Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun] make it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The markings about its eyes made it savage , wolf-like , but it was only a fox , more discomposed than she at the meeting . |
| 2 | An l.e.d. requires 2V approximately between its ends to make it work and the output from the stereo would hardly achieve this or might only do so intermittently with loud sounds . |
| 3 | One or two of my friends made it their business to send me the cutting from the Paternoster Review . |
| 4 | The detail of my speech made it far more informative than that of the Secretary of State . |
| 5 | Then they found that neither party stood a chance of winning seats as rivals , but that the regional distribution of their supporters made it possible to share out constituencies without drawing up a common platform . |
| 6 | After all , it must have crossed his mind — just once — that the timing of their lovemaking made it possible for Thomas to have been his ? |
| 7 | The firm took a leading part in the introduction in 1855–6 of the new steel-making process devised by ( Sir ) Henry Bessemer [ q.v. ] , and the continuing expansion of their business made it necessary to build a separate boiler-making works in Ardwick , employing 500 men and producing six boilers a week . |
| 8 | All had the habit of changing the dates on the backs of their photographs to make it appear they were ten years younger than their true age . |
| 9 | This time the army has gone out of its way to make it clear , publicly , that it has no views on what has been going on . |
| 10 | It is also ideal for swimming , and the gentle gradient of its shores makes it safe for children . |
| 11 | But its seventy-year history has distinct phases and has been increasingly unified by a self-conscious aim on the part of its practitioners to make it a ‘ science ’ . |
| 12 | However , the steepness of its banks made it impossible for vehicles to cross except by the bridge at the southern and of the town which , in 1815 , was only two and a half yards wide at its broadest point . |
| 13 | In association with Philips , Two-Can Multimedia is bringing out a CD-I ( Compact Disc Interactive ) version of its book Make It Work ! |
| 14 | The plea was heartfelt , but the tone of her voice made it into a peremptory command , and his eyes narrowed . |
| 15 | In the Sun 's report , the accused was alleged to have told the police that he stripped the victim naked and cut off one of her breasts to make it look like ‘ the work of a madman ’ . |
| 16 | The meanness of his voice makes it particularly appropriate to his audience , because Bauthumley holds up his own discourse as a model for the voices of those who are normally rendered silent : |
| 17 | This was certainly not necessary for the decision of the case ; but though the resolution of the Court of Common Pleas was only a dictum , it seems to me clear that Lord Coke deliberately adopted the dictum , and the great weight of his authority makes it necessary to be cautious before saying that what he deliberately adopted as law was a mistake , and though I can not find that in any subsequent case this dictum has been made the ground of the decision , except in Fitch v. Sutton ( 1804 ) 5 East 230 , as to which I shall make some remarks later , and in Down v. Hatcher ( 1839 ) 10 Ad. & El . |
| 18 | The stupidity of his death made it somehow the harder to accept . |
| 19 | His predecessor but one , Hensley Henson , invented the magazine the Bishoprick and by the force of his writing made it a national and not only a diocesan journal . |
| 20 | This sweeping view of our species makes it clear that we must urgently learn from our past to plan for our future . |
| 21 | Orwell warned in 1946 that the English language ‘ becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish , but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts . ’ |
| 22 | I think that part of our business makes it more difficult because ah the purchase of Allied Carpets by Carpetland is the space of the market at a fairly speedy rate and I personally believe other retailers will have the policy to sub-let surface areas in the next few years so it 's something we got on with three years ago and very pleased we did it . |
| 23 | There were plenty of gates and there were numerous ways out of the square , and the park itself was barely a couple of hundred yards across ; just another backstreet pigeon trap with no feature other than a strange half-timbered lodge near its centre to make it unique , but still she hesitated to enter . |
| 24 | She exposed the soles of her feet at the mouth of the oven … she drank gall and rubbed her eyes therewith … in her ardent desire for suffering she made herself a silver circlet in which she fixed three rows of sharp points in honour of the thirty-three years that the Son of God lived upon earth … she wore it underneath her veil to make it the more painful as these points being unequally long did not all pierce at the same time … so that with the least agitation these iron thorns tore her flesh in ninety-nine places … |
| 25 | It is only because they assume that the entry of black families into their neighbourhood makes it ‘ undesirable ’ , for example , that white residents ‘ act rationally ’ to keep them out and protect the value of their properties . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's a shame , ’ said Miranda and gave her hair three strokes backwards with her brush to make it puff . |
| 27 | It is also writing safeguards into its software to make it less easy to copy . |
| 28 | The hair of his bush floated and he made a swell in the water with his hand to make it ride up and down like seaweed over waves . |
| 29 | There are several ways you can experiment with your homeloan to make it more profitable . |
| 30 | As I was only three at the time , I lacked confidence in my ability to make it back to dry land under my own steam . ’ |