Example sentences of "can make [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you can make yourself see the point in doing them , |
| 2 | I pretended I was happy , you can make yourself think anything , but I 'm not . ’ |
| 3 | " Why should I help you stuff another client , just so you can make yourself rich ? " |
| 4 | And I like to keep it that way still if I can , because you can make yourself a lot of work over some small incident sometimes . |
| 5 | ‘ If you 're hungry you can make yourself a sandwich . |
| 6 | ‘ You can make yourself useful while I 'm gone ; there 's a percolator in the kitchen — I like mine strong and black . ’ |
| 7 | As well as those you can make yourself , there are the wood and metal blinds , including Venetian and louvred . |
| 8 | ‘ But , until we do , you can make yourself useful by binding up this hole in my arm before I give you the pleasure of bleeding to death . ’ |
| 9 | But do n't think you can make yourself too indispensable . |
| 10 | You can make yourself a few bob there I should think . |
| 11 | And er I really feel that , you know , you can make yourself more bloody trouble cos that 's what happened to Helen next door . |
| 12 | But in some cases a person of the age of 16 can make what is in effect equivalent to a disposition by will : a member of a Trade Union or Friendly Society may , for instance , at that age nominate in writing a person to receive moneys payable on his death by the Union or Society . |
| 13 | Whereas in the classic Italian historical novel , Manzoni 's The Betrothed ( 1827 ) , much admired by Eco , the omniscience of the author consists in his ability to probe at will into the psychology of his characters and , at the same time , to link this to broad historical movements and even some sense of a providential ‘ plot ’ in history , in Eco it is closer to the power of the master craftsman who can make what he will with the materials to hand , and unmake it too . |
| 14 | THE parties can make what agreement they wish about the time , place and manner of delivery and payment . |
| 15 | I can make what is perhaps not a usual boast in Scotland : I can claim that some of my best friends are Conservatives . |
| 16 | Clanness can characterize the vessels used in the Eucharist or the goblets which serve men and women of exalted dignity in their banquets ; it blurs the edges of earthly things with a nimbus of heaven , in other words , and yet it can make what is celestial seem clearer to human sense . |
| 17 | There are all sorts of comparatively small changes you can make which will transform your kitchen 's looks out of all proportion to the time and expense . |
| 18 | Sometimes they are perceived only by those in intimate contact , yet sometimes they can make everyone in a large crowd aware of individual feelings . |
| 19 | Willig ( 1978 ) has proposed an alternative scheme which can make everyone at least as well off as under the average cost regime . |
| 20 | Any church which wishes consistently to plant new congregations must , it seems , take seriously the need to train new leaders who can make themselves fully available to this work . |
| 21 | But , in my experience , if this is the case although it is possible to plant a new church it will not happen nearly as quickly as it will do if someone can make themselves available full-time . |
| 22 | Many ailments , especially viral ones such as Fish Pox , can make themselves apparent a long time after purchase : in other words , unless you go the whole hog , like the very top Koi-keepers , quarantine is no guarantee that all will be well . |
| 23 | A single ruling class will still emerge , but a plurality of interests can make themselves felt within it . |
| 24 | John Plamenatz announced enthusiastically that " the voice of the people is heard everlastingly " through the spokespersons of these organizations , and Robert Dahl believed in the 1950s that the United States possessed " a political system in which all the active and legitimate groups in the population can make themselves heard at some critical stage in the process of decision " . |
| 25 | He 'll be happier if he can make himself useful . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But see if you can make me ! ’ |
| 27 | Let's face it , no one can make me look like Princess Diana . ’ |
| 28 | Nothing can make me feel guilty . |
| 29 | Nothing can make me feel inhibited — I decide whether to feel inhibited or not . |
| 30 | No-one can make me feel jealous . |