Example sentences of "[pers pn] could make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I thought well perhaps I could make a basket then . |
| 2 | I know about market gardening and I could make a go of that . |
| 3 | I could make a hole in the lid and feed balls of string through . |
| 4 | You 're so plausible that I could make a case for you . |
| 5 | I could make a mistake at any time , and , if I do , we 'll all die . |
| 6 | ‘ Tonight I could make a strike , tonight I could be lucky . |
| 7 | I could make a floor plan of Father 's study , and I 'm good at listening behind doors . |
| 8 | So if I could make a plea to anyone who wishes to buy a pony whether from a private owner or ‘ saved ’ from the meat man , to make sure they know the commitment they are taking on . |
| 9 | er Chairman thank you for inviting me to come erm here today , er particularly as Mrs who 's the other member of erm , affected by the lorry ban on the A ten eighty eight it 's unfortunate unable to come , erm and thank you for including me in the er consultation process that you 're planning with Norfolk County Council , er Chairman obviously I wish to support this , but just erm if I could make a couple of observations on your paper , erm firstly particular relation to the discussion we just had about Brandon , erm , I am aware Mr Chairman you 've just described the er highways people in Norfolk as very reasonable , but I think that members will see particular if they look at problems like four point one that we do have to handle er working relationships with some care and I would want to express regret while I wo n't be less impolite than that , but Norfolk have not even seen fit to put up signs erm warning of the lorry ban erm in Thetford , erm , which shows er not exactly the spirit of co-operation , I hope we 're going to be able to achieve in the consultations about Brandon and I thought |
| 10 | If the sport grows over the next 10 years as quickly as it has in the past five , I could make a lot of money . ’ |
| 11 | You know I could make a lot more effort than I do . |
| 12 | Now er I could make a point here that when they introduced one man operated buses , they thought they were on to a new thing but one man operated buses were in this town before the war . |
| 13 | I could make a playpen for him and buy him one of those big wooden Arks with all the animals in and I could get one of those bags you carry babies around in like the Indians have had for centuries . |
| 14 | ‘ I think I could make a guess where your daughter is , and probably so could he . |
| 15 | ‘ I could make a picnic , ’ Helen said . |
| 16 | Jack Johnson , Archie Moore , I could make a list of them . |
| 17 | ‘ What I thought — well , if you 're agreeable , if it 'd be of help — between now and August , I could make a model of St Paul 's Cathedral . |
| 18 | Counsel has helpfully suggested that I could make an order not to remove child from place he was presently living until removed , as well as in respect of the other three children . |
| 19 | Even if I could make an impression it 'd be the worst thing I could do . |
| 20 | I was always her property , but I could make an evening , or an afternoon for that matter , swing for all the ladies . |
| 21 | She did n't feel she could make a contribution , but she wanted to , so ‘ I just went in and made myself useful . ’ |
| 22 | She just knew she could make a go of it ! |
| 23 | Jo always had had the gift of the gab , she could make a stone laugh doing her imitation of Mr Silver trying to get her up behind the cloakroom door . |
| 24 | I thought she could make a selection from these . ’ |
| 25 | She could make a move in about twenty minutes . |
| 26 | She could make a side salad . |
| 27 | There must be some way she could make an approach without incurring too great a risk of rejection . |
| 28 | Before she could make an effort to get out a few intelligible words , though , he shouldered her roughly aside and strode into the house . |
| 29 | ’ No , but she could make an effort to be civil . ’ |
| 30 | No not you , she could make an effort . |