Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [verb] do " in BNC.
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1 | Instead , he came second and had to make do with £80,000 . |
2 | Finally the Willeys went for a celebration Sunday lunch … and had to make do with cold cuts because there had been a fire in the pub kitchen . |
3 | They borrowed a car and drove to Cornwall , though between the two of them they were virtually penniless and had to make do with beans on brown bread for the entire weekend . |
4 | ‘ Thank God I was under-privileged and had to make do with girls . |
5 | It may have been ignored since 1981 and left to make do with just two small engines ( and thus no way of cashing in on the ever-increasing popularity of the hot supermini in Britain ) but all that 's changed now . |