Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] make a [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 Maybe I should make a break for it , transit myself through the falling drops , and float on an oil-slick until morning .
15 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 .
16 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 . ’
17 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 !
18 I should make an effort but she 's
19 So I might make a trip to .
20 So I might make a waistcoat .
21 If I might make a suggestion — shut up and sit down .
22 ‘ Not to anybody lad , ’ came the reply , ‘ but for you I might make an exception . ’
23 " I 'll make a footballer of you , if not a scholar . "
24 I 'll make a border of shells , ’ Oliver said , ‘ and plant some forget-me-nots . ’
25 I 'll make a way through . ’
26 I 'll make a dash for it . ’
27 I 'll make a bed up for you . ’
28 He had n't better get in my way when I 'm going down there I 'll string him , I 'll make a bastard out of it
29 I 'll make a pot of tea then you can tell me all about it . ’
30 I 'll make a pot of tea .
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