Example sentences of "but i make [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I guessed where she had been , but I made her tell me the whole story . |
| 2 | But I made him a vow , ’ she shrugged . |
| 3 | But I made him put his coat on . |
| 4 | They thought I meant for five seconds but I made them practise holding their tone for twenty or thirty seconds . |
| 5 | ‘ I had the chance to go out when there were only four cars on the track , but I made them change the car which meant I went out in the busy section . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah but I made them non-copper so they would n't . |
| 7 | You wanted to abandon it by the side of the road , but I made you push it on , with myself taking short spells of pushing . |
| 8 | It was a long haul with my heavy bag to the bus stop at the top of town next day , but I made it and set out on a bus journey westward from Roscommon to Galway . |
| 9 | Nobody put themselves out to help me in any way at all , but I made it . |
| 10 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 11 | But I made it perfectly clear — or at least I thought I did , ’ Blufton added , spreading his palms in a gesture of openness , ‘ that I was n't actually offering her the job . |
| 12 | I was unresponsive and kept joking with him about it — but I made it clear I was n't interested . |
| 13 | ‘ But I made it absolutely clear how frail you were … that it was imperative that she come here … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But I made it quite clear that I was n't prepared to share a bedroom with you ! ’ she retorted angrily . |
| 15 | There 's a file of that , of course , but I make it up from my working diary , and nobody will know if I make some extracts from the diary . " |
| 16 | ‘ Sorry , but I make it a rule never to have working lunches — so bad for the digestion , I find . |