Example sentences of "[pers pn] would make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 2 | But I 'd make a request that you do n't try to offend brother Tundrish similarly . |
| 3 | I thought of it at one ti me , but I knew I 'd make a mess of it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I think he sent me out to France , ’ she finished , ‘ hoping I 'd make a mess of things . |
| 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 | She said it was a remnant and I thought I 'd make a box for the sale . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | ‘ If I were you I 'd make a list of tall men and women in the village with bad characters and check their alibis , ’ advised Miss Tilley judiciously , one professional to another . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's the left-overs from yesterday 's joint — I thought I 'd make a shepherd 's pie for supper . |
| 10 | I 'd make a number of points . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If I gave a cup of wine to every vagabond who came whining to my door , how do you imagine I would make a living ? " exclaimed the eldest brother . |
| 14 | Of you I would make a fuss |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | After I woke , I would make a cup of tea and soon afterwards dash out with the toilet-roll . |
| 17 | Sometimes I would make a house out of the large old boxes stacked in the yard , and take in my dollies and set up home . |
| 18 | Quite often she 'd make a grab , I 'd move with her and there would be a tug'o'war , ending up with the food breaking or her giving up . |
| 19 | if you , you was all clawing to get one of them cos you 'd make a bit more of it . |
| 20 | You 'd make a fortune . |
| 21 | ‘ Rourke , ’ she said carefully , ‘ it 's cold out here , and I 'd be grateful if you 'd make a start in clearing up so that we can be on our way . ’ |
| 22 | The main questions you ask , the more he 'll believe , he do n't ask , it 's , it 's , it 's all about , this is what I 'm saying about erm reacting , eh when basically what you would is you 'd make a statement , tell him something and then ask him a question , which is what you did anyway , but I do n't know if you 're always aware of what you 're doing , you 're doing , you do it naturally , selling is about making statements and then asking questions , you do it when you telephone customers all the time |
| 23 | You 'd make a politician blush . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | And if it came to court she would make a plea that he be given the care of his daughter until she became of age . |
| 26 | She would make a dash for it and be in the garden before anyone had a chance to walk in on her and take her by surprise . |
| 27 | I feel she would make a nurse . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | One day she would make a fortune selling it everywhere . |