Example sentences of "we [modal v] make [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think we ought to make some understanding of the sort of pressures that the man was under at the time when all this happened , and it happened very quickly . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think we should make that sort of speculation without any evidence , ’ she snapped . |
| 3 | If we suppose that Nietzsche did feel committed to the plan 's extra-tragic Greek aspects ( ethics , politics and the rest ) , we must make that supposition without much in the way of supporting evidence . |
| 4 | What we have to do , we have to make the mental leap into a very different world in which witchcraft and dreams and superstitions and so on are mingling together and we must make that effort , and not just assume that somehow it 's William Gladstone who happens to be dressed up in Oliver Cromwell 's clothes . |
| 5 | I and a few others who only that morning had begun to look forward to a peaceful summer ahead , swiftly concluded that we must make some gesture of our own in order to demonstrate the feelings of many of our fellow conservative Members of Parliament . |
| 6 | Here you are , we 'll make erm we 'll make that bottom one twelve ohms. a six ohms , so the three in parallel . |
| 7 | We 'll make some chocolate ones . |
| 8 | ‘ Then we 'll make another canoe like it , and you can go home in it , ’ I said . |
| 9 | We 'll make another pass a little closer inshore . ’ |
| 10 | She said ’ We 'll make another gap , Come up here ’ she said ’ I 'll get the tractor and plough ’ . |
| 11 | You , yeah er er yes I 'd er you 're quite right , at the moment I 'm just in a sense presenting the the pr you know the arguments of those in favour , we , we 'll , we 'll , we 'll make this point in a second , yeah . |
| 12 | Er well y yes , they 'll be running at a loss right through until we eventually fix the prices for the whole programme and er hopefully the if they do it very efficiently we might make some profit . |
| 13 | If only we could draw in nine dimensions we could make each dimension correspond to one of the nine genes . |
| 14 | Look we could make some chocolate ones it only makes twelve . |
| 15 | And then they used to put them in er er small boxes out in the field and er I used to go round in the woodlands and cut some you see , put them in the ground with a small branch on them and then we used to make some string and loops out of erm wire to go round their feet you see . |
| 16 | Without understanding the origins we shall make little progress in trying to comprehend the present , or indeed , any other aspect of the situation . |
| 17 | I 'm saying that in my experience there is too much argument and not enough discussion in processes of government generally , and I believe we would make more progress by a more discursive approach . |
| 18 | The highest type of firework last year if it was specified was the sparkler remarkably enough and we would make this point very seriously that parents tend to give children sm very small children sparklers and they must remember tha that these things are fireworks they are dangerous they do get red hot er they must supervise them at all times when they give them sparklers cos they may wave them around they may se set somebody else 's clothing on fire with them they may get the sparks in their eyes if they get too close to them er and one particular danger of course is that they they may get hold of en the hot end when the firework has finally extinguished and they think it 's all finished with . |
| 19 | I believe that if I have one person in each branch whom I can support and direct to implement the branch recruitment strategy we will make some progress . |
| 20 | I believe that if I have one person in each branch whom I can support and direct to implement the branch recruitment strategy we will make some progress . |
| 21 | If you see exposed wires on street lights , call CLARENCE immediately and we will make this repair a top priority . |
| 22 | We can make that recommendation Adrian if that 's what we 're going |
| 23 | I do not know how we can make that judgment until we have seen the texture of the decision that we are being asked to make . |
| 24 | I 'd pack a bag at my place and we can make that motel alibi real . ’ |
| 25 | We can make another baby , Herta and I. If I wept copiously both before and after , she let me do it , or try it , but I am impotent and do n't even go to the whores any more . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , we 'd like more adverts , so we can make more money and expand a bit . |
| 27 | We sell where we believe we can make most money . |
| 28 | Well , we come off duty , we go on duty tonight at half past ten , and we come off at half past ten on Friday night , and we actually leave Didcot fire station at half five Saturday morning to get there for first light so we can make most use of the light , daylight hours . |
| 29 | We 're on the edge of what we call a no go area , if we try to sail any closer to the wind the boat will come upright , the sail will flap and we 'll slow down and stop and so the best we can make either side of the no go area is known as a beat . |
| 30 | Perhaps , however , we can make this claim by appeal to the initial moves of the argument that you are not justified in believing that you are not a brain in a vat . |