Example sentences of "to make it [vb infin] [prep] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then if there 's time she wants a ‘ Guess the Weight ’ cake making as well — I 've got to make it look as if it weighs five pounds when it really weighs ten . ’ |
| 2 | Always try to make it look as if someone is in the house — leave a light on or a radio playing . |
| 3 | Simply plugs into socket and controls any appliance which can be plugged into 13amp socket , to make it look as if a house is occupied . |
| 4 | He removed the stereo from his brother 's car , to make it look as if it had been stolen , before pushing it into a water-filled quarry . |
| 5 | But , in an attempt to make it look as if democracy were alive , Iran 's clergy were urged to form political parties . |
| 6 | Only we 'll have to make it look as if I am . |
| 7 | Most of the others hovered diplomatically to make it look as if they were about to turn back , while still edging gingerly forward . |
| 8 | Alan banged another ashtray into the bin to make it look as if he was working . |
| 9 | So once you get towards , take a clock in , make sure you pace yourself , and say at the end of that just put in a sort of sentence to make it look as if it 's been finished off Erm , what I usually do when I do an exam is I spend the first five minutes actually looking at the questions because initially you look for the ones that you 've revised and you see but there may be others there , there 're you can do in a slightly different way than the way that they first appear and that might help you quite a bit , although there are no trick questions in this . |
| 10 | ‘ At least try to make it look as if you 're enjoying yourself . ’ |
| 11 | It was alleged that they unlawfully arrested Llewellyn Lovelace in Milton Keynes six years ago , and then altered his statement to make it look as if he had come forward voluntarily . |
| 12 | The prosecution alleges that after being beaten , a sherry bottle was used on the body of Mrs McMullen to make it look as if she had been a victim of a sexual attack . |
| 13 | No , I would n't say I did , and I would n't say that 's what I was looking for , particularly , because again I mean it 's a much abused notion that perhaps that class disappears in postwar Britain , I think that 's a political issue that was an attempt to make it look as if class was disappearing , class differences rather , but I think there is a lot of evening out , there 's not the stark differences of the quality of life of furnishings that you would have found say in homes before the war . |
| 14 | It also included an interview with fisheries biologist Hans Hultberg , which had been edited to make it seem as if liming was a perfect answer to acidified salmon rivers . |
| 15 | For about three weeks I sat constantly for about four hours a day with Dawn perched on my fist , watching TV or listening to the radio , quietly trying to make it seem as if this were the most natural thing in the world for a boy and his owl to be doing . |
| 16 | He 'll try to make it seem as if the change — the strengthening of their position — comes from within the Ping Tiao . ’ |
| 17 | Luckily she had proof , because she did n't think it was going to take long before he took steps to make it seem as if she 'd made a criminally stupid error . |