Example sentences of "would make [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christmastime , he used to go and get some wood , and he 'd make engines , great big engines and … tip-up cart with two wheels . |
| 2 | Oh we 'd make things , make things , that 's right , yes , instruction . |
| 3 | It used to be used as a punishment : they 'd make inmates clean up the hospital wing , that sort of thing . |
| 4 | You 'd make arrangements beforehand , perhaps with the station-keeper , who would say to call down and he 'd have a cup of tea made when the sergeant was out . |
| 5 | Also , I 'd make arrangements with your assistant manager to cover for Michael long-term . |
| 6 | They had whalebone in these stays and we used to cut pieces about half an inch long and in the daytime , I used to make a bag full and put them in between the doors and I 'd go round the first time and put them in and when I went round later , if that whalebone was missing , I 'd make enquiries . |
| 7 | Anyway , I said I 'd make enquiries as to what a is wanted . |
| 8 | Anyway , I said I 'd make enquiries as to what was wanted and I said because there 's a new children 's ward will open at the hospital and perhaps they would . |
| 9 | They drove in silence , unable to discuss their worst fears , clinging to the faint hope that the vet would make things right again . |
| 10 | He was about to fish out some more money when he realised this would make things worse — or at least his perception of things . |
| 11 | Irradiation would make things worse by destroying the warning spoilage bacteria and leaving pathogens untouched . |
| 12 | It would make things far worse for him when he was eventually brought up for trial . |
| 13 | Fearing pre-election jitters would make things worse for French collectors this year , organisers Daniel Gervis and Florence Benhaim also changed the dates of the Salon to put it on after France 's two-round General Election on 21 and 28 March . |
| 14 | It would make things so much easier . ’ |
| 15 | It would make things a lot easier for her — for both of them — if they could manage to end this marriage on a fairly amicable note , instead of in a flood of tension and arguments . |
| 16 | Then she heard the click of the door and she turned , acknowledged the sudden lurch in the pit of her stomach , a half-hope that somehow there would be something he could say that would make things all right . |
| 17 | It was noted that a subsidy of c. £1000 would probably be needed for a similar event in the future , but that a venue which operated a more lenient cancellation policy would make things easier for the organisers . |
| 18 | If judges were seen to pick and choose among legislation , enforcing only those statutes they approved , this would defeat the pragmatist 's goal because it would make things not better but much worse . |
| 19 | Perhaps it would make things easier . |
| 20 | That would make things worse . |
| 21 | ‘ He would like us to get married , but I 've said that would make things very awkward for you . |
| 22 | If I took a knock I would n't feel it , and that would make things worse . |
| 23 | £30 will seem an absurdly high sum to those of you liable for the full fee , and I would be happy to organise a pay-by-instalment system over the term , if this would make things easier . |
| 24 | Whilst recognising the need to introduce measures that would make Colleges more self-supporting , it was considered unrealistic to expect such measures to be effective immediately . |
| 25 | But when the make do and mend clubs were told that even worn out soft collars and shirt cuffs would make maps for tank commanders , they responded well and over a thousand tons of rag was collected between nineteen forty two and nineteen forty three . |
| 26 | ICI , Britain 's second biggest exporter , said the fall in the value of the pound would make exports more competitive . |
| 27 | In 1942 , after a long preamble once again accusing the government of ‘ favouritism ’ towards the Masai , he asked in the Legislative Council if a thousand square miles of Masailand could be set aside for ‘ settlement of fighting services personnel , when their job of destroying our foul enemies , who would make slaves of the Masai , is completed ’ . |
| 28 | Further , many qualitative-type studies would make claims to generality and rigour . |
| 29 | They predicted that he would make friends more easily , reckoning without natural adolescent malice and the excessive value their pupils had been taught to place on modesty , however false . |
| 30 | My parents are dead now , and I moved away from our village to quite a big town in the hope that I would make friends . |