Example sentences of "i [modal v] [adv] make [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should n't make jokes . |
| 2 | I could n't make friends so I went around by myself , did things by myself . |
| 3 | Providing you resist , this can in itself provide useful learning opportunities : " I 'm not in charge ; I ca n't make decisions for you . " |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't make plans , ’ he said sharply . |
| 5 | He said erm I ca , I ca n't make arrangements much in advance because I never know how I 'm feeling . |
| 6 | I shall not necessarily take the hon. Gentleman 's figures on the disabled as being correct , but I shall certainly make inquiries of British Coal to find out what the position is , and I shall write to the hon. Gentleman . |
| 7 | I have a rule that once I consider a portrait is finished , I will never make alterations ; after all , as the painter , you are painting a portrait for yourself and not for the sitter 's wife . ’ |
| 8 | The only difference is that I wo n't make promises that I ca n't keep . ’ |
| 9 | When I drive off , I am so churned up inside that I find myself hoping I sha n't make things worse by having a coronary on the way to work . ’ |
| 10 | I sha n't make demands . |
| 11 | Ann Windiate , director of social services , conceded : ‘ I can not make guarantees on job security . ’ |
| 12 | Tell him that I am very sorry but I can not make exceptions . |
| 13 | I can not make generalisations without a far more detailed study of hospitals . |