Example sentences of "he [modal v] make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The only way he could make amends was to go back and kill himself . ’ |
| 32 | ‘ So he could make trouble for people , ’ said Lily sourly . |
| 33 | Without this kind of analytical framework , respecting the complex levels of mediation involved and their relative autonomy , Elvis becomes simply the plaything of naked political forces ( rebellious/manipulative ) ; and the fact that the young rock 'n' roller sang ballads from the start , that the older Hollywood star could still sing rock 'n' roll songs and was still respected by rock 'n' roll fans , that his ‘ blues ’ were ‘ romantic ’ ( a kind of fantasy ) , his ballads often ‘ realistic ’ ( given flesh ) , or that he could make boogification ironic — all this is inexplicable . |
| 34 | He could make concessions to his allies and all would be well so long as they did not come into conflict with one another . |
| 35 | He could make Satan standing at the Gates of Hell shouting ‘ Come on down ! ’ look innocent . |
| 36 | He could make Miller wake up now . |
| 37 | He also said Clarke was anxious to do all he could to make amends . |
| 38 | Christmastime , he used to go and get some wood , and he 'd make engines , great big engines and … tip-up cart with two wheels . |
| 39 | He 'd make $500,000 for every dollar the stock rises or $46m if the stock ever gets back to the $145 range . |
| 40 | Old Steenie , he 'd make money out of a kid 's conker match ; Nigel 'd close The Mousetrap within a week . ’ |
| 41 | Now go away — and if you are thinking of offering Leo violence , I should forget it ; he 'd make mincemeat of you . ’ |
| 42 | They used to go down to the clogger 's shop , which was at the bottom of the road where they lived , and he used to make toast , make a drink , and they used to sit round by the light of a candle , eating toast and drinking . |
| 43 | ‘ He used to make hit lists — you know ? |
| 44 | He used to make films for BDM Productions when there was money enough for the Arts to play and flourish . |
| 45 | From there , like a buzzard in its eyrie , he would make forays round the US and abroad in spite of his advanced age . |
| 46 | After the rough ingots of metal had solidified , a smith would need to work the metal and hammer it out , or perhaps he would make moulds and pour the molten metal into the shaped mould . |
| 47 | They predicted that he would make friends more easily , reckoning without natural adolescent malice and the excessive value their pupils had been taught to place on modesty , however false . |
| 48 | His tutor , Dr Lindsell , declared , ‘ God keep Nick in a right mind and way , for if he should turn schismatic or heretic , he would make work for all the world . ’ |
| 49 | In time , perhaps , she would make efforts to conceal her resentment about his ability to make her feel guilty , and he would make efforts to conceal his anguish about the loss of her . |
| 50 | He would make comments about them ‘ in the same way you or I would comment on a pretty girl and a wonderful pair of knockers ’ . |
| 51 | Thomas , who also knew nothing about the affair , was highly embarrassed and could only say that he would make enquiries . |
| 52 | He would make rock star Phil Collins Minister for Arts . |
| 53 | He said he would make arrangements for Mrs Bean to be taken to hospital , but that he would prefer to talk to her son first . |
| 54 | The usual views were advanced — that he would make prison too ‘ soft ’ and too attractive ; that treating lawbreakers well would encourage more crime and that prisoners were undeserving and irredeemable , anyway . |
| 55 | His last thoughts were that he would make amends for this day ; he could baptise the maiden , they could be saved together , they could marry , he would love her , his heathen maiden , no , his heathen hoyden , he liked the rhyming of that , heathen hoyden , he would cherish her beneath the fruit-laden tree . |
| 56 | He shall make hay with the others in that meadow and the lord shall give them 12d . |
| 57 | When the judge hears these proceedings he will have further evidence before him and he will make findings of fact on disputed issues such as whether Hambros Jersey had notice of the alleged misappropriation of some £1.65m of the company 's money . |
| 58 | And there is always the ultimate unbundler 's defence — that he will make money for his backers . |
| 59 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make provisions comparable to those made to haemophiliacs to non-haemophiliacs infected with HIV as a result of national health service blood or tissue transfers . |
| 60 | Now the view er was that they were dignified and above taking action and also in the sense that the public was credited I think with more sense than to believe everything and that the public memory is relatively short and therefore if you start a court action and you then have coverage in the court action , you are merely making the thing worse erm sometimes the things that some people may have thought were highly actionable one day , become almost a joke and something of affection later on and you can , one of the classics maybe is about the Prince of Wales talking to his plants , now that a national joke and he will make jokes about it in speeches |