Example sentences of "one [noun sg] [conj] [modal v] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Cubbage was like a cat on hot bricks , he was most distraught at Coleen 's decision to go to England , and he bombarded her with letters and flowers ; he could not wait for her return and for her to say the one word that would make her his wife . |
| 2 | Trust me to choose the one man that would make it impossible . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This is the one thing that might make me lose my temper . |
| 5 | SIR — I like to recall a wry comment on the television programme That Was The Week That Was towards the end of the Tories ' last long period in office during the early Sixties : ‘ There 's only one thing that will make the Conservatives popular again — and that is the next Labour government ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It is the one thing that could make my plans go wrong . ’ |
| 7 | Slater reckons ‘ Apple is the one company that will make PowerPC happen ’ . |