Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the [noun] make [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Climbing in the rain makes you feel a lot more clever than it should rationally justify . |
| 2 | But if schizophrenia made Van Gogh a better painter so the spectrum of writing in the Bible makes it a more reliable testament of the religious life of man . |
| 3 | Looking at the road makes me notice that old white van . |
| 4 | He himself was satisfied with Matthew 's apology , and wanted the unpleasant business over and done with ; but the thought of Beth waiting outside the door made him unusually bold . |
| 5 | It is still outstanding and there are cables and wires lying on the surface making it both unsightly and possibly hazardous . |
| 6 | Scientific , technical and clerical workers have signed a petition calling for the university to make it impossible for ‘ nuclear weapons-motivated research ’ involving SLAC to be carried out . |
| 7 | Threads of spider silk are between 0.01 and 2 microns thick , depending on the spider making them and the purpose for which they are intended — the gossamer sheets of Textrix employ some of the finest and are probably the only webs that could hold water . |
| 8 | In each case the court held the promise to be binding on the party making it , even though under the old common law it might be difficult to find any consideration for it . |
| 9 | Glamorgan is way up on Devil 's Peak , and the sight of misty blue clouds hovering over its rocky peaks , so low that you feel that you could touch them , is so awe-inspiring that one feels all it needs is God 's voice thundering from the sky to make you fall flat on your face and worship . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh the rockets ’ red glare , the bombs bursting in the air made us manufacture chocolate in our underpants through the night though our god-rotted yellowstain rag was still there … ‘ |