Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] could make [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | we wanted to get people chemical , wanted to get a thing through , so they could make a profit from it . |
| 3 | I 'm sure you do n't want to hear about Mark 's cousin getting done for selling crack mixed with concrete , or the Forest Of Dean whizzkid who tried to get the band 's mate to give them heroin so they 'd all become addicted so he could make a profit out of them , or Zac sticking his finger up a chicken 's arse , do you ? |
| 4 | ‘ I think Billy might just have been desperate enough to smash that chair over somebody 's head so he could make a run for it . ’ |
| 5 | er Chairman thank you for inviting me to come erm here today , er particularly as Mrs who 's the other member of erm , affected by the lorry ban on the A ten eighty eight it 's unfortunate unable to come , erm and thank you for including me in the er consultation process that you 're planning with Norfolk County Council , er Chairman obviously I wish to support this , but just erm if I could make a couple of observations on your paper , erm firstly particular relation to the discussion we just had about Brandon , erm , I am aware Mr Chairman you 've just described the er highways people in Norfolk as very reasonable , but I think that members will see particular if they look at problems like four point one that we do have to handle er working relationships with some care and I would want to express regret while I wo n't be less impolite than that , but Norfolk have not even seen fit to put up signs erm warning of the lorry ban erm in Thetford , erm , which shows er not exactly the spirit of co-operation , I hope we 're going to be able to achieve in the consultations about Brandon and I thought |
| 6 | So if I could make a plea to anyone who wishes to buy a pony whether from a private owner or ‘ saved ’ from the meat man , to make sure they know the commitment they are taking on . |
| 7 | Even if I could make an impression it 'd be the worst thing I could do . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't want to work in a shop or a bank so I wrote to my local radio station , West Sound , asking if I could make the tea . ’ |
| 9 | And Douglas had promised that Shiona 's lifelong ambition — to study fashion design in London — was hers for the taking if she could make the grade . |
| 10 | If you could make a profit of approximately £2,500 per week for the fourteen or so unoccupied weeks ( a big if ! ) you would turn that excess of expenditure over income into an income surplus . |
| 11 | Oh it 'd be good if we could make a money tree . |
| 12 | Yes , if we could make a comment please the thing about in July ? |
| 13 | As I say I mean we , if we could make an appointment say three fifteen or three thirty to see Sefton Avenue . |
| 14 | But I 'm sure if they could make a profit they would . |
| 15 | Bodie raced up the stairs to Doyle 's apartment , and rang the buzzer furiously , stabbing the button as if he could make the door open by doing so . |
| 16 | If he could make the shelter of the trees he thought there might be a chance of watching the high road from the wood 's far side . |
| 17 | If he could make the Prophet fire and miss once more , the gun would be empty … always assuming the man had acquired no further ammunition . |
| 18 | Before she could make an effort to get out a few intelligible words , though , he shouldered her roughly aside and strode into the house . |
| 19 | I said all right , £50 , and he had it tied to the roof of their car before they could make a run for it . |
| 20 | Before he could make a run for it , a voice said urgently : ‘ Right — get him ! ’ |
| 21 | Other aircraft joined in the fight , and before it could make a second attack the Albatros found itself under attack . |
| 22 | Martha longed to show off her advancement in reading and writing , for which she had been noted in the valley , and was bewildered and humiliated when she could make no sense of the books she was given . |