up to you to examine the diagram before you knit and work accordingly . |
| 8 | Only a dramatic confrontation with the reality of their condition will make them take their illness seriously . |
| 9 | Fear of losing our grip may make us hang on to jobs for longer than we should , in an attempt to reassure ourselves . |
| 10 | This enforced separation might make him feel her loss . |
| 11 | ( Do n't worry that visualising the scene might make it materialise . |
| 12 | ONE MORE DANCE COULD MAKE YOU BLIND |
| 13 | An hour on the workbench could make them play quite reasonably , but do n't imagine you 're getting anything like a real Rickenbacker for a bargain price ; they 've got the looks , but that 's about all . |
| 14 | Chicken will make you grow into a big strong boy . |
| 15 | The Ocean Princess will make you believe it 's your own personal yacht . |
| 16 | The truth is , of course , that no hypnotherapist can make you do anything . |
| 17 | Skilful questioning of the child can make him tap sources of knowledge he did n't know he had . |
| 18 | We are now being told by this arrogant and incompetent lot that having given us record unemployment , bankruptcies , house repossession , liquidations , factory closures etc , that they are the only ones fit to govern when surely that record should make them hang their heads in shame . |
| 19 | And this job will make him feel like that , ’ said Fagin eagerly . |
| 20 | And perhaps their foolishness will make everyone understand that however much fun Home Alone is for children at the cinema it is fiction and can not be made real by acting it out . |
| 21 | However , this is not always the best direction , because boards running down the longest area of a room will make it seem even longer and narrower . |
| 22 | Putting at the end of a long , narrow room will make it seem even longer and narrower . |
| 23 | ‘ At need , enchantment can make us seem a host to human eyes ; but in truth , there is only myself and my nine companions . |
| 24 | In this chapter you have discovered many ways in which foods containing dietary fibre can make you feel more satisfied — and the food has not yet gone down the throat . |
| 25 | Only later are unanticipated costs and benefits visible ; hindsight can make them appear deliberate all along . |
| 26 | Fancy her thinking that getting him that lamp would make him feel any different about moving . |
| 27 | While you can lose half your liver , one and a half kidneys and most of your toes before you get a noticeable drop in performance , a mere 20% fall in resting cardiac output will make you feel as though you are climbing Everest without oxygen . |
| 28 | His next goal is to walk and we can be sure that the same strength of character will make him achieve that . |
| 29 | Once the game starts , the adrenalin will make me forget the injury . ’ |
| 30 | The process of deciding where you are taking your business is the opportunity to get the involvement and commitment of others , which actually forms the motive power that at the end of the day will make it happen . |