Example sentences of "they [vb past] to make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , once they had arrived in large numbers , they tried to make a reporter 's life as easy as possible , providing basic material about the country and the war , easy access to military experts and well-protected trips to watch the fighting . |
| 2 | I do n't get the impression that they tried to make a statement by getting more and more obscure . |
| 3 | Although a number of rather insincere sounding press interviews gave no hint of any rift ( in fact they seemed to make a point of stating the reverse , itself a suspicious fact ) it was said that Morrissey had taken exception to Marr 's increasing amount of non-Smiths activities . |
| 4 | They began to make a head count , lingering over the names with relish , proud of being survivors . |
| 5 | By the second half of February the Germans were beginning to be really worried by the advance — although slow — of the Allies and by the strong resistance of the partisans , so they decided to make a deal with the partisan leaders to save their own lives . |
| 6 | A number of unexpected things happened and in the middle of it all they had to make a decision about purchasing a property . |
| 7 | They had to make a diversion around the giant firework display in the middle of St Mark 's basin , the noise of the rockets like gunfire . |
| 8 | About thirty in each suite to differ and a master key and as I say there was five suites and they had to make a key that 'd open everyone of the fifty-five . |
| 9 | They intended to make a prophecy that would be self-fulfilling in its entirety . |