Example sentences of "[noun] to make it [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had hated the little brochure that described it — the pathetic attempt to make it look glamorous , the photographs of it , posed , doors open , doors shut , desperately trying not to look like what it was — a square box with hideous speckled seats . |
| 2 | Although he had the pride and the carriage to make it look easy , he was often terrified . |
| 3 | He took from it a ten-shilling note which he placed on the tea-chest , smoothing out the folds to make it lie flat . |
| 4 | Frankie had scrubbed his hands and feet and dampened his hair with water to make it lie flat and tidy against his head . |
| 5 | and it would also enable you to quickly and easily do something on the erm on the , on the private functions night to make it look different . |
| 6 | And when the pair went to a recent wedding , Sir Charles spray-painted an old gran 's hat for Lady Jeannie to make it look new . |
| 7 | Do n't pad out your answer to make it seem impressive . |
| 8 | It is rather like a child rejecting food he has not tasted because he does not have enough information to make it seem attractive . |
| 9 | ‘ Do you think God would give me the vision and no way to make it come true ? |
| 10 | Yeah , I should get one that yeah page ten , it says return to your letter and essentially i it tells you all the various formatting options that you want to apply to your document to make it look neat and tidy . |
| 11 | There might seem to be a number of inherent problems in producing a journal on British Surrealism , namely that the possibility of live interviews will diminish as the first generation of these artists and writers die off in the next few years ; secondly , there seems to be a tendency on the part of those who produce surrealist literature to make it look surrealist , although the rather bitty appearance of the present journal is probably as much to do with its very low budget ( a small grant from the University of London ) as with its artistic affiliations . |
| 12 | The animation of your character is superb with constant movement ( even when you are still ) and just enough detail to make it seem real . |