Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] still make " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was so glad of the company of Plato and Socrates , and the journeys I could still make to hear Mr Acton 's good lectures . |
| 2 | I cut up back towards Hackney and Fly 's opticians , judging I could still make the Banker by three , though I wondered why I was worrying about leaving Werewolf waiting in a pub . |
| 3 | I can still make them work and that , it 's just like they ai n't mine . |
| 4 | ‘ Then if I go back and change I can still make the reception . ’ |
| 5 | I can still make a flight back to Blighty which will connect with the last plane to Inverness . |
| 6 | If you do n't live within travelling distance of one of those places mentioned , you should still make every effort to buy any copy of this book you can lay your hands on , new or secondhand . |
| 7 | It 's ironic that you should still make excuses for the fact that the band can play really well , yet there 's nothing here that ca n't be appreciated on the level of a blues number . |
| 8 | It 's ironic that you should still make excuses for the fact that the band can play really well , yet there 's nothing here that ca n't be appreciated on the level of a blues number . |
| 9 | Even after paying £6,000 over 10 years , you might still make a loss — though Equitable paid £12,877 , and several other companies paid more than £9,000 . |
| 10 | There 's not the same pressure on the dealing floor as at DPR , but you 'll still make loads of money . |
| 11 | If you avoid writing because you make mistakes , then when you are forced to write an exam , you 'll still make the mistakes . |
| 12 | Well it 's just that for that , I mean that 's all , it 's all relative for those conditions there are , there is too much labour on the land , you erm , if you could increase agricultural productivity in a way that would displace labour and that 's very difficult to do , well you can , you can do it er most , most capital is labour displacing but not all , not all capital , erm so you could , whereas I see , I see what you are saying is that , why well the you could g you could , you could do it right even though that there are a lot of people on the land er you could still make them wholly productive by giving them more capital that was n't labour that was n't labour displacing , like you give them better seeds for example , like that would increase the productivity of the land , there would n't be so much you know population pressure on the land er because everybody would have enough to eat and we could er actually sell something , right . |
| 13 | Before the tax year has ended , ask the Inland Revenue if you can still make an adjustment . |
| 14 | A. You can still make out a Deed of Covenant , and send the money directly to Save the Children by Postal Order . |
| 15 | ‘ You can still make a bit of money and enjoy yourself without ripping people off . |
| 16 | You ca n't turn the clock back but with Potton 's help you can still make those dreams come true , recreating the warm cosy atmosphere of yesterday by building your own Heritage cottage . |
| 17 | You just do n't have the people jumping onstage going , F**k Margaret Thatcher , anymore , but you can still make a point . ’ |
| 18 | However , remember that in working with check lists it is n't crucial , to start with , if you ca n't arrive at an exact technical phonetic description straight off — as long as you can distinguish between same and different you can still make progress . |
| 19 | Do n't forget details : particularly in rented property , where you ca n't make substantial alterations , you can still make an enormous difference with carefully chosen accessories : sets of matching storage jars , wooden spice racks , kitchen roll holders , pretty tea towels , bunches of herbs , onions or dried flowers , interesting canisters-old or new ; plants ; posters ; prints ; and last , but by no means least , good-looking cookware . |
| 20 | The sudsy water continues working while it is slippery and you can still make bubbles by agitating it , no matter how grotty it looks . |
| 21 | You just do n't have the people jumping onstage going , F**k Margaret Thatcher , anymore , but you can still make a point . ’ |
| 22 | Mind you , we 'll still make sets with the old gauge low Bs in them , because some players do n't want to make the shift and some basses just are n't set up for strings that big . ’ |
| 23 | We could still make our drama about disputes between neighbours , however , and organise it as a whole group drama — simply by setting each of the improvisations in a single street . |
| 24 | Researchers had the southern sky all to themselves and radioastronomy was not yet a ‘ big science ’ : one could still make an important discovery with simple equipment that one had built oneself . |
| 25 | ‘ Even if a company comes out with a new cap , we can still make an adaptor before it goes on sale , says Mr Garnett . |
| 26 | Lend me Melissa and the twins and we can still make the village shop before it shuts . ’ |
| 27 | And with tons of topsoil , they could still make it a goodish course . |
| 28 | Even if firms were completely market orientated , they would still make errors of judgement from time to time . |
| 29 | And of course all that is a play-off against you know keeping that franchisee er involved and keeping them feeling that they can still make a profit . |
| 30 | Doubtless this means the end of straight arithmetical calculation , but it may still make sense to speak of informed judgements as to which patterns of pleasurable experience form more pleasurable lives . |