Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] never make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll never make a secretary , Aggie ; I 've got nothing up top . ’ |
| 2 | They said I 'd never make a manager . |
| 3 | ‘ The bugger said I 'd never make a businessman . |
| 4 | I would never make a pass at Caduta — no , not Caduta and if you made a pass at her , I 'd beat you up . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll never make a writer , ’ he said . |
| 6 | You 'll never make a poker player , Miss Swift ! ’ |
| 7 | He flexed his hands under the cloth , and shouted irritably at Rosa , ‘ You 'll never make a city woman , thank God , ’ and then , seeing her face fall , wondered at it . |
| 8 | " You 'll never make a nun , you baggage . |
| 9 | ‘ I would not like to have the task of telling her that she would never make a crime reporter ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We 'll never make a policeman out of you , Auguste . ’ |
| 11 | They ca n't consider everybody or they could never make a decision . |
| 12 | No no , they will never make a price in Perth now you have terrified them , ’ and Cameron would have to spend a good few shillings to make the drove move on . |
| 13 | He would never make a mistake about something like that . |
| 14 | It marks a change of heart for Scorsese , who once swore he would never make a film about the Mafia , and led De Niro to break a few rules of his own : ‘ I was in the middle of filming We 're No Angels when we started to discuss GoodFellas and began working on my role , Jim Conway , together . |
| 15 | And Mark — he would never make a priest . |
| 16 | Well we had eight different presentations , er i warmed , I suppose , to two of them erm was a small engineering company in the motor trade which , while it will never make a fortune will probably make a living and the people seem to need help . |