Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [vb mod] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | The window was so small that until his eyes became accustomed to the dim light Fowler could make out few details . |
| 2 | He knew , and the Direktor knew , just what sort of gallant attempt Ingrid would make . |
| 3 | ‘ With the right fertiliser Leonardo might make it through the summer , ’ opined Today with vague hope . |
| 4 | ‘ It sounds like the kind of story Harry would make up , ’ he grinned . |
| 5 | She added : ‘ The company needs a great deal more support from the bank and Credit Lyonnais can make a very good case for not offering that lifeline ’ . |
| 6 | Over the pint Henry would make a few more casual references to Elinor 's polyneuritis . |
| 7 | I would therefore be grateful if you could let me know as soon as possible if Environment Wales could make a contribution of , say , £500 to £1,000 towards printing and circulation costs ? |
| 8 | So for once the sort of comment John would make face to face with other collaborators is actually recorded . |
| 9 | Against such feminine logic Ramsay could make no adequate response . |
| 10 | This recipe is the closest I 've ever seen to the one which our family cook Rhoda would make , months in advance of Christmas . |
| 11 | ‘ The only thing Susanna can make for dinner is a reservation ! ’ |
| 12 | For the only reason Cara would make that contact was , she knew , if Barney was worse . |
| 13 | They hoped that under pressure James would make concessions . |
| 14 | ‘ Staff Officer Atrimonides will make sure every comfort is provided for your journey home . ’ |
| 15 | So either way Pooh will make a good observation . |
| 16 | The only way Masefield can make this credible is to present her as a kind of child-bride , a happy innocent ; necessary as this may be to both the theme and the plot of the book , it does not allow her to develop beyond the limits of a type-character . |
| 17 | This year BMW will make about 580,000 cars and for the first time outstrip Mercedes . |
| 18 | No doubt McDowell could make do with first-order ‘ quasi'-knowledge in a theory of cognitive representations for ‘ lower ’ species ( in something of the form suggested by Field 1978 ) , stopping short of the special problems posed by the diagnosis of the higher-order beliefs and intentions involved in a Gricean or sub-Gricean mechanism ( cf. |
| 19 | ‘ So soon as may be , Master Parry may make such disposal as he thinks fit , and I will never say the loath word . |
| 20 | It was anticipated , however , that at least during the first stage Gorbachev would make extensive use of emergency powers , granted to him in September , to introduce reforms by presidential decree . |