Example sentences of "we [modal v] make a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may make a trip to Glen Nevis next month . |
| 2 | We should make a habit of not crossing roads , for instance , for if you crossed a road every day for half a million years you would undoubtedly be run over . |
| 3 | Perhaps there is a feeling that once more we should make a point of giving thanks for our plentiful water supply . |
| 4 | In the same way , we must make a plan of our spiritual garden and have in it many different gardens . |
| 5 | ‘ We 'll make a baker of you yet . ’ |
| 6 | We 'll make a trip of it . |
| 7 | ‘ We 'll make a go of it , see if we do n't , ’ she said to Folly as she left . |
| 8 | Erm year one once again we said we 'll make a loss of one point almost two million . |
| 9 | Then come back and we 'll make a start on the potatoes . |
| 10 | ‘ And if they bring the chainsaw we 'll make a ring round it , ’ I said . |
| 11 | We might make a diagram of the mediation process in the following way : |
| 12 | ‘ Why , we might make a meeting-place in the woods , ’ cried Gillian excitedly — ‘ all our own ! ’ |
| 13 | But we might make a mistake with the title and someone . |
| 14 | A recent review of the IQ debate , commissioned by the Swann inquiry , concluded that the largest variation in IQ scores was caused by the social and economic conditions under which children grew up and pointed out , ‘ If , therefore , we wish to affect the IQ scores of children from ethnic minorities , or indeed their school performance , we might make a start by improving the social and economic circumstances of their families ’ ( Mackintosh and Mascie-Taylor , 1985 , p. 148 ) . |
| 15 | It considers the way in which we might make a reality of the observation ( by Keith Joseph ) that ‘ the curriculum should be relevant to the real world and pupils ’ experience of it' by considering the range of challenges and opportunities which people face in , say , the domestic environment , often regarded as too trivial for ‘ academic ’ education , but where arguably most important economic , technical and social decisions are made and acted upon : in the community where a host of issues require an informed public to exercise judgment and active commitment to ensure that the quality of the social and physical environment is constantly improved , and so on in other contexts which will require people to make an active and hopefully informed response , underlain by conceptual understanding of general issues to which , if taught effectively , geography , history , physical sciences and design , indeed all academic disciplines , can make a powerful contribution . |
| 16 | Perhaps we could make a couple of trips on match days . |
| 17 | ‘ We could share the driving and drive sedately through Germany , ’ she amended with a smirk of a glance to where Fabia was grinning , ‘ and once I 've done my interview we could make a holiday of it — stay longer , have a tour around . |
| 18 | We could make a run for the thickets or something , ’ he said vaguely . |
| 19 | We could make a plan of the street , we could ask each of the groups to find a reason to go to someone else 's " house " ; we could perhaps ask other people in the street to try to help resolve some of the disputes other people are having . |
| 20 | I said something like , well , I was trying to make her feel at ease , oh , something like , we could make a habit of this , and just have fun , Lucy . |
| 21 | maybe , maybe , people could just be thinking or , you know if they hear of somebody who might be able to come and give a talk like your friend who , who was very good , erm , you know , we could make a note of it and , or ask people , you know , could talk to talk or something that sort . |
| 22 | The subtle effects of centuries of propaganda will not be easily overcome , but we could make a start by looking more honestly at the reality of war and stop being blinded by the glamour . |
| 23 | We thought it was the time when we could make a gesture in return . ’ |
| 24 | The other exception to accept the erm the the savings identified as possibilities relate to item thirty structural and maintenance of of the roads we could make a cut of of half a million . |
| 25 | But we have got a meeting on Thursday , so perhaps we could make a point of er coming forward with some possible suggestions . |
| 26 | ‘ We always figured we could n't afford ads , but we could make a lot of noise ’ , says Miles . |
| 27 | We 'd make a fortune as factotums ! ’ laughed Breeze , who was talking at random to keep her sister 's thoughts from turning towards melancholy things . |
| 28 | We agreed to have a summit meeting in Bromley High Street after school , where we 'd make a decision on what to do . |
| 29 | And we used to do these er pictures that u used to be on er grey and blue paper and we used to , with white paint we used to make a sort of anything there and then with erm charcoal sticks we used to draw on it . |
| 30 | ‘ We would make a plea for the person responsible to at least return the glasses , ’ he added . |