Example sentences of "they [vb past] to make the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simple reason for which they failed to make the headlines and fire up the imagination of rugby pundits around the world is that they were blacks and coloureds in an apartheid-ridden South Africa . |
| 2 | He had no great difficulty in getting together the numbers he required , and simply told them that if they failed to make the grade in training , they would have to return to their original units . |
| 3 | Collections , raffles , sponsored events and a quiz night/disco were held to help the nurses raise the £3,000 they needed to make the trip . |
| 4 | They decided to make the effort . |
| 5 | The council says the theatre 's a major drain on their resources and to avoid shutting it down completely they had to make the change . |
| 6 | They refused to make the payment and cancelled her direct debit . |
| 7 | They laboured to make the empire internally consistent . |
| 8 | ‘ The advertising agency told us they wanted to make the ground look as much like Roker Park as possible , ’ he says . |