Example sentences of "but make [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles could feel his resolve slackening , but made one last effort . |
| 2 | ‘ That Kirsty came along and appeared in the sittings was a by-product , but made me think ‘ why not animals , as well ? ’ |
| 3 | He did not take the sheaf of notes Marshall tendered but made him recite the relevant ones and in that way learned that three people said they had been wearing clothes which were , at least in part , cream-coloured . |
| 4 | When they reached the Watermen , Mary and Ruth would n't let Ernest into the kitchen , but made him wait in the bar . |
| 5 | She knew that neither Jasper nor Bert would be up early , but made herself get up in time to join Jim for tea and cornflakes . |
| 6 | I 'm aching to run , but make myself sit for a second while she watches me through the black circles . |
| 7 | But the team concluded that it was wiser to keep most of the assets in the portfolio — but make them work better . |
| 8 | His superiority over them can not but make them seem to us inferior , innocent , or naïve , dupes who trust too easily and are soon outwitted . |
| 9 | ‘ I doubt if you 'll have heard of a Romany having a magistrate removed from office either , Mr Peck , but make one arrest here and you 're very likely to be the first . ’ |
| 10 | but make me laugh even now , she said the first , the first memories I 've got of new little boy that starting in he looked at this little boy , she said , so , so excited by said with this pure white hair and the |
| 11 | He was instructed to tell you everything you wanted to know but make you squirm a little on the way . ’ |
| 12 | If you do not feel the tinkling , repeat the hum but make it lower in pitch . |
| 13 | John became ‘ rather cool and offhand ’ now that he was master of the situation , ‘ bringing all my charms into action , but making it seem that I was very blasé about the whole thing . ’ |
| 14 | He was doing it again , saying one thing but making it sound like quite another . |
| 15 | Not serious , but makes me wonder about the Indians . |
| 16 | Love blinds , but makes me see |
| 17 | ‘ The film is pretty short , but makes everything count and , while proving extremely entertaining , never lets go of its main point , which is to illuminate , with some sympathy , the underbelly of Scandinavian and particularly Finnish life . ’ |
| 18 | But the gap between Christ and the eating not only emphasizes the vegetation , but makes it seem for a moment that it is the plants which are devoured : |