Example sentences of "make be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The above contexts where make is followed by the to infinitive , far from disproving the explanation given above of why this verb is generally construed with the bare infinitive , confirm it therefore most convincingly . |
| 32 | The words we use come to us already imprinted with meanings , intentions and accents of others , and any utterance we make is directed towards some real or hypothetical Other . ’ |
| 33 | The words we use come to us already imprinted with the meanings , intentions and accents of others , our speech is a tissue of citations and echoes and allusions ; and every utterance we make is directed towards some real or hypothetical Other who will receive it . |
| 34 | Make is classified as a " direct control causation verb " , have as a " mediated control causation verb " and cause as a " noncontrol causation verb " . |
| 35 | The number of sales the trader could make was limited to the number of cars he could get . |
| 36 | Any noise it made was lost in the wind . |
| 37 | Any sound it made was lost in the green murk . |
| 38 | Every move he made was duplicated by the rest of the shoal at exactly the same speed and with absolute precision . |
| 39 | Almost any statement he made was punctuated with ‘ What do you think ? ’ or ‘ I 'd like your opinion on that . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ The only mistake we made was to wait for four years before trying to sort out our lives , ’ Julius replied in an unruffled tone . |
| 41 | An extra charge of one shilling ( 5p ) was made for permission to view the house , and the £5,500 it made was added to the Queen 's charitable fund . |
| 42 | The lawyer 's talisman , the implied condition , is wheeled out to perform its trusty service : a grant of power to a public body is subject to the implied condition that the findings it makes be supported by some evidence . |
| 43 | Thus two of the individual contributions which tile children were asked to make or able to make were put in this way : |
| 44 | If the statement he makes is found to be true it will not be defamatory ( see Justification below ) . |