Example sentences of "[noun] to make [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All he needed , he sometimes thought , was a trunk to make him look exactly like an elephant . |
| 2 | O'Brien suspects northern influence was brought to bear on Dick Spring to make him change his tune . |
| 3 | But although she opened her mouth to make it quite clear to her infuriating parent that she was not , never would be , and never wanted to even think about being in love with Luke Hunter , somehow the words would n't come . |
| 4 | And , anyway , it was from the British he made his money , selling them scrap iron during the war , so it will be an extra pleasure to make him cough up that sort of loot . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The circumstances are regrettable , but it is my pleasure to make you as comfortable as possible . |
| 6 | Murray 's club-mate , Tom McKean , has set his store on the World Indoors but first he has a personal score to settle with his GB team-mate , David Sharpe , who pipped him on Saturday to make it 1-1 between them indoors this winter . |
| 7 | If we can actually demonstrate that , but you 've got ta see a significant improvement in your productivity on a Saturday to make it worth your while . |
| 8 | this happens automatically with a 1×1 rib , but when we come to the 2×2 ribs we have to take steps to make it happen . |
| 9 | Luckily she had proof , because she did n't think it was going to take long before he took steps to make it seem as if she 'd made a criminally stupid error . |
| 10 | It takes a lot of gratuitous cruelty perpetrated in the name of dogma to make him criticize the Party , as when the ‘ Attack the Evil Winds of Capitalism Team ’ tells the old peasant Guo Lao-da to kill the six ‘ capitalist ’ ducks he owns . |
| 11 | The connections between these three issues need to be kept in mind , although opportunities for the internal reformer to make them effectively will greatly vary . |
| 12 | And we have more plans for the future to make it the ultimate private leisure club . |
| 13 | Marwood , the League 's leading scorer with 224 points , added both goals to make it 18-12 . |
| 14 | Whereas I hardly ever break a string ; I mean , you do n't have to hit your guitar with a hammer to make it sound loud . ’ |
| 15 | The law will also sweep away the previous 20% limit on foreign investment in privatised firms , in a bid to make them more attractive to international fund managers . |
| 16 | This involved changes in the refuelling system ; it was a bid to make it easier to obtain weapons-grade plutonium . |
| 17 | The Owton Manor Primary School pupil from Hartlepool had his left leg broken and pinned in a bid to make it grow longer . |
| 18 | ‘ We knew Wednesday had problems at the back when long balls were played at them , so it came as no surprise when we scored on the break to make it 1–1 . ’ |
| 19 | For your first flight , choose a day with some wind to make it easier to keep the wings level and to keep the glider straight . |
| 20 | Birkdale does n't need a lot of wind to make it tough like some links courses . |
| 21 | For instance , there could be a steady reduction in the amount of transmitter released by the presynaptic cell , or a modification of the receptors on the postsynaptic side to make them less responsive to a given amount of transmitter released , or both mechanisms could be operating . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll finish his bed and get him to lie on his side to make it easy for thee . |
| 23 | A pitcher can spin a baseball to make it follow a trajectory in any direction . |
| 24 | Surely if I know all this I should be able to put on just enough weight to make me feel comfortable , or at least stop losing any more ? |
| 25 | You know : the things youngsters stick on their cars to make 'em look like racers — but I 've never seen it done to a clapped-out old van before . ’ |
| 26 | On initial inspection the curve in Figure 3.3 appears to show just such an inverted-U relationship , however , on closer scrutiny it is clear that the points which represent a downturn in the curve are not based on enough data to make them reliable . |
| 27 | If you find deep gravel paths in your local park , write to your local parks department and ask that the paths instead be covered with firmly rolled gravel to make them suitable for use by wheelchair users . |
| 28 | These are performances to make you forget these are pieces usually treated as potboilers . |
| 29 | Ashamed of having frightened me , he looked at me sweetly and began to sing Italian songs to make me forget the incident ’ . |
| 30 | The lake , visidle from the house , and backed with trees and a small Greek temple , had been cleaned and drained by David Fairfax to make it fit for swimming , and a diving-board had been installed . |