Example sentences of "[conj] i [modal v] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't argue with me , boy , or I 'll make you stand on your head ! |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't argue with me , ’ Myeloski shouted , ‘ or I 'll make sure your stay in Siberia is permanent . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't you dare blow her cover , ’ I warn , ‘ or I 'll make you stand on your head and sing ‘ We Wish You a Merry Christmas ’ in the middle of the dancefloor . ’ |
| 4 | ( O'Neill 1919 : 75 ) ( " He dare n't come here again or I 'll make him damned sorry he did . " ) |
| 5 | Or I 'd make sure he did n't for much longer . ’ |
| 6 | You can come quietly — or I can make you ’ |
| 7 | You can come quietly or I can make you . ’ |
| 8 | Or I could make it into a puppet . |
| 9 | I explained to her that , although I could make no promises , since she now felt much more confident about the technique it was quite possible that this session would reveal the cause of her phobia . |
| 10 | My parents are dead now , and I moved away from our village to quite a big town in the hope that I would make friends . |
| 11 | I told her parents that I would make sure she was all right . ’ |
| 12 | He was chosen for Scotland 's tour of North America in May , played in four of the six games , including the two non-cap Tests , and scored three tries : ‘ I was delighted to go but I never thought for a moment that I would make the Test side . |
| 13 | The only point that I would make is that if you are giving an opiate it will have many of the same effects and if I had to choose , I would probably prefer the opiate to diazepam . |
| 14 | I think that one of the outstanding erm criticisms that I would make of the whole programme , in research with animals , is the fact that only two licences have been revoked I think you said |
| 15 | My brother said that I would make a good banker . |
| 16 | He told me that I would make my living with words . |
| 17 | ‘ Did you think that I would make love to you for a few days and then let you walk out of my life without trying to get in touch ? ’ |
| 18 | Even if it landed on time , I would have the four-hour journey to Hull and it was unlikely that I would make it to the funeral . |
| 19 | There is only one thing to say about the Home Secretary 's speech : I have heard more intellectual contributions from Lord Waddington on the subject , and I never believed that I would make that statement about anyone holding the office of Home Secretary . |
| 20 | A new point that I would make , however , in many of those arguments which relate to the impossible , or alleged availability of additional windfall sites , and land on the inner greenbelt boundary , but I think the analysis which is er carried out is a simplistic one , because it solely relates to residential land requirements , there is no erm attempt to erm bring into the equation whether there is land available for the related employment necessary for that additional residential development , whether there is land available for schools , shops , and Mr Davis 's recreation uses , and so on , and all those will very considerably increase the amount of land required to be released to support residential development , wherever it is located , and that is something which I believe has not been properly taken into account . |
| 21 | She has always had this dream that I would make it to university and she will be devastated if I do n't continue , but the way I am feeling now , I do n't want to . |
| 22 | If we 're given an assignment , whatever it is , perform it well , do n't think that I would make a better magazine servant than that brother over there and I do n't like it on the accounts , why do they always use me as a hall servant ? |
| 23 | My teacher , meanwhile , is far from convinced that I 'll make the concert platform . |
| 24 | You have to say you ca n't do that I 'll make up a new game to play . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't play those games — but I should tell you here and now that I 'll make you regret it if ever you try to involve anyone else in this , ’ he warned her silkily , his grey eyes suddenly steely and intent . |
| 26 | I know that I shall make only a small start before Christmas , so perhaps I can take the opportunity afforded by this Newsletter to wish you all a very happy Christmas and a good New Year . |
| 27 | No , I do not think that I shall make the same mistake again . |
| 28 | I was silent , thinking that I must make up my mind what course of action to take . |
| 29 | All of these meetings required careful preparation and I was relieved when my election team agreed with my general tactics , although they added that I must make myself available for private talks with any colleague who asked to see me . |
| 30 | Er out of the eighteen thousand two hundred and thirteen dwellings , three hundred and er three thousand one hundred and sixty nine are in Langbar adjoining Cle er North Yorkshire , three thousand two hundred and thirty three dwellings are in Middlesbrough adjoining North Yorkshire , and seven thousand eight hundred and thirty four dwellings are in Stockton , of which four thousand three hundred are at Ingleby which d , directly also adjoins the North Yorkshire boundary , so I I think that I must make that quite clear that the majority of these dwellings provided for in the Cleveland structure plan are erm comparable in terms of er the that area . |