Example sentences of "[noun] [that] [modal v] make [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had dark curly hair with no sign of grey , and a certain shyness that could make her manner seem brusque . |
| 2 | What else is going on in this person 's life at the moment that might make your intervention ‘ the last straw ’ ; for example , family illness , death , anniversaries of death , separation or divorce , loss of job , being accused of abuse of some sort ? |
| 3 | The senator had beaten down my last defences , and now offered me a compromise that might make my surrender to his wishes more acceptable . |
| 4 | I may look like a demure little wife who sits at home minding the house , but darling , I could tell you one or two things that would make your ears stand up on end . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Do I look like the kind of person that would make his home on a ball of rock like this ? ’ |
| 6 | Mel Brooks ' glorious bad-taste comedy starring Zero Mostel as a crooked Broadway producer who co-opts a timid accountant ( Gene Wilder ) to help mount a mega flop that will make their fortune . |
| 7 | LWT , whose market share is under attack , may find it hard to maintain the 40 per cent return on capital that would make its share incentive scheme worthwhile to the managers . |
| 8 | ‘ We know the operation is the only thing that will make her quality of life better . |
| 9 | ‘ It is the one thing that could make my plans go wrong . ’ |
| 10 | She had described the dress to them , haltingly , trying to make her account amusing , searching desperately for a tone that would make its existence plain and casual and innocent to them , but she had not quite attained it ; " My cousin Mavis , " she had said , laughing . |
| 11 | ‘ Just the sort of trinket that would make his type feel superior . ’ |
| 12 | I shall then use a little bit of language that 'll make their hair curl up and dye . |