Example sentences of "[pers pn] can make [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I can make him play deep and keep him as far away from our goal as possible the more I 'll fancy our chances . ’ |
| 2 | If I can make him take another step he will come alongside Ludo . |
| 3 | ‘ I expect I can make him understand , ’ she replied . |
| 4 | He chuckled , ‘ Perhaps I can make him see the error of his ways . ’ |
| 5 | I can make them disappear too . ’ |
| 6 | Please God I can make them understand how much this means to me … |
| 7 | I can make you grow up tall . |
| 8 | But if you are well , and if I can make you smile , I need nothing more to make me happy . |
| 9 | He then continues to say ‘ This is a game to see if I can make you say ‘ sixteen ’ within sixty seconds ' . |
| 10 | I bet I can make you blink . |
| 11 | I bet you five pound I can make you blink . |
| 12 | She could ma , she can make you dance . |
| 13 | And er If you get a small little chickens you can make them do two days |
| 14 | Ah , yes , find that and you can make them tick . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ If you believe in miracles you can make them happen ! ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ If you can make me understand that , I stand a better chance of helping to get you the money to find it , ’ Waldegrave said . |
| 19 | yes and if you can make somebody think from your writing well that 's good . |
| 20 | Whichever room you choose , you can make it feel as fresh as a coat of fresh paint — with a coat of paint . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ’ . |
| 23 | Only you can make it happen . |
| 24 | Well , now you can make it come true thanks to The Limit . |
| 25 | 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 ! ’ |
| 26 | Say yeah you can make you know the big bright lights and things like that . |
| 27 | We ca n't give her what she really wants , poor girl , but at least we can make her look pretty . |
| 28 | But we can make her look part of the magic theme . |
| 29 | ‘ Anyhow , ’ Sendei continued , ‘ while we 've got this we can make him do pretty much what we want . ’ |
| 30 | I think what you want to do now , write down a list of what you want him to do and let Steve do that for tomorrow if you can and then let's see if we can make him stick to that list cos otherwise he 'll be here in |