Occasionally rats make their way to the island but are caught in a network of traps.

But actually the rats never made any attempt at an attack.

The rats on the steps made way, and they seemed to shrink back against the rock walls in fear.

Then for the first time he noticed how much noise the rats were making.

A rat had made a nest in the kitchen hearth.

He settled down to sleep, ignoring the sound the rats made.

But if you think logically, why shouldn't a rat make a good pet?

The rat made no kind of response that Richard was able to perceive, but it did not run away.

The sound rats would make if they were ten feet long and made of something other than flesh.

The rat scrambled away from the glass and made towards them.