Example sentences of "[adv] to make it [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Saint Marcus had to put all that lot together to make it look right and make it make sense , with hindsight , bringing all the important pieces together . |
| 2 | For as long as it seemed remotely relevant , the tactic never failed ; and it was easy enough to make it seem relevant in the atmosphere of international hostility of 1945 . |
| 3 | But yet I was suspended , right , for a long time and she after she came back all she had is a little scratch there but they took 'er to 'ospital just to make it seem serious and she come back in school the next day . |
| 4 | But the effect on the host warbler is not , of course , just to make it look ridiculous — the bird that rears the parasitic fledgling will fail to rear young of its own . |
| 5 | I staggered back , partly to make it look good on the off chance there was somebody watching and partly because letting go of the winch had put me off balance . |
| 6 | What sort of face did he have then to make it look surprised ? |
| 7 | Wanting someone , like he wanted Kelly Connor , was no novelty to Jack — hardly a day passed when it did n't happen to him — but a quick telephone call and a Suzi or a Debra , one of his sexual Samaritans , would be there to make it feel better . |