Example sentences of "you [modal v] make it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , I should n't have phoned you ; I might have known you 'd make it seem as if I 'm moaning . |
| 2 | ‘ I started training modest horses and in those days you could make it pay by running them in selling races . ’ |
| 3 | And if you got four together you may be two down or three down and one back , you could make it pay , and share the cost out between everyone . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | You will make it lose . |
| 6 | Whichever room you choose , you can make it feel as fresh as a coat of fresh paint — with a coat of paint . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | Only you can make it happen . |
| 10 | Well , now you can make it come true thanks to The Limit . |