Example sentences of "that make it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no one thing that made it go wrong . |
| 2 | All were matted with puffs of trees ; the bright thread of a waterfall was laid over one , a snail 's silver trail ; and one was crossed by a great rift that made it appear a giant 's helter-skelter . |
| 3 | Holders of this theory would suggest that syphilis was already established in Europe in pre-Columbian days and it was the increase in knowledge and the travel resulting from the Renaissance that made it appear as if a new disease had been introduced . |
| 4 | She realized that it was not shame that made it cower , but further fear . |
| 5 | He smiled slowly down at her , his gaze centring on her mouth in a way that made it start to throb . |
| 6 | Even with these limitations , the home-grown system brought British Gypsum benefits that made it want to take EDI much further . |
| 7 | But it was something about her , something that made it work between them . |
| 8 | When he tried to talk to Bella in bed at night , there were passing moments of ease and sweetness that made it seem almost possible to recover what had been lost . |
| 9 | After a little tense silence that made it seem as though the very air were holding it breath , he said very evenly , and with dangerous softness . |
| 10 | ‘ Obviously it 's hard work , ’ she adds , ‘ but it really struck a chord with me and that made it seem easy . |
| 11 | And when my mother was baking in a huge ovenware basin , then she 'd have the the erm the flour and the the erm what do you call it that made it rise ? |
| 12 | I suppose that made it sound more businesslike . |
| 13 | Ward said it very quietly this time , but with an emphasis that made it sound like a threat . |
| 14 | In a voice that made it sound like an article of faith , Christine said : ‘ We both know that your father did n't kill mine so why he was late and why he did n't tell the police about it does n't matter . ’ |
| 15 | The sky was huge , a pale , bright , cloudless blue , and the white surface of the road ahead rippled in the heat mirages that made it look like little waves . |
| 16 | Oh Setver that 's the thing that make it pretend to not be the |
| 17 | I do n't see the point of doing things that make it sound completely unlike a guitar . |
| 18 | There 's er a collar and a what they call a which is a protein tube and then it has various spikes at the end that make it stick on to the outside of the bacteria . |
| 19 | This picture frame moulding came complete with all the scratches , dents and marks that make it look old , although it was in fact new . |
| 20 | He despises the human race and the combinations that make it tick ; the human race in its present state , he 'd qualify — he 'd like to send us all back to nursery school — so he has to behave as unlike his fellow beings as he can . ’ |
| 21 | The common European toad , when it meets a snake , inflates its body and stands on tip-toe , a procedure that makes it appear to have grown suddenly and that seems to baffle most of the snakes that encounter it . |
| 22 | Instead of a glance , which is always acceptable , they keep staring at the animal in a way that makes it feel uncomfortable . |
| 23 | It is not the weight of the cup that makes it reflect the light as it does , but rather its glaze . |
| 24 | They tell it in a way that makes it make sense . |
| 25 | The insects , however , cover it with a protein called sclerotin that makes it become very hard . |
| 26 | The caterpillar of a Costa Rican moth , in one of the most extraordinary of all mimicries , has a pattern at its rear end that makes it look like a tiny viper . |
| 27 | Mr Corman has shot the whole thing in colour and in a cinema-verité style that makes it resemble a documentary . ’ |
| 28 | So it 's all part of the same sentence that makes it come into the head at that point . |
| 29 | They have a whole scene that makes it seem possible to write songs all the time and really , really enjoy it . ’ |
| 30 | in London in , in a sort of clever way that makes it sound as though there 's some terrific good reasoning for it |