Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [modal v] make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or you can make a credit card donation on the Somalia Appeal hotline . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | First , where it appears that there has been a breach of the statutory provisions , he or she must make a report to this effect to the Prime Minister . |
| 4 | We agreed to have a summit meeting in Bromley High Street after school , where we 'd make a decision on what to do . |
| 5 | Employee career development was flexible , and management encouraged individuals to pursue their interests and extend their skills in areas where they could make a contribution to the business . |
| 6 | Claims to leadership of national antislavery opinion also involved hopes of influencing British government policy where it might make a difference — for example , in negotiations over the continuing problem of slave trade suppression and on particular issues such as American fugitive slaves in British territories or terms for British recognition of the independence of Texas . |
| 7 | You 're so plausible that I could make a case for you . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Once I can make a hole through them it should n't be too difficult to get round into the outer cellar . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But before that she would make a cup of tea and read for a bit . |
| 14 | As that she should make a move . |
| 15 | The Scheme ensures that you may make a claim for any lapse in service within the four specified guarantees . |
| 16 | Many of them had had sex with other gays , but few of them had accepted that you could make a way of life out of it . |
| 17 | And it says much that you could make a racer out of the RS road car with a few hours notice . |
| 18 | You will also find that some of the care required is familiar to you and that you can make a contribution immediately . |
| 19 | The belief that you can make a profit from investing in property has remained strong until recently . |
| 20 | We all know that there is some disturbance outside — you have already said that you will make a statement on that — but it is unusual for the doors not to be locked by this stage in a Division . |
| 21 | In your aerobic walking record we mentioned that you should make a note of conditions about the route . |
| 22 | ‘ But , as for these … ’ with a gesture of contempt she held up the copies of the agreement ‘ … there 's no way in the world I 'm going to sign these , so you can make a bonfire with them , if you like ! ’ |
| 23 | It 's after the consultation has taken place that we will make a decision , and we will be listening during that consultation to what all the people of Chipping Norton say . |
| 24 | " So we should make a start now . |
| 25 | Some schemes were , moreover , undertaken , even though it was known that they would make a loss , because of the statutory duty to supply . |
| 26 | Councillors have agreed that they must make a bid for a share of the money the county is reaping from the sale of land at Point of Ayr to Hamilton Oil for its oil and gas terminal . |
| 27 | And I instanced Bob Geldof as someone whose commitment to the problem of hunger had certainly got things done , and inspired millions of people to see ( even if only transiently ) that they could make a contribution to a problem that they had previously held in their minds , albeit not very consciously , as ‘ not mine ’ and ‘ hopeless ’ . |
| 28 | It was quite a drive and quite a list for when she got there , so she was unlikely to be back before the early evening ; but this was no great problem , because they 'd soon be closing the doors so that they could make a start on the next day 's preparations . |
| 29 | A great inducement of ‘ start-ups ’ or ‘ green-field projects ’ , where the original investors are in on the ground floor , is that they will make a killing if the company one day goes on to the Stock Exchange , or is gobbled up by a predator in a takeover bid . |
| 30 | As regards Monktonhall mineworkers ' consortium , it is encouraging that a group of ex-mineworkers have applied to British Coal to take over the pit , and I hope that they can make a success of it . |