Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] would make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But safely shut in her new home , fed on taro scraps and berries , she would grow fat ; and one day in the future she would make a tough but tasty roast for a clan gathering . |
| 2 | ‘ A good point , Master clerk You would make a good lawyer . |
| 3 | Dana wanted to marry Roman and on her own showing she would make a far more suitable wife for him than her twin would . |
| 4 | That was before my time , of course , but he obviously passed on some of his skills because during , or just after , very wet weather , Sam would go off somewhere and catch lovely brown trout , which he often gave to people who were ill ; and sometimes when he had a sheep to kill , he would send down the head which would make a really tasty and nourishing broth . |
| 5 | And if it came to court she would make a plea that he be given the care of his daughter until she became of age . |
| 6 | One day she would make a fortune selling it everywhere . |
| 7 | Tonight she had said nothing , so Frankie almost believed himself safe , yet he lived with the constant fear that one night she would make a horrible mistake and he would walk to his death in the inky shadows upstairs . |
| 8 | If you make a mistake , it 's just not possible to go back and retrieve it , and for a selector to say , ‘ Well , I do n't think this person 's made a very good case , I 'm sure if we gave them another chance they would make a better one . ’ |
| 9 | One day he would make a mistake , then she would have him . |
| 10 | ‘ Let's have a picnic , ’ she said , telling herself that next week she would make a real effort to work again at the practice of virtue . |
| 11 | ‘ I had a feeling you 'd make a better recovery without me around . ’ |
| 12 | George was a Sheffield man , and proud of it , accent and all , although everyone agreed that if George was dressed in a loincloth and turban he would make a very impressive hillman of the Khyber Pass , with his dark hair and very tanned skin . |
| 13 | And if anyone could bottle that particular type of reassurance it would make a million overnight , the thought flitted inconsequentially into her mind . |