Example sentences of "[noun] have to make [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Montenegro had to make do with about three-fifths of her earlier gains but Bulgaria with less still . |
| 5 | After an extremely modest amount of alcohol available for the toasts , the delighted guests had to make do with ‘ Lemonade/Orangeade ’ . |
| 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 | But the besieged British of Ulster have to make do with liberal platitudes instead of a tough security police . |
| 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 | Today 's passengers have to make do with a 10-mile return trip to Twyford . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 16 | Until then motorists have to make do with these temporary toilets which opened today . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | While the rest of America has to make do with a fridge full of beer and a chair at screen-side , the two participating cities are permitted a temporary suspension of reason for this the first Bay Bridge Series . |
| 20 | Some were given a glucose drink to start their day while others had to make do with a ‘ dummy ’ drink with no nutritional content . |
| 21 | Instead , readers of the Spanish press had to make do with the news that Franco had reformed his Council of Ministers . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Many primary schools have the good fortune to have a separate dining hall while others have to make do with a hall that serves for dining , assemblies , PE and numerous other activities during the day . |
| 24 | As a result Zambians have to make do with ‘ the left-overs of the book world , rather than its riches ’ . |
| 25 | For the historian of modern urbanization , scores of cities are available for direct inspection , while the ancient historian has to make do with a few fortuitous survivals . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Sadie 's Dad had died at Gallipoli , and her mother had to make do with a tiny pension and the income of the shop . |
| 29 | The north-east parts have to make do with anything from 25 to 75 in ( 65–190 cm ) annually . |