Example sentences of "to make it [vb infin] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I poured out some ouzo and added enough water to make it go milkily opaque . |
| 2 | If you 're going to make it go out that way then you 'll have to make it go out that way at the bottom otherwise it wo n't fit when you try to put the other wall up . |
| 3 | Even in rehearsal it requires stamina and dedication to make it appear so smooth . |
| 4 | It might seem appropriate to extend theft in this way in order to make it cover as many ways as possible of getting property dishonestly . |
| 5 | If you have a kitchen/dining room and want to make it look particularly warm and comfortable you could make a visual division between working and eating areas by stapling the dining walls with a cheap cotton treated with a protective spray . |
| 6 | In this case the motherboard replacement is n't as clear cut a winner and it would only take a slight change , such as not being able to use the RAM , to make it look even worse . |
| 7 | This has been painted in a strong colour to make it look more aggressive . |
| 8 | But she knew that Chinese Charlie would clean and press a garment to make it look almost new and she could get as much as two shillings for a good overcoat or a suit . |
| 9 | Erm not a not a a good thing to do when I when I said necessary , without it a lot of people would er I do n't know er aggravate I do n't want to make it say more drastic than it is . |
| 10 | Probably the most demanding kind of speech recording is that of voice-over commentary — it is so easy to make it sound embarrassingly amateurish . |
| 11 | All it needed was a bit of tumbleweed to make it seem more deserted than it really was and I used to just fight against that dissatisfaction . |