Example sentences of "can make [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | you can make make it right next time with Tracey 's and Linda 's anyway , if they had n't done it in office because I can put two pound what Tracey paid onto Linda 's anyway , it 'll still balance it out wo n't it ? |
2 | ‘ I can make do . |
3 | It is the hardiest breed of all , able to be productive where other cattle could not even survive , and , like other hardy old breeds , it is long-lived and can make do with the poorest of grazing . |
4 | You can make do with string , but having spent so much time and care on creating a perfect picture , you might be somewhat annoyed if it fell to the floor and smashed because the string had broken ! |
5 | The rest of us can make do with Profile 's fine new compilation ‘ Avanti ! ’ , 11 tracks to prove that Italian dance was more than just a passing fad . |
6 | If you can make do with a 200Mb IDE drive , the price drops to £1,940 . |
7 | Expanded memory is much slower than Extended memory , so if it can make do with the latter ( and you do n't need Expanded memory for an old DOS program ) , delete it from your CONFIG.SYS . |
8 | Confronted with such a situation , with no sure indication as to how , if at all , a satisfactory clarification of particular identity might be found , we might be tempted to think that the best course to follow is to try and see if we can make do without relying on this awkward and intractable concept . |
9 | You can do without carpet but you 've got to have somewhere to sit and the least you can make do with is one sofa or two good chairs . |
10 | Instead of completely introjecting the mother and emasculating himself in his unconscious desire to be revenged on her , the believer can make do with an identification with a mythical son who has done just this ( the crucified Christ ) . |
11 | no oh I carpets and what have you you know I think you can make do as long as you 've got one , you know why it |
12 | Is this so you can make do they let you keep the stuff at the end ? |
13 | Alternatively , you can make an intriguing doom-laden prediction ( ‘ beware the old Tilean who walks with a limp — he carries a poisoned blade for you ’ ) which you can make come true at any later time you like . |
14 | But no , there are certain tracks which lend themselves and certain ones that you can make stretch to sound okay on just acoustic , but I do n't generally think like that . |
15 | Years of flying so many different aeroplanes with different cockpits and harnesses can make escape very difficult . |
16 | Can make rise up anew . |
17 | In the creation of an audiotaped sequence , the pupil or group can make use not only of verbal messages and a variety of voices , but also of natural and artificial sounds , and of course music . |