Example sentences of "they [modal v] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may continue the case in order to gain more information ; they may make a supervision order , involving the child living at home but under regular supervision , or being sent to live elsewhere in the care of others ; or they may discharge the referral altogether . |
| 2 | So you can only say they may make a payment . |
| 3 | It can be very flattering to receive such requests , and they may make a difference to the author 's perception of the requester . |
| 4 | They must make a contribution . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ They must make a lot of dusting . ‘ |
| 7 | Cos they must make a bomb though . |
| 8 | Still , Imaginary have got the ‘ Turtle Soup ’ album so they should make a bit of money out of it . ’ |
| 9 | They should make a bit more profit than they used to with the old , oversized pans they made from bigger oil cans . |
| 10 | TMD Carat head of press Paul Shalet says : ‘ If they can sell 250,000 copies and get sponsorship for it as well , they should make a lot of money . ’ |
| 11 | I think they should make a place for them . |
| 12 | Ronni frowned at him as he continued , ‘ I think they 'll make a go of it . |
| 13 | After this , they 'll make a haul ! |
| 14 | It will , they 'll make a hole through it |
| 15 | It 's not yet known whether they 'll make a claim for compensation . |
| 16 | And , anyway , she was n't so deluded that she thought they might make a life together . |
| 17 | I can see that in such a case they might make a gift of paintings or other works of art for tax reasons , for example , and would n't care if they were sold or not . |
| 18 | Discs realised maybe they could make a go of it . |
| 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 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | we wanted to get people chemical , wanted to get a thing through , so they could make a profit from it . |
| 23 | But I 'm sure if they could make a profit they would . |
| 24 | On the other hand , the French boasted they could make a neutron bomb , the US was still anguished over the spy story of Cheltenham as Prime got 35 years ' rumours of Brezhnev 's death proved true . |
| 25 | … They could make a woman feel a lady . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Captain America and Billy the Kid had blown it when they believed they could make a lot of money and retire , but life was not simply about economics ; they had , according to Fonda , found their freedom but their liberty was like the statue in New York harbour , surrounded by polluted waters . |
| 28 | They 'd make a change . |
| 29 | The mud they put out now there is lucky if they put two hundred ton in and that 's only had by grab and course they 'd make a hole there , then course that fill up again . |
| 30 | Well well they used to make a pile of these things and put straw on top of them and then soil on top of them to keep the frost out . |