Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] would make a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If your interest in the past centres on some figure in particular from days gone by you could perhaps not do better than to consider whether he or she would make a detective , as the American writer Lilian de la Torre did with a series of short stories about Dr Sam Johnson , Detector .
2 She decided that she would make a phone call just to check that Jenny had left home and knew the right time of her arrival .
3 They decided on the following Friday for the party and Lee said that she would make a chicken and pasta and fruit and nut salad and make borscht and buy black bread and invite Philippa and Conrad if Larry would buy cheese and wine and serviettes and invite two friends of his own .
4 But before that she would make a cup of tea and read for a bit .
5 Some schemes were , moreover , undertaken , even though it was known that they would make a loss , because of the statutory duty to supply .
6 NEW YORK ( Reuter ) — El Salvador 's President , Alfredo Cristiani , announced in a speech to the UN that he would make a proposal for a ceasefire in his country 's 10-year-old civil war at a meeting with FMLN rebels in two weeks ' time .
7 Gentle replied that he would make a Gauguin so fine the artist himself would have wept to see it .
8 On Sunday morning Eric and I would make a trip into the pre-Alpine hills behind Verona and eat a delicious simple meal , which was all that was available at that time , in a trattoria .
9 I was approached in this room about erm , twelve months ago , by Francis and Tricia erm , to ask if I would make a programme out for their group .
10 Colin Parry , 37 , a personnel officer , wept as he said his 12-year-old son would never be the way he was but they wanted him to live and they would make a life for him .
11 Moderator four five nine Moderator I welcome the number two in the deliverance but I would make a plea to the er panel that this leaflet be a very simple leaflet and it not be brief , but in fact be quite lengthy .
12 Cathy was continuing her inspection as though she would make an inventory .
13 The Triumph owners asked when we would make a bodyshell because their cars were rusting .
14 The Triumph owners asked when we would make a bodyshell because their cars were rusting .
15 Mr Freeman gave no indication when he would make a decision .
16 He looked at her and frowned as though he would make a denial and then he saw from her face that she knew the truth .
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