Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] to make [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Montenegro had to make do with about three-fifths of her earlier gains but Bulgaria with less still . |
4 | After an extremely modest amount of alcohol available for the toasts , the delighted guests had to make do with ‘ Lemonade/Orangeade ’ . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Some , the lucky ones , had a glass for their drink but the rest had to make do with a cup or a mug . |
7 | Instead TOTP had to make do with a telephone interview and video . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | If species were merely arbitrary groupings adopted to make naming possible , this would not be so . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Those looking for a sign of grace or spiritual solace from the Cardinal had to make do with what The Times called ‘ exemplary patience and meekness ’ and writers to the letters column taxed me with shallowness and poor taste . |
16 | Rohmer began to make shushing noises as if Gilbert was a child who needed to be restrained for sleep . |
17 | And there was this awful woman , Mrs so and so , that was always telling women what to do and , she she was n't very popular because some of the things that she suggested that women did to make do and mend were so tedious and time consuming . |
18 | Some were given a glucose drink to start their day while others had to make do with a ‘ dummy ’ drink with no nutritional content . |
19 | Instead , readers of the Spanish press had to make do with the news that Franco had reformed his Council of Ministers . |
20 | Giardini of course shared his countrymen 's disdain for the German interloper J. C. Bach , who had already achieved modest successes on the London stage : in July 1763 he wrote that Bach had departed to ‘ great regrets and lamentations , but easily dried up without a great handkerchief ’ In the end London had to make do with Vento , who was largely responsible for stitching up patchwork operas from assorted numbers that Leone also helped to collect on his travels . |
21 | Jazz appropriated Mr Nicholson 's carpet slippers and Hoomey had to make do with a pair of fluffy mules which the missing Mrs Nicholson had left behind . |
22 | Thus , with the earldom of Essex passing to the descendants of Geoffrey 's first marriage , John had to make do with such manors as Aylesbury and Steeple Claydon in Buckinghamshire , Exning in Suffolk , and Cherhill and Winterslow in Wiltshire , the last the only part of the honour of Berkhamsted that he obtained . |
23 | Sadie 's Dad had died at Gallipoli , and her mother had to make do with a tiny pension and the income of the shop . |