Example sentences of "only served to make " in BNC.
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| 1 | This only served to make them more angry . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , Mildred 's kindly gesture only served to make matters worse , instead of better , for the girl burst into deafening sobs and flung her arms round Mildred 's waist . |
| 3 | They had fought back , and it had felt the sting of their fight which had only served to make its hunger and hideous needs greater . |
| 4 | Peter Hickton , unaware that cooperation could be bought by payment of ‘ negotiated extras ’ , responded to the crew 's apparent lethargy by throwing one of his tantrums , which had only served to make them less willing to help out . |
| 5 | 2 This only served to make us redouble our efforts and two years later we proved it was possible . |