Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] make it [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 We must now make it happen .
2 I do n't think stress would cause this sort of pain but it 'll certainly make it feel worse , there 's no doubt about that .
3 His plan to escape was so long in the making and the lesson for us must lie in the reason why , when the time came , he could not make it work .
4 But he was that stiff-necked the old Baron , and Mr Louis , the present Baron , he 's the same , they could n't make it pay even when times got better .
5 My mate weighed it too and he could n't make it grow either .
6 In theory , you should be able to stick the chart into a document , while maintaining links to the original spreadsheet , but I could n't make it work .
7 I was very confused because I could n't make it work , but not could I break it .
8 For no apparent reason it was hanging on my head like lank seaweed ; I could n't make it puff out in a way that hid my ears properly .
9 ‘ It would n't make it taste better if I owned it . ’
10 ‘ You ca n't make it talk , ’ Fred said .
11 You sit in a rocking chair but ca n't make it go .
12 If there is one overriding golden rule with feeding any plant , but especially with roses , it is the meaning of the old saying ‘ you can lead a horse to water , but you ca n't make it drink ’ .
13 Some women ca n't make it last the week so theirs is kept in the office .
14 I find that other kind of sound very forgiving ; I can get through it technically , but I ca n't make it come alive the way somebody else could . ’
15 It 's very frustrating to fit a new drive , only to find you ca n't make it work because the cable wo n't reach .
16 But it 's something that 's happened and you ca n't make it unhappen .
17 Tomorrow will start frosty , but the mostly sunny skies will soon make it feel warmer .
18 You ca n't just leave it up to the police , or to someone else — and ignoring it wo n't make it go away .
19 And getting in a tiss and shouting wo n't make it go away .
20 If the Chinese think it is worth going to all the trouble and expense of shipping this equipment 12,000 miles around the world , how is it that British industry can not make it pay ? ’
21 My colleagues and I do not believe that the British people will be fooled a second time — one can take a horse to water but one can not make it drink .
22 Of course sometimes when it does n't work that depresses me because it 's not because it does n't work , it 's because of the constraints of the system that you can not make it work .
23 you can then make it do work for you ?
24 I I Well it 's supposed to be spoken English dear , I do n't think , unless you can actually make it speak , it 'll be terribly helpful .
25 This diet , if followed properly , will help you achieve the kind of figure you never dreamed possible but there is only one person in the world who can actually make it work for you — and that 's YOU .
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