Example sentences of "make it [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he 'd made it swallow a hook beforehand — ( Serafine opens her mouth and wiggles her little finger inside , and both Xanthe and Miranda squirm at the sight of her soft tongue , imagining the laceration , the capture. ) — And this little hook 's at the end of a thread , and the thread 's attached to a trapeze of sticks hanging above . |
| 2 | The recession has made it take a hard look at the cost of law and at the attitude of big London firms that it 's used for more than fifty years . |
| 3 | Almost without exception , if any comment is made it includes a reference to the immense improvement in the health and manners of the children and to their gains in weight … |
| 4 | Some surfaces can make it bobble a bit , though not enough to put you off . |
| 5 | Some women ca n't make it last the week so theirs is kept in the office . |
| 6 | It will make it look a bit too urban , ’ said Hazel Wilson . |
| 7 | But does this make it play a less significant role in overcoming his problem ? |
| 8 | oh it made it made a nice change . |
| 9 | We made it round the side of the house , unlocked the back door and got into the street behind . |
| 10 | He got a little overtime and he made it go a long way . |
| 11 | All were matted with puffs of trees ; the bright thread of a waterfall was laid over one , a snail 's silver trail ; and one was crossed by a great rift that made it appear a giant 's helter-skelter . |
| 12 | But on the contrary Willie made it seem a prop of the work , like ripe thighs in a chorus girl or the swivel eye of Ben Turpin . |
| 13 | It was a standard opening — the kind of play that made no real difference to the final outcome — yet somehow the boy made it seem a challenge . |
| 14 | He made it seem an aeon . |
| 15 | This loss of influence made it fear the nationalists more . |
| 16 | The accent made it sound a strange new game . |
| 17 | Mrs Geary made it sound a quite unorthodox request . |
| 18 | When sitting astride a conveyance that prefers hay to unleaded , you should remember that John Wayne made it look a lot easier than it is . |
| 19 | That fat kid from the Double Deckers who played the tuba and made it look the size of a bag of crisps … what is he up to now ? |
| 20 | What do you mean I made it like a brick ? |
| 21 | ‘ He hath unpacked his carriage and made it run a mile or two up and down in River 's great room , making it carry the fire shovel , tongs and poker . |
| 22 | Worse still is when Weller attempts to remotivate the sound of Saturday Nite , make it bear the burden of his meaning well . |
| 23 | You can not yoke the dragonfly and make it drive the corn-mill . |
| 24 | I can evoke the wind at will and make it rustle the stiff papery blades of the bamboos and sing , through the comb-like leaves of the yew , as a worthy accompaniment to the voice that on that day and on all other days , even to the final silence , spoke words that had always the same meaning . |
| 25 | If you can spot a possibility and make it work the result can be exciting , and do n't be afraid to use your sense of form , colour and originality . |
| 26 | Its brightly coloured bill and large head make it seem a bit top heavy and the small black tail looks out of place in comparison to the bulky body . |
| 27 | He can kiss a strange baby and make it look the most natural thing in the world — another skill some of his younger and brighter rivals do not find easy . |
| 28 | EMF make it sound a hell on Earth . |
| 29 | ‘ He hath unpacked his carriage and made it run a mile or two up and down in River 's great room , making it carry the fire shovel , tongs and poker . |
| 30 | I entered one full of nuns , their winged white coifs illuminating the dim interior , making it like a candle-lit church . |