Example sentences of "only [vb past] to make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Masturbation only seemed to make things worse . |
| 2 | Knowing how the crowd was on Tony 's side and treating him as the hero only seemed to make Lee more determined . |
| 3 | ‘ Brothers ! ’ cried Bobby , but that only seemed to make matters worse . |
| 4 | He spelled out the dangers without being too alarmist , but it only served to make Matthew more determined to become a sailor . |
| 5 | Likewise , Newton 's ‘ established ’ groups built up a ‘ close set ’ of relationships with public officials in Birmingham ( 1976 , p. 85 ) , while his poorly established groups found it difficult to gain access to decision-makers and thereby had to resort to demonstrations , petitions and so on which only served to make them even more unacceptable . |
| 6 | It only served to make her look more distinguished . |
| 7 | West Venture was acquired in March 1988 but only began to make significant sales this year . |
| 8 | I only started to make the links when the dampness started to affect my mental health . |
| 9 | He only needed to make third to go through to the next round . |
| 10 | Consequently , she decided to walk northwards along the edge of the moor , safe in the knowledge that if the snow should begin to fall again before she found George , she only needed to make her way downwards and she would come across Hodge Beck , which she could follow southwards to safety . |
| 11 | I only meant to make it welcoming and nice . |
| 12 | She only had to make it to the airlock , seal the inner door behind her and wait … . |
| 13 | Madam Deputy Speaker I only wanted to make a short intervention er er on this point and I think I will return to it from time to time because it is a perennial , annual problem of every time the minister introduces a a rule and regulation we can understand it 's extremely useful and how can one say that er regulations about fraud are not useful , it 's just the culture of our country has been besieged by these rules and regulations and I 'm surprised that anybody can actually make any profit or do any business simply because of the weight of officialdom and the weight of rules and regulations which prevents them from getting above er the the surface . |