Example sentences of "[art] [noun] to make end [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | In their different ways , both absolute and relative concepts suggest that the struggle to make ends meet is fought out in and against the routines which sustain health ; in the routines of buying bones from the butcher and not buying new shoes for the children . |
2 | She no longer had the money to make ends meet . |
3 | In the fight to make ends meet , she was obliged to surround herself with people . |
4 | Women are up well before dawn and may have only five or six hours sleep a night in the effort to make ends meet . |
5 | ‘ I love driving but I was doing this 14 or 15 hours a day to make ends meet . |
6 | They have to struggle desperately every day to make ends meet . |
7 | ‘ And I know of one Darlington school which is running a lottery to make ends meet . |
8 | Father had given up tobacco and alcohol to send me £2 15s ( Pounds 2.75 ) a week to make ends meet . |