Example sentences of "made it [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He made it seem as if he had gone to New Orleans drunk , got sober and wrote a book . |
| 3 | ‘ It made it seem as if it was going to be superficial . |
| 4 | The white half-mask he wore made it seem as if the upper part of his face had been skinned . |
| 5 | I was getting used to the odd feeling of distance , which made it seem as if it was all about someone else , but it was alarming to see how most of the articles highlighted the love-story angle , rather than the conditions in which John was held or the reasons I 'd given as to why the Government should be doing more . |
| 6 | The repetitive , uniform appearance of the soldier-like trees made it seem as if the car was scarcely moving , and their silent , gloomy shade gradually eased the tension created inside the Citron by the earlier near-accident . |
| 7 | It was not warm , but it was sheltered from the wind outside , and the stillness and randomness of the tools and litter gave it an almost religious significance , made it seem as if it was waiting . |
| 8 | Except for the central heating radiators , the only other concession to modern living was the kind of gas fire which made it seem as if logs burned brightly in a stainless steel basket . |
| 9 | ‘ He … he made it seem as if it was somehow … my fault . |
| 10 | Turning to the mirror , she saw herself in the long white silk dress , clinging to her slender body , curving off the shoulders , accentuating her fine collarbones , tight at the waist then flaring out with clouds of taffeta below that made it seem as if she floated rather than walked . |
| 11 | he made it sound as if this was a perfectly sound reason for his dangerous and criminal behaviour . |
| 12 | She made it sound as if I was having a baby . |
| 13 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 14 | He almost made it sound as if this was something that he 'd expect her to be proud of . |
| 15 | It was her own phrase , but somehow the way he said it made it sound as if he kept a harem . |
| 16 | She made it sound as if the two things should have been similar . |
| 17 | She made it sound as if her husband were in the employ of a superior company . |
| 18 | He made it sound as if there would never be any escape . |
| 19 | He made it sound as if she was indeed gifted with something indefinable . |
| 20 | It made my life a bit unbearable for a while and made it look as if I was attacking Michael , which I was n't . ’ |
| 21 | Opening the prosecution case at Liverpool Crown Court , Mr Klevan alleged that Gilfoyle , a former private in the Royal Army Medical Corps , ‘ took her life and thereafter made it look as if it were suicide . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We say he took her life and then made it look as if it was suicide . ’ |