Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] to make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing how the crowd was on Tony 's side and treating him as the hero only seemed to make Lee more determined . |
| 2 | ‘ Brothers ! ’ cried Bobby , but that only seemed to make matters worse . |
| 3 | Masturbation only seemed to make things worse . |
| 4 | He realized the delicacy of the balance , and so hated to make team changes . |
| 5 | He spelled out the dangers without being too alarmist , but it only served to make Matthew more determined to become a sailor . |
| 6 | Folly stood up and resumed her pacing , practising in her head all the things she would say to Luke Hunter when he finally deigned to make contact . |
| 7 | As a result , TECs generally had to make cuts in the number of providers of employment training at a time when there was a growing need for such investment . |
| 8 | At this time George was in educational work and with no parish responsibilities I somehow volunteered to make tea at a keep-fit class which the local W.I. wanted to start . |
| 9 | ‘ I always tried to make Mojo more organised , ’ she says , ‘ but all that ended up happening was that I kept his diary and sent letters off for him . |
| 10 | Rodrigo and Motamid rapidly began to make inroads into the border territory separating the Caliphates of Saragossa and Lerida . |
| 11 | With a long shivery sigh , knowing she had no choice , not if she ever wanted to make things right , she climbed wearily to her feet . |
| 12 | He switched this ability to concentrate to his own recovery and eventually began to make progress . |
| 13 | The exercise also helped to make crystal clear that the sympathies of the city officials lay more with the tannery than with their electorate . |
| 14 | The DUC also decided to make uranium mining an issue in the forthcoming by-election . |
| 15 | He also liked to make people do press-ups , but with their rifles stretched across the tops of their hands ; he would then stand on the rifles so that his entire weight was pressing down on to their fists . |
| 16 | Roger Blyth , the chairman of Swansea 's selectors , sympathised with Llanelli 's predicament , but said his club also had to make contingency arrangements earlier in the season . |
| 17 | I also wanted to make places to put all my food , and all my tools and guns . |
| 18 | Examples from the Orloff and Orléans-Panthièvre services are included and one of the best pieces from the latter is a soup tureen by Edmé-Pierre Balzac , made in Paris in 1757–58 and now estimated to make FFr3–5m ( £300–500,000 , $530–880,000 ) . |
| 19 | Both had become convinced that papal jurisdiction had been wrongful , and now wished to make use of the supremacy to strengthen the monarchy . |
| 20 | Her sister Sarah , for so long the Spencer girl in the spotlight , now had to make way for Diana . |
| 21 | I belonged to them in the sense that when I was interested in something I tried to understand it as far as possible and , of course , even tried to make use of it . |
| 22 | Una Kyne , the executive services manager , put on a memorable meal and even had to make arrangements for 15 chauffeur driven cars to be given access . |
| 23 | And on the bowling side he admitted : ‘ Peter Such had a dream debut in helpful conditions in the first innings , but we then struggled to make inroads and our bowlers did not look penetrative in their second innings . |
| 24 | A couple of blobs landed on the canvas as a result and I then had to make use of this fact deliberately in order to get some sort of overall pattern . |
| 25 | No , the problem which really preoccupied him , which he kept returning to from one direction after another , and one in which he never seemed to make headway , was how to use the information he had to bring the conflict between Copt and Moslem to an end . |
| 26 | There was never any danger of that , because I 'm terrified of needles and I never wanted to make drugs my life 's work . |