Example sentences of "and make [pn reflx] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I adored it — the glamour , the feeling of being in the hub of things which I love — I love clothes — I used to make up every day and make myself look nice and meet people … to me it was n't work , every minute of it was enjoyment … |
| 2 | It was also used by the armies of the eastern emperor , Theodosius , when he marched through the Balkans in AD 394 to overthrow Eugenius and make himself master of both eastern and western empires . |
| 3 | Maybe the big buck was a rabbit from outside the Grounds , some wild beast come into the warren from beyond , to terrorise the locals and make itself boss , only to die in an encounter with a superior being it could have no real comprehension of . |
| 4 | Yes , but erm , but Chairman , er , I do n't think I should come up and make myself clear , some local papers were not represented there . |
| 5 | Then he remembered his mother and Stefan and made himself go back and look up at the bodies till he did n't mind any more . |
| 6 | But he stopped , adjusted himself so that his cock lay comfortably upright against his stomach , and made himself walk on ; he knew his spirit grew stronger on retention , that he sapped his vital energies when he jerked off . |
| 7 | The room seemed very quin as he closed the volume and selected another and made himself turn its unseen pages for ten more minutes . |
| 8 | Only a few months ago , after this Lord Henry Percy had withdrawn to his other urgent command on the Scottish borders , Owen had run wild over most of North Wales , and made himself master of the counties of Carnarvon and Merioneth ; and while the woollier heads in King Henry 's council had seethed and talked bloody war , Hotspur had come swooping back to hold the balance so sturdily that he had been allowed , on the king 's warrant , to approach the Welsh prince , and attempt to bring him back to his allegiance , on promise of honourable terms . |
| 9 | But I ate myself silly on them last night and made myself feel sick so I 'll never eat them again now . |
| 10 | and made herself disappear . |
| 11 | She looked up and made herself meet his eyes . |
| 12 | There , she stamped hard on a bolt of panic that would have her turning swiftly about , and made herself press the porcelain doorbell . |
| 13 | Then everything came back in a wave of anguish and she ducked her head under the water and made herself hold her eyes open until they smarted with pain . |
| 14 | She took a deep breath and made herself speak slowly . |
| 15 | She thought of staying to nurse it in bed , but then remembered her promise to Felicity Suvarov and made herself get up . |
| 16 | She looked up and made herself say : |
| 17 | When I went to that stress management course we were told to use physical resources like deep breathing and actually making yourself sit down and making yourself go floppy . |
| 18 | Without causing a scene and making herself look even more ridiculous , she decided she had no choice but to do as she was told . |
| 19 | Putting the parcel down and making herself breathe calmly , she unpeeled the paper and took out two flat paper envelopes — packets of seeds — and a little wooden block with wire on it . |