Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like a politician I may have overstated my case to make my point . |
| 2 | Have you now no pleasant tales to tell my Pamela to make her smile ? |
| 3 | Personally , I prefer the heads on my woods made from seasoned wood . |
| 4 | He argued that I can not know that my diary is in the ( closed ) bottom drawer of my desk unless I have reason to believe that my experience makes that proposition probable ; we can suppose , perhaps , that my relevant experience is that I remember having put the diary there five minutes ago and that I do not remember having touched the drawer since , together with my general knowledge of the consistent behaviour of the experienced world . |
| 5 | But I only have reason to believe that my experience makes that proposition probable if I have reason to believe quite generally that events which I have not observed are similar to events which I have observed . |
| 6 | And it is my responsibility to make sure the players concentrate over the entire 90 minutes and are not looking towards the next match . |
| 7 | I checked through my notes to make sure I had the correct dates , aware I had the correct dates , aware that I had been finding it hard to concentrate . |
| 8 | But the conscious or unconscious decision to allow my boss to share power with me ( to empower me ) is still my decision to make . |
| 9 | In many cases , the latter variables were accounted for more than initial variables — ; ‘ first or last words were in many cases influential in my decision making process ’ and ‘ found that the last few adjectives had more influence especially if they reflected negative points of the personality ’ . |
| 10 | Cos my Mum made it so |
| 11 | Mm my mum makes these . |
| 12 | Words came into my ears and my fingers made the appropriate movements . |
| 13 | My sister made the mistake of letting the children see them and you can imagine they were very soon much depleted . |
| 14 | My sister makes lots of preserves and she 's always giving me some . ’ |
| 15 | he , he goes , he reckoned that , he reckoned that , that my blanket made him feel worse . |
| 16 | I 've had erm on two separate Sundays I 've had volunteers to come and help but and my son-in-law made a silt trap , and the Water Board erm made the sluice gate , because it goes into their stream , and it was part of their responsibility . |
| 17 | whenever I have my mind made up |
| 18 | And yes , how like my mind To make itself secure . |
| 19 | ‘ It must be my sins making me restless , unless it 's something I ate . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The circumstances are regrettable , but it is my pleasure to make you as comfortable as possible . |
| 21 | Colleagues , it 's my pleasure to make the award to Catherine on behalf of your , your union . |
| 22 | You can appreciate by the remarks my agent made to me on the telephone ( words which I swear I have not amended or distorted in any way at all ) just how big and unpleasant a problem I have sitting like a gibbering troll on my innocent shoulders . |
| 23 | My attempt to make a bicycle chain run more smoothly on an expensive light alloy racing crank by hitting the pedals with a large axe probably summed up my adolescent mechanical bent best . |
| 24 | In many cases it might be more appropriate to ask , ‘ Will my cover-drive make contact with the ball ? |
| 25 | ‘ I 've had a sticker for my car made which says I Like My Windscreen Dirty , ’ said Griff . |
| 26 | A prickling sensation between my eyes made my nose run and white-hot adrenalin scalded the subcutaneous layer beneath my skin . |
| 27 | The smoke blows in my eyes making them water and sting , so I get up , move and freeze my ass off sitting beyond the smoke in the wind up the valley . |
| 28 | If I am warned that my weight makes it highly likely that I will suffer health problems in hot climates , the probability of my being ill is reduced if I do either one of two things — lose weight and/or avoid the tropics , Thus , I have some choice about my life . |
| 29 | My mummy makes me do lots of housework ! |
| 30 | ( It is my intention to make the Library 's catalogue available on-line to all PC-users within RBGE ) . |