Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why everyone should make a will |
| 2 | If I may make a return by listening to your troubles , I am very willing to do so . ’ |
| 3 | As you will know I may make a reference under this section when I desire the opinion of the Court , not on the whole case but on a point arising on it . |
| 4 | While all this talk of constitutional change is in the air — Kinnock proposes to abolish the House of Lords and dismember the United Kingdom , as well as to forbid the whole country from hunting — I wonder if I may make a proposal . |
| 5 | I may make a mess of this but that does n't mean I 'm stupid . |
| 6 | ‘ If I may make a suggestion , ’ Horowitz , also standing , addressed Evans . |
| 7 | I did n't pay the Africa lady anything but I ought to make a bit for Uncle Jim . |
| 8 | SO YOU THINK someone should make a film about your life ? |
| 9 | So you still think someone should make a film about your life ? |
| 10 | So I thought to myself ‘ I must make a change ’ . |
| 11 | First I must make a confession . |
| 12 | I got ta , I got ta do I must make a bed . |
| 13 | Like all young men I must make a journey . |
| 14 | I 've got that I 've got that I must make a note of this . |
| 15 | If you go to New Hampshire , I mu I must make a study of New Hampshire some time , if you go to New Hampshire , which is a delightful place , if you go to New Hampshire , New Hampshire appears to have no taxation at all as far as I can ascertain and the most favourite er car bumper sticker in New Hampshire is taxation is theft . |
| 16 | But I must make a gesture … ’ |
| 17 | I have a sketchy lifestyle because I ca n't work and I must make a living the best way I can |
| 18 | Maybe I should make a break for it , transit myself through the falling drops , and float on an oil-slick until morning . |
| 19 | I had an idea that I should make a show of dignity and tried to do this by looking straight ahead , as if the crowds moving up and down the platform were beneath my notice . |
| 20 | I paid every attention to her during a long sickness and , a short time before her death , she requested that I should make a mummy of her body , and keep her beside me — I have kept my word . ’ |
| 21 | Hey , maybe I should make a visicord of you two , sell it down-Level , sell you two down-Level to a doghouse where they do that kind of thing ! |
| 22 | ‘ Someone must make a hole in the sheep 's side , ’ explained Billy , ‘ with a special tool . |
| 23 | So I might make a trip to . |
| 24 | So I might make a waistcoat . |
| 25 | If I might make a suggestion — shut up and sit down . |
| 26 | " I 'll make a footballer of you , if not a scholar . " |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll make a border of shells , ’ Oliver said , ‘ and plant some forget-me-nots . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll make a way through . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll make a dash for it . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll make a bed up for you . ’ |