Example sentences of "[coord] making [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Weed Research , vol 21 , p 233 ) Scurrula cordifolia is a mistletoe that attacks valuable fruit and timber trees , killing them or making them too deformed for commercial purposes . |
| 2 | This may involve suggesting such employees take early retirement or making them redundant . |
| 3 | To fill in the travelling time chant leaders are actively engaged in trying out new versions of old chants or making them up from scratch . |
| 4 | It takes a great deal of sensitivity to provide activities which stimulate the patient 's interest , without exhausting him or making him frustrated if he can not achieve what he wants or what you hope for . |
| 5 | It 's not entertaining us or making us feel comfortable . |
| 6 | Other factors encouraging the development of candidal infection , or making it more difficult to cope with , are treatment with drugs containing corticosteroids or those which depress the body 's natural immunity . |
| 7 | Parents can record the intensity of the problem , for example whining and moaning as opposed to screaming , on the same chart by colouring the tick or making it bigger . |
| 8 | I mean , just leaving it to the baby , or making it dependent on the baby 's survival . |
| 9 | Constructive dismissal includes demoting you , reducing your salary or making you do demeaning chores without actually sacking you . |
| 10 | William Boarden for timber and making ye coking stool — 14s. 11d ’ . |
| 11 | After a few scotches , he told her he 'd buy a dishwasher , throwing in a string of fatuous clichés about her delicate hands , sparkling and making her laugh . |
| 12 | His wife Aileen came in with pails of milk , scolding at two little girls for clinging onto her skirt and making her spill . |
| 13 | He spent a long time with her , talking , and making her feel better when she was crying and that .. |
| 14 | Instead she took the money from her mother and walked sedately down to the shops with Carla , playing with her and making her laugh . |
| 15 | Carrie felt as if she were falling through space ; falling and falling with the air pressing her chest and making her gasp . |
| 16 | The illusion that she was a spectator , and this was the play , was making her lose touch with reality ; and making her forget the enormity of her present predicament . |
| 17 | Instead his mouth pressed against the soft cotton , tracing the outline of her body and making her shudder . |
| 18 | A petite , pleasant-faced doxy , however , caught my eye and for a few hours I became old Shallot again , whiling away the time , telling the most outrageous stories and making her laugh both in the taproom and on her feather-filled mattress in the chamber above . |
| 19 | Meredith pulled back in alarm , but his hand slid up her spine to cradle her head , immobilising it and making her an easy prey . |
| 20 | His eyes narrowed and flicked briefly to the open box behind her , and suddenly , with an appalling cramping of her stomach , Meredith knew that his glance had betrayed his true purpose in pretending to want her and making her flee from the vault without properly investigating its secrets . |
| 21 | She was desperate to move now , physical awareness returning suddenly to her body and making her realise that she was numb in her left leg and stiff everywhere else . |
| 22 | On the first Saturday of the month Merrill 's telephone rang , shrilling through the morning silence and making her jump . |
| 23 | It was all right for the likes of May and Izzy , always shouting and laughing and making her cry . |
| 24 | However , after haranguing us and making me mop up his uniform , the outraged policeman indicated a couple of wash-basins . |
| 25 | She 's made me angry with her anger , and then turned it around so that I 'm eaten up with guilt because she 's been ill and I have n't noticed , and now she 's taking the blame on herself and making me feel worse than ever . |
| 26 | They came back full of glee , raving about it and making me quite jealous and determined to ascend the peak a.s.a.p. , which I did — and they were right . |
| 27 | Was Émile engineering a way of getting my lover out of his way and making me free for himself ? |
| 28 | She runs her hands up my legs to my buttocks again , sliding her fingers between my cheeks , touching my anus and making me go up on the balls of my feet , then her hand runs back down my legs . |
| 29 | John 's face seemed to come alive and his spirit escaped the prison of the photograph releasing brief images of happy times ; John dancing along the pavement , John tilting his head back to exhale smoke from a cigarette , John talking to a cuddly toy in a supermarket and making me laugh . |
| 30 | It felt like my stomach had decided to take a sabbatical ; all that food was just sitting there , unprocessed , locked in , slopping around and making me feel horrible . |