Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] and make they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Imagine , said Francis , that I returned to Perugia on the darkest of nights , a night so cold that everything is covered with snow , and the frost in the folds of my habit hits my legs and makes them bleed . |
| 2 | It is because of this , as well as her own personal charisma and dedication to a cause she really cares about , that Mrs Gellatly 's won stall is a runaway success ( I use the word ‘ runaway ’ deliberately because of the remark by an observant onlooker that he had yet to see Mrs Gellatly walk , and I was immediately , and I think aptly , reminded of the hymn ‘ Take my feet and make them swift and beautiful for Thee ’ ) . |
| 3 | ( I used to pick my spots and make them worse ) |
| 4 | Thru enacts this strategy of ‘ wild jay-walking ’ between theories by side-stepping their systematicity and making them into stories . |
| 5 | ‘ A scientific truth , ’ he wrote , and one can almost see the tightly pressed lips , hear the snapping of the pencil , ‘ does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light , but rather because its opponents eventually die , and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it . ’ |
| 6 | The third section moves on to investigate the nature and effectiveness of British and American mechanisms for exercising democratic control over the police ( i.e. influencing their policies and making them answerable for their behaviour ) . |
| 7 | When she took off her glasses the sun caught her eyes and made them flash like green torches . |
| 8 | The terrace tiles were already warm under her bare feet ; the sunlight , when she looked towards it , stung her eyes and made them water . |
| 9 | He believed strongly in the psychology of home territory , which invariably put witnesses at their ease and made them more likely to remember little details they might otherwise forget or overlook in strange or foreign surroundings . |
| 10 | There must be no encroachments : they must not appropriate her memories and make them theirs . |
| 11 | And he sent for the Bishop of Valencia , and took their vows and made them plight themselves each to the other according as the law directs . |
| 12 | She tied a big red-and-white-striped drying-up cloth around each of their waists and made them kneel up to the table on chairs . |
| 13 | They were supervised by a Miss Walker who , although she could not dance , also watched over their dances and made them up every night . |
| 14 | Among the points she made were the need for care of children , the importance of supporting the NCH , which was doing such a wonderful job for children in need ; and the necessity of seeking out the fathers who abandon their children and making them pay maintenance . |
| 15 | ‘ I would envisage a process of discovery , so each party would list documents in their possession and make them available to the other parties . ’ |
| 16 | A huge steel crane hook suddenly descended quietly between their faces and made them both leap back in alarm . |
| 17 | And the colour was protection because ill fortune weakened its victims and made them vulnerable . |
| 18 | He slapped both hands palms down on the table , slopping his tea and making them all jump , totally unselfconscious in his misery . |
| 19 | The Prince smiled his thanks and held his hand out so that the sunlight streaming through the stained glass windows caught the gems in his rings and made them sparkle . |
| 20 | Perhaps I could be Eric 's stunt man , standing in when he turns on the flash dangerous stuff that terrifies the defenders in his wake and makes them have a go like David Burrows did . |
| 21 | Shall I do that , Lissa — shall I hunt out your secrets and make them my own ? ’ |
| 22 | How far this will work depends on how far we can inject into cross-curricular work the essence of our ideas and make them genuine focuses of our work ( and not peripheral elements ) . |
| 23 | If you begin to apply some of these techniques to your studies and make them part of your habits of thought , you 'll find it much easier to solve problems , to write better essays and to produce higher-scoring examination answers . |
| 24 | These taxes are surely indefensible , because they are not only unproductive to the country , but actually put up the costs of producing our goods and make them less attractively priced for the overseas market . |
| 25 | What we need to do is get our members and make them feel that they 're part of Europe , not dispossessed by it , at this moment in the time there 's not a lot for them in consideration of Europe . |
| 26 | I have enough money to help your family and make them comfortable . ’ |