Example sentences of "make the whole thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doing Ophelia on stage before taking up the BBC contract meant that I went there with a little track record — I 'd been blooded , if you like , and it made the whole thing a lot better . |
| 2 | When we could n't revive it , it made the whole thing worse for them . |
| 3 | Editors often cut a vital sentence , too , and made the whole thing unbalanced . |
| 4 | The fact that we had definite goals on each trek , such as reaching a summit by sunrise , made the whole thing feel like an expedition . |
| 5 | IT IS more than 20 years since the novelist C P Snow delivered his Rede Lecture , The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution , and 20 since F R Leavis delivered his swingeing assault on Snow , which made the whole thing a subject of violent controversy , adding somewhat to the gaiety of that small part of the nation interested in academic ding-dong . |
| 6 | I made the whole thing up from the start |
| 7 | The Unwins themselves — and it was impossible for anyone to grudge them their moment — said over and over that it was great , just great that one of the horses actually on the train had won one of the races , it made the whole thing worthwhile , and the whole party , drifting into the dining car in true party mood , agreed and applauded . |
| 8 | Many ‘ systemised ’ tanks combine all three ( as do external filters if you choose to load them that way ) but now in the BioLife unit Hagen have put together what is virtually the filter unit from a small systemised tank , complete with self-contained heaterstat , added the sort of wet-and-dry trickle filtration usually only available in under the tank units , and made the whole thing suitable for a three foot tank . |
| 9 | Most of them , though , were sympathetic and some , like Jeremy Paxman on Breakfast Time , made the whole thing that much less of an ordeal . |
| 10 | I did not think He would mind this , especially if I made the whole thing into a sort of combined barby stroke burnt sacrifice . |
| 11 | ‘ Are you saying Nicola made the whole thing up ? ’ |
| 12 | Each time he was about to embark on a new affair , he bought Jessica an expensive present — as if that made the whole thing right . |
| 13 | When occasionally they asked her what was the marketing strategy or the business plan and she said , openly , that there never had been one , her patent naturalness and honesty made the whole thing appear even more of a fairy story . |
| 14 | She longed to say : you 're lying , you made the whole thing up so you would n't get scolded for breaking the dish . |
| 15 | That he himself happened to be a congenital cad only made the whole thing more difficult , not easier . |
| 16 | His sudden talk of alibis made the whole thing sound serious . |
| 17 | The fact that King Arthur had been Romano-British and engaged in a struggle against Saxon invaders made the whole thing even more nonsensical , but Schellenberg had long since ceased to be amused by the excesses of the Third Reich . |
| 18 | Especially as the childminder had n't seen what had happened , so she did n't realize why he was carrying on like he was , made the whole thing a little bit tricky , can I give you this ? |
| 19 | So more programme analysis and discussion and less argument and assertion , I think , would make the whole thing less fraught on the one side . |
| 20 | However , who knows , perhaps someday we 'll come across some tablet or document that will make the whole thing clear . |
| 21 | We tried to draw out the kind of changes that might help make the whole thing happen . |
| 22 | And your little dancer , Suzi Hoflin — you were quite right about her legs — she will make the whole thing look enchanting as a watersprite or a dragonfly instead of a ballet dancer in a mask . ’ |
| 23 | I think that would make the whole thing too bureaucratic . |
| 24 | What did daddy make the whole thing ? |
| 25 | Did daddy make the whole thing ? |
| 26 | Assuming she had n't made the whole thing up . |
| 27 | He must have made the whole thing up from start to finish . |
| 28 | We all just sat there like Mickey Mouse was dead or something , and then we got on the train and went back home and did n't say anything to each other , and all the kids at school thought I 'd made the whole thing up . |
| 29 | I took him out for a boozy lunch , and in the end he admitted he 'd made the whole thing up . |
| 30 | I understand ; I mean , you want to know that someone is n't just making the whole thing up when they talk about a man being that special to them . |