Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] make some " in BNC.

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1 Des O'Grady must have made some audacious remark to her in his broad Irish accent for she gave him a wide grin , showing her impeccable set of incisors .
2 It was also recommended that the Committee should seek to make some of its existing activities profitable enough to employ a social development director from its own resources .
3 Fran must have made some noise , some movement , some tiny betraying gesture , because he swung round , his face hardening when he saw her in the doorway .
4 This year , however , organic growth will resume and even if interest rates remain high in the UK , customers will have to make some of those deferred purchases .
5 This punctuation would have made some difference to the reader 's processing of the sentence ; [ 14 ] in particular would have made the " click " seem a matter of importance and surprise in its own right , dividing the reader 's attention between the two events , instead of making him see them as integral parts of a whole .
6 It was bad enough that he had this damn-fool obsession with programming — if he had got his priorities right in the first place , he and Emma might have made some headway . ’
7 In thick undergrowth , not even a leopard can avoid making some noise .
8 And er he used to be he he mother used to make make some tea for him and warm tea in a bottle in a glass bottle you know .
9 Sooner or later there is little doubt that the reticent Prince of Wales will have to make some kind of statement .
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