Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [modal v] make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Captain America and Billy the Kid had blown it when they believed they could make a lot of money and retire , but life was not simply about economics ; they had , according to Fonda , found their freedom but their liberty was like the statue in New York harbour , surrounded by polluted waters . |
| 2 | On the other hand , the French boasted they could make a neutron bomb , the US was still anguished over the spy story of Cheltenham as Prime got 35 years ' rumours of Brezhnev 's death proved true . |
| 3 | The new constable has sent each of ye a mug o' wine — reckoned it 'd make a change from ale . |
| 4 | I thought of it at one ti me , but I knew I 'd make a mess of it . ’ |
| 5 | I still had time to kill , so I thought I 'd make a couple of ‘ phone calls and that meant employing the Middleditch gambit . |
| 6 | actually we , mm , at some length and had a few ideas , erm I 've got an appointment with someone at the Arts Council in a couple of weeks that the Arts Council 's got a new fund called erm consultants in research and I thought I 'd make a bid to see if we can get someone |
| 7 | She said it was a remnant and I thought I 'd make a box for the sale . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's the left-overs from yesterday 's joint — I thought I 'd make a shepherd 's pie for supper . |
| 9 | She laughed , then knew she must make a move to release herself from his embrace — otherwise he 'd imagine she was actually waiting to be kissed . |
| 10 | She just knew she could make a go of it ! |
| 11 | I thought she could make a selection from these . ’ |
| 12 | But in the back of our heads we knew we could make a career together . ’ |
| 13 | Because of their success , some of these worksheets on general library skills had now been subsumed within IS teaching , leaving science to concentrate upon science-specific activities : Where we thought we could make a contribution was specifically linking subject-specific library work sheets into our own science teaching . |
| 14 | ‘ And we thought we could make a birthday tea for him , ’ said Peter . |
| 15 | And , anyway , she was n't so deluded that she thought they might make a life together . |
| 16 | Immediately they thought they would make a fortune if they were able to sell this food in shops . |
| 17 | I thought it would make a difference being a Mrs but it did n't . |
| 18 | Thought he 'd make a killing , you see ; a lot of money to be made from property development . ’ |
| 19 | He realised he could make a lot of money and a name for himself if he were to act swiftly and produce his maps before Green had time to complete his own . |
| 20 | A trawler-owning ancestor of mine bought the island , apparently convinced he could make a go of farming in a place surround by his beloved sea . ’ |
| 21 | Erm year one once again we said we 'll make a loss of one point almost two million . |
| 22 | A Cleveland County Council spokesman said it would make a decision on re-opening the road after the strength tests today . |