Example sentences of "thing [conj] [modal v] make [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He 's a good wrestler , a flier , a skier — all the things that might make him an attraction to the Duchess of York . |
| 3 | ‘ The only thing that might make them move after three years here is Italy . |
| 4 | This is the one thing that might make me lose my temper . |
| 5 | But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know . |
| 6 | But in the final analysis , the thing that used to make me happy was making me miserable , so I just had to get out . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We know the operation is the only thing that will make her quality of life better . |
| 8 | The only thing that will make them change their attitudes will be knowing someone with AIDS and watching them decline . |
| 9 | It is the only thing that will stir out sleeping brethren , the only thing that will make them fight and not cooperate . |
| 10 | ‘ It is the one thing that could make my plans go wrong . ’ |
| 11 | An American editor deleted a comment from one of her books when a father tells his daughter : ‘ Do n't bother about school because you 're a pretty little thing and will make someone a good wife . ’ |