Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should n't make jokes . |
| 2 | ‘ So you did , and in that case , if you 're a very good girl , I might yet make love to you . ’ |
| 3 | I could n't make friends so I went around by myself , did things by myself . |
| 4 | His lips moved , and some noises came out but I could n't make sense of them . |
| 5 | He said something and I could n't make sense of it |
| 6 | I could n't make head nor tail of this . |
| 7 | Rosie said something about keys but I could n't make head or tail of it . ’ |
| 8 | There was some sort of monitor with dials which I could n't make head nor tail of , two drip stands with tubes — one lot going up her nose , the other into her arm — and her right leg was coated in plaster and suspended in mid air by a pulley contraption on which the Spanish Inquisition probably held the patent . |
| 9 | But I could not make Adèle concentrate on her lessons because she was constantly talking about the presents Mr Rochester had promised to bring her . |
| 10 | As hard as I tried , I could not make use of the staff , so I carried it , hobbling like a stage imbecile . |
| 11 | I could never make head or tails of that . |
| 12 | ‘ I like the forgetting bit , but you can forget anything else — you 're the last man I 'd ever make love with . ’ |
| 13 | I really enjoy this — usually I 'd never make time for it . |
| 14 | ‘ Even if you were the last man on earth — I would n't make love to you , ’ she added bitterly . |
| 15 | Providing you resist , this can in itself provide useful learning opportunities : " I 'm not in charge ; I ca n't make decisions for you . " |
| 16 | As I live in Liverpool , I ca n't make Elland Road , but I would be able to go to Anfield . |
| 17 | I ca n't make head or tail — ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Look , ’ the superintendent said , ‘ I only just came on and I ca n't make head nor tail of this . |
| 19 | I ca n't make head nor tail of it . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I ca n't make head or tail of it . ’ |
| 21 | In most varieties of British English , you know what I mean ? and you know ? are used by parties in a conversation to elicit agreement , as in the following ( made up ) example : ( 1 ) A : I ca n't make head nor tail of this , you know what I mean ? |
| 22 | B 's possible responses listed above , while overtly responding to the question " you know what I mean ? " are actually heard by parties to the conversation as supporting A's proposition , " I ca n't make head nor tail of this " . |
| 23 | They 've said well I ca n't make head or tail of it . |
| 24 | ‘ I ca n't make plans , ’ he said sharply . |
| 25 | I ca n't make money grow . ’ |
| 26 | But I ca n't make sense of it . ’ |
| 27 | Then I had to come back — and into this — and do you know — ’ ( he leant towards her ) ‘ even now I close my eyes and think of her , otherwise I ca n't make love — ’ He was still living on that charmed island of experience in the past . |
| 28 | I ca n't make love to you the way I want to — not here . |
| 29 | His green eyes pools of limpid clarity and wholly deceptive depth , but his swift grin wicked , Michele replied provocatively , ‘ I ca n't make love to a housekeeper or beat her into submission the way I could a wife , and , as I prefer my domestic arrangements to run without a hitch , I have to tread circumspectly . ’ |
| 30 | I ca n't make Yorkshire pudding like Myra 's , you know . ’ |