Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] make [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If I may make a return by listening to your troubles , I am very willing to do so . ’ |
2 | As you will know I may make a reference under this section when I desire the opinion of the Court , not on the whole case but on a point arising on it . |
3 | While all this talk of constitutional change is in the air — Kinnock proposes to abolish the House of Lords and dismember the United Kingdom , as well as to forbid the whole country from hunting — I wonder if I may make a proposal . |
4 | I may make a mess of this but that does n't mean I 'm stupid . |
5 | ‘ If I may make a suggestion , ’ Horowitz , also standing , addressed Evans . |
6 | So I thought to myself ‘ I must make a change ’ . |
7 | First I must make a confession . |
8 | I got ta , I got ta do I must make a bed . |
9 | Like all young men I must make a journey . |
10 | I 've got that I 've got that I must make a note of this . |
11 | If you go to New Hampshire , I mu I must make a study of New Hampshire some time , if you go to New Hampshire , which is a delightful place , if you go to New Hampshire , New Hampshire appears to have no taxation at all as far as I can ascertain and the most favourite er car bumper sticker in New Hampshire is taxation is theft . |
12 | But I must make a gesture … ’ |
13 | I have a sketchy lifestyle because I ca n't work and I must make a living the best way I can |
14 | But I think I must make the decisions , and you must obey my orders . |
15 | I must make the Easter chocolate nest cake must n't I ? |
16 | Maybe I should make a break for it , transit myself through the falling drops , and float on an oil-slick until morning . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 . ’ |
19 | Hey , maybe I should make a visicord of you two , sell it down-Level , sell you two down-Level to a doghouse where they do that kind of thing ! |
20 | In reply to the hon. Gentleman 's comment about the Government 's policy since 1985 , I should make the point that I have been Secretary of State for two and a half years of that period . |
21 | I should make the dining-room before the Night Superintendent , providing , as Gwenellen had advised , I escaped Home Sister . |
22 | If you take a time exposure of the stars with a static camera you just get streaks , because of the Earth 's movement , and I should make the device follow the stars at the correct speed , you can get an awful lot of stars that 's completely invisible to the naked eye . |
23 | I should make an effort but she 's |
24 | So I might make a trip to . |
25 | So I might make a waistcoat . |
26 | If I might make a suggestion — shut up and sit down . |
27 | ‘ Not to anybody lad , ’ came the reply , ‘ but for you I might make an exception . ’ |
28 | " I 'll make a footballer of you , if not a scholar . " |
29 | ‘ I 'll make a border of shells , ’ Oliver said , ‘ and plant some forget-me-nots . ’ |
30 | ‘ I 'll make a way through . ’ |