Example sentences of "will make of " in BNC.
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| 1 | And God knows what sort of a mishmash they 'll make of it . |
| 2 | ‘ I wonder what they 'll make of our humble little home . ’ |
| 3 | Do n't know what , do n't know what they 'll make of all that gobbledegook. bye bye love . |
| 4 | How confident he is , or affects to be , about their disinterestedness , their alertness , the range of their sympathies , the use that they will make of the gentlest hint or nudge ! |
| 5 | I never felt : ‘ Oh , so old Dignam 's playing Claudius ’ ( or whomever ) ; always : ‘ I wonder what Dignam will make of Claudius ? ’ |
| 6 | What Abraham receives instead is a command , ‘ Go from your country and your kindred and your father 's house to the land that I will show you ’ , and promises : ‘ And I will make of you a great nation , and I will bless you , and make your name great , so that you will be a blessing . |
| 7 | I will strike them with pestilence and disinherit them , and I will make of you ’ ( that is Moses ) ‘ a nation greater and mightier than they . ’ |
| 8 | What South American readers will make of his repeated references to the former enemy as ‘ Argies ’ or of the punchy foreword by Mrs Thatcher is hard to predict . |
| 9 | Perhaps the child or the grandchild will invent a nostalgia , a personal explanation of current unhappiness , which will make of special significance the origin of the parent or grandparent . |
| 10 | I suppose what I was asked and what I said in reply will be subject to the ‘ 30 year rule ’ — and heaven knows what any archivist will make of it all in the year 2012 ! |
| 11 | When I lock along my collection of phrenology books , including titles such as The Brain and How to Read It , and run my fingers with affection over the porcelain phrenological head that stands on my filing cabinet , I often wonder what future generations will make of today 's psychologists . |
| 12 | There is also no way of knowing what use the authorities will make of the information if and when the VAN team does give them a warning that another Richter-7 earthquake is due in 7 or 11 hours time . |
| 13 | I wonder what New York will make of Henrietta . ’ |
| 14 | The new myth , the myth of the siamese twins will make of him a forgotten bogey . |
| 15 | I will , of course , but I do n't know what he will make of it . ’ |
| 16 | I just wonder what the little girl will make of it all when she 's older . |
| 17 | We can not dictate what our children will make of the Community , but we must leave them in a position where they can effectively influence the shape of Europe , and that Europe must be one in which we retain our distinct national identity . |
| 18 | One of the themes of the 1990s that we can identify for ourselves — although what history will make of it we must wait and see — is the concept of government by charter , with the underlying idea that poor public service can be remedied by better management held by force and compensation to higher performance standards . |
| 19 | By Southerness , she was back to her considerable best and it goes without saying that it will be interesting to see what this most confirmed of amateurs will make of 1990 . |
| 20 | His eyes were still on her , and in an attempt to restore the illusion of chumminess they had built up during dinner she went on , ‘ I wonder what the actor playing Ophelia will make of it ? |
| 21 | ‘ I wonder what Ron Banks at Health and Safety will make of it ? ’ |
| 22 | One wonders what viewers of BBC2 will make of Pobol y Cwm when it is shown with sub-titles on that channel from January . |
| 23 | ‘ Once I dealt with every newspaper and broadcasting medium in the country , ’ he says , ‘ now I walk in fear of the Hartlepool Mail , or what The Northern Echo will make of me . ’ |
| 24 | His only concern was quite what officials will make of his wound when he appears as a witness at Jedburgh Sheriff Court today . |