Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [modal v] make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My brother said that I would make a good banker . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | I 've promised him that I will make a new life for myself and not think of the past . |
| 4 | I am hoping this will improve my grasp of the key issues so that I can make a more direct contribution on this front in future . |
| 5 | Nenna thought : I 'm pleased for him to see that I can make a proper job of something . |
| 6 | You 're so plausible that I could make a case for you . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 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 feel that I should make a more concerted effort to leave my profession and find a new and more satisfying career . |
| 10 | The American authorities told me that I should make a general election law and arrange that the Korean people rule themselves . |
| 11 | ‘ You suggested that I should make a fresh statement . ’ |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 15 | I have to be convinced that she 'll make a good mother . ’ |
| 16 | As that she should make a move . |
| 17 | It had been arranged that she should make a regular weekly visit in order to vaccinate all new puppies , do an inspection of all the animals already there , and be on call for any emergency . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | The Scheme ensures that you may make a claim for any lapse in service within the four specified guarantees . |
| 20 | ‘ To the end that you may make a second and happier marriage from your father 's house — is that so ? ’ |
| 21 | He knew , of course , that you 'd make a damned good vet — a damned sight better than he 'll ever be . |
| 22 | And it says much that you could make a racer out of the RS road car with a few hours notice . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Well do you think that you could make a ‘ bit of a window ’ for the Church ? ’ |
| 25 | You will also find that some of the care required is familiar to you and that you can make a contribution immediately . |
| 26 | The belief that you can make a profit from investing in property has remained strong until recently . |
| 27 | well if I were you I would start sorting out if there 's anything good in there that you can make a few bob out of |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | In your aerobic walking record we mentioned that you should make a note of conditions about the route . |
| 30 | Looking forward , and viewing ourselves as contributing to the development of provisionally held theories , it seems to offer no more than the hope that we might make a contributions even if we do not really understand what , how , or to what . |