Example sentences of "it impossible for [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The vicious personal attack on him by Ernets Bevin and his humiliating defeat made it impossible for him to remain as leader .
2 He is dependent on the permission of others for every step he takes , and if they so wish they can make it impossible for him to carry on any concrete activity .
3 In the case of purely generic goods , if the particular goods which the seller had in mind to supply had in fact perished at the time of the contract this would not make it impossible for him to perform the contract .
4 He worked slowly but efficiently for nearly two hours , fearing that , if he did not finish the work quickly , frost would make it impossible for him to continue ; then , tired and sweating , he went and sat on the front doorstep to rest .
5 His perceptual difficulties may make it impossible for him to recognize you and his immediate family or your relationship with him .
6 You 've made it impossible for him to change his mind , with your carry-on in public .
7 He had made no plans : fatigue made it impossible for him to think rationally .
8 His desire to be always in absolute control made it impossible for him to seek the medical and psychological help he needed and he had no close friends to persuade him .
9 This gravely restricted Law 's room for manoeuvre and made it impossible for him to accept the only compromise that Asquith could offer .
10 This was not well received , and in fact Blackett 's sympathy with the Russians made it impossible for him to get a visa to visit the US during the McCarthy years .
11 He hated her for making it impossible for him to bring women home .
12 His nationalisation and fury at British exploitation made it impossible for him to compromise even if it was clear that this policies were self-destructive .
13 Would n't speak to me for six months , but then his natural goodness of heart , as well perhaps as his gradual realization that I might have been right , that perhaps I had saved him from a fate worse than death , made it impossible for him to keep it up .
14 His arthritis made it impossible for him to walk as he had been used to doing .
15 The record company prepared her an exhaustive schedule which made it impossible for her to give Fletch the attention he deserved so , reluctantly , she gave him to friends .
16 The mixture of anger and guilt which overwhelmed his widow made it impossible for her to grieve and weep for the loss of the good things shared in the early days of their marriage .
17 The glitter in his hooded eyes made it impossible for her to hazard even the wildest guess at what he was thinking .
18 Dumbly she shook her head , the threatened tears making it impossible for her to speak .
19 what Chodorow retains of the psychical that makes it impossible for her to consider social relations in any but the most simplistic way .
20 Spencer had always been the favoured one , beloved by mother since his difficult birth made it impossible for her to have any more children .
21 His face was set , making it impossible for her to guess what was going on in his mind .
22 Her knees were trembling again , but he held her pressed hard against him , both her arms locked behind her back , making it impossible for her to get away .
23 ‘ I did , but you made it impossible for me to refuse . ’
24 Now you 've made it impossible for me to carry out an interview despite the fact I 've been extremely patient "
25 ONCE again baseless charges of lewdness and indecency in this column make it impossible for me to report the following headline in the newsletter of Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries : ‘ What 's Five Inches Long — and Worth £200 ? ’
26 If I 'd met you earlier the fact that I 'm married would have made it impossible for me to take off and fly with you like this .
27 In retrospect , the greatest disservice Charles Howard ever did me was the way he had somehow made it impossible for me to trust this man .
28 They made it impossible for me to stay .
29 ‘ You made it impossible for me to stay , ’ he said rather tightly .
30 And this was their undoing because the surfaces of the branches had earlier been covered with lime to make it impossible for them to take flight again — ever again .
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