Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] to make [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Benjamin Spock points out , however , that if an angry mother refrains from spanking she may show her irritation in other ways , for instance , by nagging the child for half the day or trying to make him feel deeply guilty . |
| 2 | Long before Quex died , however , Edward Carrington had discovered better reasons than inter-service rivalry and backstabbing to make him doubt the quality of the organization he had been so proud to join . |
| 3 | Ludens , very stirred , very touched , by these precious and unexpected outpourings , and hoping to make them continue , said , ‘ But did you get on well with your father ? |
| 4 | Raise the eyebrows , forcing them up as far as you can as if trying to make them meet your hair line . |
| 5 | And I was holding myself back , tha tha , Paul was looking and trying to make me laugh ! |
| 6 | This is all part of the same project described by Simone de Beauvoir and Hélène Cixous , a project of defining gender in a particular way and trying to make it look like an essence , something real and unchanging and natural and necessary . |