Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a [adj] effort [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean they were pretty shambly when I got to them and I made a supreme effort to get everything going the way I wanted it to go . |
| 2 | I made a mental effort to visualise his new house , to create some mind picture , but gave up after a few seconds . |
| 3 | Yes — I make a real effort to cut out high fat foods |
| 4 | I make a determined effort to rummage around in the jumble of our years together for some of the intensity of feeling I had for her . |
| 5 | It is n't until you make a conscious effort to listen , you realise how much noise you are subject to in this modern world , do you really , it 's true . |
| 6 | And unless you make a special effort to do something active on a weekend , then you can add another 16 hours or so to the total , making a grand total of more than 70 hours each week . |
| 7 | She made a half-hearted effort to pull away from him , but ran into the implacable strength of his arm . |
| 8 | I suppose that because she had n't really known me from an early age , she made a tremendous effort to get to know me later . |
| 9 | He headed off in the direction of the kitchen , and she made a feeble effort to straighten her leg , wincing in pain . |
| 10 | Anger bubbled up inside her like a geyser set to gush , and she made a valiant effort to hold it in check . |
| 11 | Then , realising she was on the verge of helpless tears , she made a valiant effort to pull herself together . |
| 12 | She made a deliberate effort to relax : they would both have blown up if they had had to sit like that all evening , she thought . |
| 13 | She made a further effort to sit up , and groaned as a tide of pain engulfed her . |
| 14 | She made a gigantic effort to pull herself together . |
| 15 | She made a huge effort to calm herself . |
| 16 | We made a considerable effort to adjust for problems related to potential misclassification of anal cancers . |
| 17 | They are match-winners and we made a special effort to involve them . |
| 18 | To better understand and service your needs , we make a special effort to answer all of our customers ' questions and to help them with any technical problems that may be related to MiLAN products . |
| 19 | Less than a third agreed they came by their fees easily , while half felt they made a positive effort to support and understand clients and 59 per cent that they respond very positively to requests for help and advice ( although these two groups of responses should be seen in the light of that ‘ distress purchase ’ attitude , where lawyers are unlikely to be negative when a client suddenly calls up offering business ) . |
| 20 | THE FIRST round of the new National County Under-25s Two Fours competition sent Essex to Coton , on the outskirts of Cambridge , where they produced a great effort to win by three shots against Cambridgeshire . |
| 21 | It 's only by ignoring them that they make a real effort to survive . |
| 22 | Try to persuade him to make a real effort to give up smoking — he may put on a bit of weight but he can tackle that later — and to eat frequent snacks throughout the day instead of two or three heavy meals . |
| 23 | He made a tremendous effort to bring himself back into reality ; his hands shook and he swallowed twice as he tried to speak ; then he passed his right hand , still clutching the telegram , through his dark hair . |
| 24 | ‘ Of all the stupid , careless — ’ Flinching beneath contemptuous anger that gave each word the force of a blow , Polly could only watch as he made a visible effort to control himself . |
| 25 | Taking a deep breath , he made a visible effort to push the nightmare aside , and grinned down at her . |
| 26 | Paul writes that he is ‘ in ’ God — and as we look at the way that he wrote other letters , it is clear that he made a great effort to maintain that special relationship . |
| 27 | Anger was getting close to being out of control , Briant suddenly realized , and he made a conscious effort to push it down . |
| 28 | He made a last effort to persuade the Sunderland Society to adopt the rules of a national union which he had spent some twelve months in preparing . |
| 29 | It represents a concerted effort to preserve her black heritage . |
| 30 | It takes a tremendous effort to stop , so : |