Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] to make [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The council agreed to buy the station for — it 's about three hundred and twenty five thousand , but I want to make this point , that it is n't their intention to close the boat station . |
| 2 | But you chose to make some rules . |
| 3 | That applies equally to those in the private sector and to those who are now in the public sector but who hope to make some kind of management-employee buy-out . |
| 4 | Saints coach Mike McClennan said : ‘ Both teams are of equal talent but we have to make fewer mistakes than last week . ’ |
| 5 | They can go there as they did with the industrial conferences , but we have to make this careful balance between parts of our membership . |
| 6 | And and I 'm all in favour as I say getting more through the letter box , it 's easier for us and it But I I think I mean I 'm quite happy to leave this now and just carry on with the bridal But we have to make this pay itself |
| 7 | He wanted to leave now too , but he had to make some kind of contact with the dead man first . |
| 8 | The more of these properties a dummy possessed the more strongly it was mobbed , but it seemed to make little difference whether the object was a stuffed owl with real plumage or an owl-shaped piece of painted wood . |
| 9 | Often a change of publisher does wonders for an author , but it seems to make little difference to this man 's sales . |