Example sentences of "[adv prt] and make [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Come in and make yourself comfortable . ’ |
| 2 | I mean they 're miserable people who come in and make your life awkward on occasions by asking awkward questions , you know ‘ Why have you got rats in the basement ? ’ |
| 3 | She did n't feel she could make a contribution , but she wanted to , so ‘ I just went in and made myself useful . ’ |
| 4 | Selkirk pushed him in and made him squat on a stone ledge while he cut free his bound hands only to fasten gyves to his wrists and ankles ; attached by chains to the wall ; these allowed Corbett to move but quickly chafed his wrists and ankles . |
| 5 | After 20 minutes Smith , who had put the telephone outside , used his victim 's keys to lock her in and made his escape almost two hours after the ordeal began . |
| 6 | This situation was difficult enough without Eleanor barging in and making it even worse . |
| 7 | ‘ Sit down and make yourself comfortable . |
| 8 | Right , depends what the and quite honestly , if you bring these down and make them a bit more romantic |
| 9 | It 's got ta make me jump up and down and make me want to knock walls down to secure a deal . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Or do n't tell me that all those questions about Ryan were simply so that you could track him down and make him pay the money back ? ’ |
| 11 | The end of the halyard goes through the end goes through the end fitting and then we tie a little stopper knot in the end , then we bring the other end of the halyard down and make it up tight on this crease at the bottom of the mast . |
| 12 | In both of these cases our body clock is wrongly timed for our life-style and so it does not cool us down and make us feel more fatigued in the hours just before bedtime . |
| 13 | Ted had been a little belligerent at first but a couple of hints that Pascoe had seen him drinking in the Club earlier and an oblique reference to the breathalyser test had calmed him down and made him most co-operative . |
| 14 | In Britain booming domestic sales of videocassette machines have brought the prices down and made them more attractive to institutions . |
| 15 | It pinned us down and made us feel that we could n't not go back without feeling terribly guilty . |
| 16 | She put the lanthorn down and made herself quietly continue to ease the sticky shirt from his body . |
| 17 | Harry was a little diffident to begin with , but he soon settled down and made his first appearance for Palace at outside-right when he came into the side for season 1922–23 on 30 September at Leicester . |
| 18 | This was a very old set and did not always work ; as I did not make contact with the control tower I came round and I saw that it was all clear for me to land , so I put my wheels down and made my approach . |
| 19 | Look , why do n't you sit down and make yourself comfortable ? |
| 20 | There were no good rules and regulations , and hospitals and insurance companies felt that they ought not to sit down and make them because , once they made them , they were admitting that these things were taking place and that such decisions were being made and were subject not only to public scrutiny but a threat of medical malpractice suits . |
| 21 | Cos they will just say , they 'll just sit down and make it . |
| 22 | It just breaks my heart , honey , to think of your poor , dear cousin in such pain , ’ the other woman murmured sympathetically , her eyes glistening with tears as she begged Laura to sit down and make herself comfortable . |
| 23 | When I went to that stress management course we were told to use physical resources like deep breathing and actually making yourself sit down and making yourself go floppy . |
| 24 | I 've had to go back up in to him , yeah , but I do n't know what happened last night , I do n't know whether he was not quite tired enough , erm , he must of got up as soon as I put him down and started sort of moaning then I went into the girls and I sorted them out he started screaming he did , so I had to go to him in and lay him down and making him lay down |
| 25 | Putting the parcel down and making herself breathe calmly , she unpeeled the paper and took out two flat paper envelopes — packets of seeds — and a little wooden block with wire on it . |
| 26 | A good remoisturising conditioner contains non-greasy oils to trap in the moisture without dragging the hair down and making it lank . |
| 27 | I hope as many older people as possible will come along and make their views heard . ’ |
| 28 | propel it along and make it a little bit different to the book erm with some of the other things , I mean for example if you erm get stuff off , I do n't know , for example people like Ian erm |
| 29 | Thought well I had this fire on so , I gets up to go through and make myself a l you know a drink before going to bed and I put my 'jamas on and dressing gown . |
| 30 | What must seem stupid to non-gardeners , or those who take a rational view of the whole business , is that when you prepare the ground for sowing you first dig it over and make it loose , only to tread it firm again . |