Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] 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	Montenegro had to make do with about three-fifths of her earlier gains but Bulgaria with less still .
4	Instead TOTP had to make do with a telephone interview and video .
5	But the besieged British of Ulster have to make do with liberal platitudes instead of a tough security police .
6	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 .
7	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 .
8	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 .
9	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 .
10	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 .

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