Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] would make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your interest in the past centres on some figure in particular from days gone by you could perhaps not do better than to consider whether he or she would make a detective , as the American writer Lilian de la Torre did with a series of short stories about Dr Sam Johnson , Detector . |
| 2 | My brother said that I would make a good banker . |
| 3 | If we 're given an assignment , whatever it is , perform it well , do n't think that I would make a better magazine servant than that brother over there and I do n't like it on the accounts , why do they always use me as a hall servant ? |
| 4 | They decided on the following Friday for the party and Lee said that she would make a chicken and pasta and fruit and nut salad and make borscht and buy black bread and invite Philippa and Conrad if Larry would buy cheese and wine and serviettes and invite two friends of his own . |
| 5 | But before that she would make a cup of tea and read for a bit . |
| 6 | She decided that she would make a phone call just to check that Jenny had left home and knew the right time of her arrival . |
| 7 | ‘ In Berlin , where I come from , oh yes many years ago , before those foul Nazis besmirched the country , they would have said of you that you would make a great beauty , a grande dame sans merci . |
| 8 | Some schemes were , moreover , undertaken , even though it was known that they would make a loss , because of the statutory duty to supply . |
| 9 | He had become certain by watching the preparations in the sepoy camp that they would make a major assault within the next few hours . |
| 10 | Democrats in both houses of Congress responded to Barr 's decision by increasing their criticism of the Bush administration 's alleged obstruction of all efforts to investigate the Iraqgate allegations , and members of the House banking committee did not rule out the possibility that they would make a more specific request to Barr for the appointment of a special prosecutor . |
| 11 | It was suggested that three or four lights would be sufficient and that they would make a worthwhile contribution to road safety on this dangerous stretch of road where there is no footpath . |
| 12 | I originally bought it because it was easy to carry around and I figured that it would make a nice practice guitar . |
| 13 | It gets so terribly complicated : I thought that it would make a very good board game . |
| 14 | However , the Swedish food and medical group Procordia , which is selling a 28% stake in Liber , has said that it would make a SK350m profit on the sale . |
| 15 | NEW YORK ( Reuter ) — El Salvador 's President , Alfredo Cristiani , announced in a speech to the UN that he would make a proposal for a ceasefire in his country 's 10-year-old civil war at a meeting with FMLN rebels in two weeks ' time . |
| 16 | In some remarks at the National Press Club in December , Mr Keating gave credence to this speculation by saying , in effect , that he would make a better prime minister than Mr Hawke . |
| 17 | The motor magnate was furious and rang the Editor to say so , whereupon the latter apologised profusely adding that he would make a front page correction in the next day 's edition . |
| 18 | Clavers decided that he would make a special effort to apprehend both . |
| 19 | Gentle replied that he would make a Gauguin so fine the artist himself would have wept to see it . |
| 20 | And again she recognised what she 'd known then instantly : that she loved him and that he would make a perfect father for her daughter . |
| 21 | Rejecting Democratic appeals to outline a specific deficit reduction strategy , Bush stated on May 17 that he would make a public address on the issue " when we get a solution " . |
| 22 | Informed sources said it was likely that he would make a televised statement today . |
| 23 | ‘ You think that she and I would make a happy married couple . |
| 24 | On Sunday morning Eric and I would make a trip into the pre-Alpine hills behind Verona and eat a delicious simple meal , which was all that was available at that time , in a trattoria . |
| 25 | I was approached in this room about erm , twelve months ago , by Francis and Tricia erm , to ask if I would make a programme out for their group . |
| 26 | ‘ Like , maybe your parents were just fattening you up until you would make a decent meal for these dragons , or it was an intelligence test ; the kids smart enough to have sussed out the fact there were dragons around were the ones that would survive , and the ones that just lay there , trusting , each night , deserved to die , and their parents could n't tell them or the dragons would eat them , and stories about dragons were the only clues you were ever given ; that was all the adults could do to warn you … |
| 27 | Colin Parry , 37 , a personnel officer , wept as he said his 12-year-old son would never be the way he was but they wanted him to live and they would make a life for him . |
| 28 | Moderator four five nine Moderator I welcome the number two in the deliverance but I would make a plea to the er panel that this leaflet be a very simple leaflet and it not be brief , but in fact be quite lengthy . |
| 29 | He did not love her , but she would make a remarkable duchess , and the fact that she had inherited more than her share of her papa 's famous shrewdness was a bonus which would assist the Blaines and make their future secure . |
| 30 | Perhaps the alteration appears slight , no more than cosmetic , but it would make a considerable difference to defensive attitudes , especially in Britain , without undermining the spirit of the offside law . |