Example sentences of "make [pron] work " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can still make them work and that , it 's just like they ai n't mine . |
| 2 | Environment Guardian analyses this week 's proposals All muck but little money POLLUTION : The plans read well , says Julie Hill , but there is little evidence that the Government can make them work . |
| 3 | ‘ Let's make them work . |
| 4 | Let's make them work . ’ |
| 5 | No , if they 're not working , we 'll make them work . ’ |
| 6 | In former ages we us 'd to give , So that our work-folk like farmers did live ; But the times are altered , we will make them know All we can for to bring them under our bow ; We will make them work hard for sixpence a day , Though a shilling they deserve if they had their just pay . |
| 7 | I shall make you work . . |
| 8 | We can not , for example , take for granted that raising a person 's wages will make him work harder . |
| 9 | In the end , however attractive the idea of glasnost , it is only as good as the people who must make it work . |
| 10 | This diet , if followed properly , will help you achieve the kind of figure you never dreamed possible but there is only one person in the world who can actually make it work for you — and that 's YOU . |
| 11 | All the parties were the same ( such cynicism from our beautiful people , I thought ) , although , someone droned , ‘ Maybe anarchy would be alright if you could make it work . ’ |
| 12 | Together we will make it work , Hari , believe me , we shall have the finest business in the country . ‘ |
| 13 | Of course sometimes when it does n't work that depresses me because it 's not because it does n't work , it 's because of the constraints of the system that you can not make it work . |
| 14 | And if the pieces were in place — the right words , above all , and then the right part — he could make it work . |
| 15 | Who and how many people we imprison , for how long and in what conditions are questions that politicians and sentencers must answer ; those in the prisons must make it work as well as they can . |
| 16 | In theory , you should be able to stick the chart into a document , while maintaining links to the original spreadsheet , but I could n't make it work . |
| 17 | The Japanese take more trouble to find out how the US system really works , and who can make it work for them . |
| 18 | Four times people at higher levels tried to kill it off , and four times the people working on it came back and fought for it , argued for it , provided justification and evidence for why it should continue : ‘ Just give us a little more time ; we know we can make it work . ’ |
| 19 | I was very confused because I could n't make it work , but not could I break it . |
| 20 | but you 're the only one who can make it work by practising it and by trying it . |
| 21 | His plan to escape was so long in the making and the lesson for us must lie in the reason why , when the time came , he could not make it work . |
| 22 | It 's very frustrating to fit a new drive , only to find you ca n't make it work because the cable wo n't reach . |
| 23 | Our unfortunate young friend seems to know the principle , whether he can make it work or not . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll make it work . |
| 25 | But the converse is that if you can make it work you 'll have bought a fair lease on a prime site that you could never have afforded in the ordinary way . |
| 26 | If you think about it , er , there are numbers that will , that will make it work . |
| 27 | It 's better than nothing and between us we can make it work . ’ |
| 28 | I 'd make it work . ’ |
| 29 | So again we 're going to come back to several themes in a fairly repetitive way , and we — do n't forgive us for this if you do n't like it , but we 're certainly going to talk about certain things again and again and again , but what it really comes down to , is ‘ Learn what the media 's all about , learn what they want , learn what you can provide , see whether you can match this , in a sense , and see whether you can make it work to your advantage ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ A good teacher is someone who 'll take a good joke but will make us work to get the work done . |