Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately that did n't make them go away . |
| 2 | to sort of make them go round |
| 3 | I can make them disappear too . ’ |
| 4 | Oh yeah , that irritates me but , I mean it 's gon na it 's gon na make them think again in n it ? |
| 5 | If your organization is slap-happy it will unnerve candidates and may make them think twice before accepting a job with you . |
| 6 | That 'd make them sit up and realise they ca n't get away with desecrating any bit of wild country they can get their hands on … ‘ |
| 7 | Well that 'll make them sit up and think that 's for sure |
| 8 | Like I said , nine out of ten if I touch my brakes they 'll drop back and if they do n't then there ai n't nothing I 'm gon na do that 's gon na make them drop back . |
| 9 | And children facing troubles have a right not to be subjected to the ‘ system abuse ’ that may arise because of clumsy or inadequate professional intervention which — however well intentioned — can make them feel even more vulnerable , manipulated or ‘ kept in the dark ’ . |
| 10 | This will make them perform better . |
| 11 | The advance word on Communion was that it wanted to deal in the uncanny again , to unsettle its audiences rather than make them laugh knowingly , yet here it was with something that belonged in a Joe Dante movie . |
| 12 | In former ages we us 'd to give , So that our work-folk like farmers did live ; But the times are altered , we will make them know All we can for to bring them under our bow ; We will make them work hard for sixpence a day , Though a shilling they deserve if they had their just pay . |
| 13 | And to encourage people to work they would make them fill in a job-sheet saying how many forms they had booked in . |
| 14 | Worrying about , concentrating on and listening to the head noises will make them seem even more prominent and dominating . |
| 15 | In such circumstances their use of slang and informal language may make them seem rather stupid in the eyes of others . |
| 16 | We shall take it that their surface structure is : ( 44 ) This may at first make them seem somewhat analogous to the predicate qualifiers , except that the noun phrase beyond the mediating verb is here the subject of the clause rather than the object as with the predicate qualifiers , and it is to the entity of this noun phrase that the property of the adjective applies . |
| 17 | and I 'm gon na make them come over and I 'm gon na make them beat the shit out of you ! |
| 18 | You ca n't make them come off they 're blimming boots . |
| 19 | Wings can be firmly stitched down or left raised , this will make them look even more realistic . |
| 20 | Obviously vertical arrangements will make walls look taller ; horizontal will make them look longer . |
| 21 | An hour on the workbench could make them play quite reasonably , but do n't imagine you 're getting anything like a real Rickenbacker for a bargain price ; they 've got the looks , but that 's about all . |
| 22 | Please God I can make them understand how much this means to me … |
| 23 | ‘ My father would make me stand up straight and sing the national anthem four times . |
| 24 | He 's just a useless teacher and he does n't make me feel really confident . ’ |
| 25 | I thought it would make me feel less helpless if I was opposed by something definite . |
| 26 | Being honest about our motivation is crucial since , at this stage , we might discover that it is not our own Dream at all , or that our motivation is somewhat dubious : ‘ It will impress my friends ’ , ‘ It will be one in the eye for my parents ’ , ‘ It will ease my sense of guilt ’ , ‘ It will make me feel more secure ’ , ‘ It will give me power over other people ’ , ‘ It will make me feel special ’ , ‘ It 's what my partner keeps suggesting I do ’ , ‘ It 's the opposite of what my partner suggests I do . ’ |
| 27 | You ca n't make me go back with you . |
| 28 | ‘ They ca n't make me go there . ’ |
| 29 | Then with greater determination , ‘ You ca n't make me stay here . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Michael could make me laugh very easily , ’ said Cossins . |