Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] [adv] make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one thing Roy will definitely make a point of reading is innovations catalogues . |
| 2 | Dead Lucky was struggling to stay in touch , but he was still there nonetheless , and if she just pushed her way out , Damien could easily make a show of snatching up . |
| 3 | Joshua Cohen had long ago recognised that Jacob would never make a businessman and had quickly abandoned his dream of having his son join him in his scrap-iron store . |
| 4 | I despaired when I heard Sir Geoffrey Howe , who was Foreign Secretary at the time , speak at the Tory Party Conference in October and heard him repeat the same old stock phrase : Britain will never make a deal over its hostages in Lebanon . |
| 5 | Nothing but a beast , dumb and rude and mute and savage , she called him under her breath ; a man who could only talk men 's talk , who had none of the graces a nobleman would have , but of course Tommaso Talvi would never make a nobleman . |
| 6 | PREMIER John Major will today make a desperate television appeal to Tory rebels planning to vote against Maastricht . |
| 7 | Fifth , it ignores reality by failing to explain how it 's going to track Windows which he thinks Microsoft will doubtless make a moving target by adding value like bundling in Access , its new database . |
| 8 | ‘ It has already been said that the Duchess of York will only make a fleeting visit with princesses Beatrice and Eugenie so it looks like that the two royal outlaws will now just be bringing the children to tea . ’ |
| 9 | She guessed it would be Nicky Kai , eager to hear her singing the praises of her beloved island once more , and she might be willing to stay and share the light supper she had been planning for herself as it was Sunday , the one evening of the week on which Florian might occasionally make a concession to the fact of his breakfast show slot and retire soon after dark . |
| 10 | Lois will only make a profit or loss under the second strategy when there are changes in relative prices . |