Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to make [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , the buyer has to make known to the seller , expressly or by implication , the purpose for which he intends to use the goods . |
| 2 | And while other babies can splash happily in warm baths , little Heidi has to make do with a quick sponge-down in a grubby public toilet . |
| 3 | There were a few nervous moments late on but Sudbury defended stoically to the final whistle , Basingstoke having to make do with another late penalty from Rowledge . |
| 4 | Those who were not participating in this type of research had to make do with walking in the oh so prolific Manchester rain , holding pillow-fighting competitions or otherwise bear the dreadful timetabled events . |
| 5 | In the same way as taking the surname of the male in marriage tends to make tracing the female branches of the family more difficult , the use of the term man tends to make women 's history disappear . |
| 6 | Soon they learned to recognise the treacherous brightness of grass that was too green and drew back before their feet began to make sucking noises in the black mud . |
| 7 | Montenegro had to make do with about three-fifths of her earlier gains but Bulgaria with less still . |
| 8 | After an extremely modest amount of alcohol available for the toasts , the delighted guests had to make do with ‘ Lemonade/Orangeade ’ . |
| 9 | In spring 1987 the information division of the DHSS decided to make checking procedures more systematic , which meant that the checker was not selected by the IPG at NACAB central office and was not directly accessible to it . |
| 10 | Some , the lucky ones , had a glass for their drink but the rest had to make do with a cup or a mug . |
| 11 | Instead TOTP had to make do with a telephone interview and video . |
| 12 | But the besieged British of Ulster have to make do with liberal platitudes instead of a tough security police . |
| 13 | If it is ⅔km around a running track , how many laps would a runner have to make to do 12km ? |
| 14 | It 's unlikely that anybody does it too often , since trippers tend to make skiing an all-day outing , but I 've often been on the beach with people planning a ski trip next day . |
| 15 | Most athletes first encountered him as a voice , bellowing in multi-lingual fury at officials who had broken rules or arrangements designed to make racing safer or more fair . |
| 16 | 19 How many jumps each of 3½cm would a frog have to make to travel 7cm ? |
| 17 | And sure enough , just as Clelia ripped a crust from a piece of bread and butter , the baby started to make groaning hungry noises , clenching and unclenching its fists , with histrionic desire . |
| 18 | A whole generation of non-English speaking minorities had to make do with an ad hoc system which provided makeshift translators , interpreters and semi-interpreters in G.P. 's surgeries , Hospitals , D.H.S.S offices , the Police Station and the Magistrate 's courts . |
| 19 | And erm my father and Michael had got to know the maids in in the Plas but Michael had grabbed the the the the good looking of the parlour maid and my father had to make do with the cook . |
| 20 | Portability Surprisingly , not all the sets had handles or finger tips to make carrying easier . |
| 21 | The Duchess of Kent and 60 guests sat down to a delicious fish meal while patients had to make do with quiche or ham salad . |
| 22 | Today 's passengers have to make do with a 10-mile return trip to Twyford . |
| 23 | In addition obstetricians conduct audits of their services and health authorities attempt to make purchasing decisions using , among other things , data on perinatal mortality . |
| 24 | If species were merely arbitrary groupings adopted to make naming possible , this would not be so . |
| 25 | The name may not have changed but the new Bob will earn £200,000 a year , the old Bob had to make do with quite a few bob less — £93,000 . |
| 26 | Before the days of scientific toiletries , your great grandmother had to make do with simple cosmetics she made herself using herbs and foods from her kitchen cupboard . |
| 27 | Where the lower orders of life have to make do with conditioned reflexes which so operate on behaviour as to limit conflict to levels that do not threaten the species , man — blessed as he is with free will — must institutionalise or die . |
| 28 | Until then motorists have to make do with these temporary toilets which opened today . |
| 29 | Having a baby usually means not being able to have a job as well so most young mothers have to make do with the various state benefits they are entitled to . |
| 30 | Signs exist to make driving safer , not to keep the regional council amused . |