Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He said erm I ca , I ca n't make arrangements much in advance because I never know how I 'm feeling . |
| 32 | ‘ I told you , ’ Ruth said hoarsely , turning her head away , ‘ I ca n't make magic . ’ |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | ‘ Being God , ’ he said , ‘ and seeing as this is Tuesday , I shall now make water . ’ |
| 35 | I will not make use of the ransom theory in my retelling of the drama , but I shall cling on to the primitive belief , which I believe to be the correct biblical one , that God 's atonement in incarnation and cross was the crucial victory in the Great Battle not only over sin but also over the Devil and the powers of darkness . |
| 36 | I will always make people angry or happy because I make things happen . |
| 37 | There their numbers were swelled to 200 fighting men and 500 elders , women and children by the arrival of Looking Glass , who declared bitterly : ‘ Now , my people , as long as I live I will never make peace with the treacherous Americans . |
| 38 | 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 . ’ |
| 39 | But I wo n't make love to you while your mind 's still closed to me , Shannon Lea . ’ |
| 40 | I wo n't make love to you ever again and that is giving you a fighting chance because now you know the outcome in advance . |
| 41 | The only difference is that I wo n't make promises that I ca n't keep . ’ |
| 42 | 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 . ’ |
| 43 | I sha n't make demands . |
| 44 | I can not make sense of that rhyme . |
| 45 | Ann Windiate , director of social services , conceded : ‘ I can not make guarantees on job security . ’ |
| 46 | I enjoyed reading your material , but after consideration I 'm afraid to say that I can not make use of short stories . |
| 47 | Tell him that I am very sorry but I can not make exceptions . |
| 48 | I can not make generalisations without a far more detailed study of hospitals . |
| 49 | I erm I 'll make , I can easily make Charlie feel guilty cos he , I mean he 's a bit of a try-hard , you know , he thinks he 's a lad but I mean underneath I think he does feel something sometimes . |
| 50 | I 've done various things on my computer today and I can successfully make ASCII files . |
| 51 | In reflecting on Basil as a person , I can only make comment as I knew him , over a dozen years or so and , during which time , I can not recall one unkind word or act he ever directed towards me . |
| 52 | ‘ Besides , I can maybe make Colley be good to my father . |
| 53 | Their unpicking of our trade union law reforms , which would deliberately make strikes easier , longer and more frequent , their support for every last dot and comma of the European Commission 's social action programme , just one directive of which could add £5 billion to the costs of British employers — |
| 54 | Since a large fraction of the stock market is held by pension funds and insurance companies which will eventually make payments to workers , monopoly profits may indirectly pay income to some relatively poor people . |
| 55 | Tens of millions of passengers pass through busy airports like London 's Heathrow every year , which can sometimes make travellers furious , but not very fast . |
| 56 | What we also see is a description of this underlying God which can only make sense in personal terms . |
| 57 | The flashes of hostility between them could only make things worse . |
| 58 | And you must also make provision for things going wrong : |
| 59 | ‘ You must n't make faces at people , my dear ; you look like a dog that 's baring it 's teeth . |
| 60 | You must not make contact until you are over your border . ’ |