Example sentences of "try to make [pron] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , I tried to make it up to her in every way I could — though it was n't easy — she went on hating me for years . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ And the least I can do , after the way your plans have been disrupted , is to try to make it up to you , in part — help you adapt a little more cheerfully to the circumstances . ’ |
| 3 | You sit there and spend a million dollars on effects to try to make it sound like something you can already go out and buy . |
| 4 | Come on , Terry , even you ca n't be so desperate for a story that you 'd try to make something out of last night 's little mishap ! |
| 5 | I do n't know it 's just I think he 's trying to make me out as a bad mother |
| 6 | ‘ I think he was sceptical about our story but has accepted that it would be a waste of time trying to make anything out of it now . ’ |
| 7 | He went all out at a new piece , rushing into it with lots of enthusiasm and wrong notes , trying to make it sound like the finished piece as soon as possible . |
| 8 | I 'm not trying to make it hard for you , I 'm trying to work out what is useful for you , cos it 's no good you just sort of more or less copying it out . |