Example sentences of "and make do " in BNC.

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1 My way would be to lay planks and make do with these until I had confirmed that it was in fact a good swim .
2 Just that the latter will have to lower their expectations and make do with imperfect versions of the former .
3 And I 'm going to talk about , and make do and mend in the second world war .
4 The most powerful were imprisoned ; traitors were beheaded and Catholic landowners like the Roscarrocks were fined so heavily that they were forced to sell property and make do with fewer and fewer servants .
5 Some areas , particularly in the North , are very short of staff at all levels and make do with less well-trained people .
6 ‘ I just told him to shut up and make do , ’ Cross told me .
7 David , who had been given a piece of her mind , returned sadly to a state of detumescence and made do with David Attenborough who at least was living vicariously .
8 Otherwise , who else would subject themselves to being square-bashed , shouted at by petty officers , and made to do ghastly things in force ten gales ?
9 If it is not done , he is corrected and made to do it .
10 She was charged with sorcery by his successor , Richard III , and made to do public penance before being imprisoned .
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