Example sentences of "[noun pl] make us " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her work refuses any concession to polite conventions of ‘ good taste ’ , indeed her fleshy pinks and pulsing reds make us squirm with embarrassed recognition , reminding us of the ‘ nasty ’ things we do at home — after the guests have gone . |
| 2 | Although these considerations make us wary of interpreting fig 4.1 too literally , they do not undermine its value as a representation of the essential core of language , and as a starting point for stylistics . |
| 3 | … labels make us feel exclusive . |
| 4 | Ideas make us what we are . |
| 5 | If all three of these things make us explore new territories of the imagination , the flight of ten blue-lined Steps which rise to a pinnacle in the room next door is another matter all together . |
| 6 | Our mass communications make us take such processes for granted : we must remember that television and jet-travel have greatly expanded and accelerated the volume and intensity of such exchanges . |
| 7 | Such social processes make us aware how immensely powerful are the mechanisms of denial , the psychological capacity to shut our eyes and ears to matters which are too painful to be contemplated and which create for practitioners ethical and professional dilemmas which are hard to resolve . |
| 8 | ‘ Women make us poets , children make us philosophers . ’ |
| 9 | Your female contributors make us half-men feel pretty useless . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Women make us poets , children make us philosophers . ’ |
| 11 | Her great painful and ecstatic climaxes make us at last to know something the man has always wanted to know … |