Example sentences of "[verb] and make [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if you accept that carbon dioxide is a much More insidious threat and nuclear power is the one major supplier of energy that does not produce it , the issue begins to turn not so much on the dangerous unacceptibility of reactors but on how you regulate and make them safe and ensure that their fuel is not diverted for military purposes . |
| 2 | One person in the middle is the naughty monkey and has to try and make everybody else either move or laugh . |
| 3 | I would hate to think that some children at home now are going to try and make their pet cat jump through a hoop of fire . |
| 4 | Her hand came up to rub her forehead to try and make her think more clearly . |
| 5 | We can prove that Birmingham is a nice place ; we can embarrass ourselves by straining each nerve , adopting all blandishments to try and make its detractors like our city . |
| 6 | ‘ What are you going to do instead ? ’ asks Phil , chewing up little pieces of graph paper into sodden balls , and flicking them at the laboratory ceiling with a slide-rule to try and make them stick . |
| 7 | So Malcolm went down Club Row market and bought us a cat and the most ridiculously horrible food — tins of sardines and those disgusting tinned plum tomatoes they used to try and make you eat at school . |
| 8 | Well there are one or two other things we can do to try and make you feel better er even if the , the hands are n't the principle cause er I think we 'll see what happens , work your chest out of the way first though . |
| 9 | That was why I kept pushing you and provoking you — to try and make you spit it out . |
| 10 | Or her , ’ she would add scrupulously , being among other things a feminist ) , but in practice this does n't seem to affect her behaviour very noticeably — she seems to have ordinary human feelings , ambitions , desires , to suffer anxieties , frustrations , fears , like anyone else in this imperfect world , and to have a natural inclination to try and make it a better place . |
| 11 | I did use more at first when I was buying grams , say a year ago , when I was doin' that , but , say this last year I was trying to pace meself out 'cos I knew that I 'd run outa money eventually , so I had to try and make it last … . |
| 12 | Well , perhaps I wo n't light the fire until half past eleven or something to try and make it go that bit further . |
| 13 | And after as many tender words as he could think of , to try and lighten the load , to try and make it seem less of a confession , even to try and compensate for the shared and shaming confidence , he told Fergus that he had been responsible for the fire that had burned down the barn near Port Ann , fifteen years earlier . |
| 14 | After designing an architect 's dream , he will then have to try and make it functional , having committed himself to a particular shape and size . |
| 15 | Erm my nan remembers him , was it somebody called , no no he was another character I think he sold newspapers , but erm I do , I do remember him er They 've always erm tried to get some entertainment on the pitch though prior to the matches to try and make it a family thing you know , I , I think Watford are the best club for that you know , because they , the supporters seem to take all the family along , as my son said when they went down there to the Cup replay they are very much a family sort , they do n't get a lot of trouble at Watford either . |
| 16 | She would fall and make him drag her the rest of the way first . |
| 17 | It 's big enough for birds to come and make their nests in it . |
| 18 | All of these factors weaken the ties that such businesses have with the communities in which they are located and make it less difficult for them to close down and/or relocate if and when business conditions deteriorate in one country relative to other countries . |
| 19 | We disembarked and made our way up a gravel path , through the gatehouse and into the guest room . |
| 20 | She designed and made her own clothes , sometimes colouring the fabric with home-made dyes ; this gave the articles a most individual style and character . |
| 21 | Mait nodded to the woman beside him , who rose and made her way towards the youth . |
| 22 | Lady Selvedge then rose and made her little speech — the one she always made on these occasions , for the ‘ cause ’ , whether Church , Conservative Party or District Nursing Association , was always a good one and it was safe to urge her hearers to spend just a little more than they thought they could afford , however relative the amount might be . |
| 23 | He rose and made his farewells , politely refusing Benedicta 's invitation to stay longer . |
| 24 | Your cousin warned me off again , we had a little set-to in the pub , so I thought I 'd better come and make me mark . ’ |
| 25 | But as I say , I 'm a loyal person and I 'll wait and make his life worth living when he comes out . |
| 26 | ‘ But it should not be used as a pretext to exclude 12- or 13-year-old girls from school when it is precisely these secular schools that should offer them the opportunity to learn , grow and make their own choices . ’ |
| 27 | It was all right for the likes of May and Izzy , always shouting and laughing and making her cry . |
| 28 | I chose a man who massaged my bruised ego , made up for much of the emotional neglect I 'd suffered and made me laugh a lot . |
| 29 | Glass , however , may crystallize out or devitrify in the solid state if it 's left long enough , with myriads of tiny crystals forming and making it opaque . |
| 30 | ‘ But I decided to take my chance when it came and make it hard for Paul to get back . ’ |