Example sentences of "[adv prt] to make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kathleen offered me the use of her office telephone and so , one morning , I settled down to make some enquiries . |
| 2 | Prepare the containers by filling loosely to the brim with peat compost , press it down gently with finger pressure around the rim of the tray to ensure there are no air pockets and roughly level it again , then press it down to make a firm , level surface about ½ in ( 12mm ) below the rim . |
| 3 | The houses remained until the early 1950s when they were knocked down to make way for the new church . |
| 4 | We have to feel no one else is as good as us and we usually put others down to make ourselves seem on top , even if we try to make positive comments such as ‘ Your garden is looking nice . |
| 5 | The bundle boundary is then projected down to make a boundary for the space-time . |
| 6 | In May 1890 , the minutes state that ‘ the old Saloon Shed having been pulled down to make room for the new Paint Shop , a shed is required for the three shunt engines ’ . |
| 7 | Sadly , after Hevelius 's death , the beautiful copper engraving from which the now ‘ obsolete ’ map had been printed was melted down to make a tea-kettle . |
| 8 | Sally sat with her hands folded in her lap , squinting down to make sure her blouse was done up properly and embarrassed to meet Edward 's eyes . |
| 9 | The virgin forest which is hacked down to make way for the cattle is virtually free , and when the soil is exhausted the ranchers just move on to another plot . |
| 10 | Some used this expertise to work in the private sector as consultants advising on urban policy ; in one case a firm that employed no Black people was selected for its ‘ inner city expertise ’ to evaluate the Handsworth Task Force in inner Birmingham which it had previously also been paid to advise but which was now being shut down to make room for a newly fashionable Urban Development Corporation , this time in the Birmingham Heartlands ( sic ) . |
| 11 | Its lid , or mouton , is also made of oak and consists of two semi-circular or rectangular flaps which fold down to make a horizontal plate that presses the grapes inside the maie . |
| 12 | Poppy seemed so much happier — the staff at the home had obviously helped to build her trust in people , although she still cowered if someone bent down to make a fuss of her . |
| 13 | ( Chandler guitars recommend holding the tremolo arm down to make adjustments ; you can then prop up the rear of the bridge with a small block of wood or the like ) . |
| 14 | It was all hands down to make sure we did n't run out of cash . |
| 15 | ‘ I believe there is a strong market for pay and play , but you have got to make sure your construction costs are kept down to make it pay . |
| 16 | Having created the basic shape , I used some Anemone japonica flowers , but positioned them upside down to make the most of their silvery appearance , plus some Alchemilla alpina leaves , also upside down . |
| 17 | Friend Graham Hart said : ‘ Brian had to go back down to make sure he got his full redundancy payment . ’ |
| 18 | GREEN demonstrators wept yesterday as trees were torn down to make way for a giant Tesco 's . |
| 19 | She crouched down to make sure it was turning , and check the settings on the amps . |
| 20 | ‘ I saw him when I went down to make myself a cup of tea , just letting himself out the door he was . ’ |
| 21 | I went down to make sure . |
| 22 | Communion in both kinds also rendered the existing small chalices inadequate , and many were melted down to make new cups large enough to hold sufficient wine for all the lay communicants . |
| 23 | It used to be the case that games written for an 8086 processor were unplayable on a 286 machine , so developers included special code in their programs which would slow the game down to make sure that , as far as possible , the game played at the same speed on every class of machine . |
| 24 | It is available in large and small sheets , which will need to be cut down to make the strips and panels you require . |
| 25 | ‘ Lady Diana Lanchester , ’ Lady Deverill replied sharply , before bending down to make her face level with Artemis . |
| 26 | Can Making Belfast Work be improved or should it be shut down to make way for alternative policies ? |
| 27 | Two girls sat down to make a picture together of the river they had seen the previous day . |
| 28 | Or , among much robust , dark furniture , the zuzulu , a wooden settle part of whose back let down to make a table . |
| 29 | The Pont itself is a fine place to imbibe the water effects , an old stone bridge built at a spot where three cascades come seething down to make one and create an ideal confusion of water , spray and rocks . |
| 30 | If she strapped them down to make herself look boyish they just stuck out a foot farther down , and ached . |