Example sentences of "make [pers pn] [verb] [conj] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Debasement of the coinage led Wriothesley to call the Mint ‘ our holy anchor ’ ; its profits were such that he told Paget to keep its operations secret , ‘ for if it should come out that men 's things coming thither be thus employed , it would make them withdraw and so bring a lack ’ . |
| 2 | It is the only thing that will stir out sleeping brethren , the only thing that will make them fight and not cooperate . |
| 3 | He had made her suffer and further imprisoned himself by doing so . |
| 4 | The possibility that she might have been raped should have made him pause and perhaps pity , but his savage jealousy allowed no room for it . |
| 5 | Johnny looked sulky , but something in Cassie 's voice made him hesitate and then say : ‘ Oh , all right . |
| 6 | At night it was covered with film which made it sweat and again preserved the dampness . |
| 7 | ‘ I think you deserve more than a certain amount of punishment for making me wet and nearly giving me a heart-attack — Do you know how difficult it would have been to get an ambulance out here to you ? ’ |
| 8 | But someone was saying something at the same time as Lord Boddy , making him falter and finally stop in midstride . |
| 9 | For if , as I suggested , the enormous vitality of the language of Ulysses can , among other things , make us smile and even laugh out loud , that fact alone will underscore how little room there is for laughter in the earlier texts . |
| 10 | Very small buds can be cut in half , which not only makes them flatter but also gives them an added charm in a finished picture . |
| 11 | Giving milk seems funny ; it makes me laugh and then cry in a stoned , sleepy , dribbly way . |
| 12 | ‘ I would always shoot on McQueen first to make him commit and then turn around and shoot on Hoffman . |
| 13 | Because if one of those feelings starts coming up , you have to make it known and then get around it . |