Example sentences of "he could make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found it incredible that he could make money doing that . |
| 2 | If only he could make contact with a genuine practising artist he 'd be able to discuss all these things and get proper advice . |
| 3 | Without doing anything at all he could make things happen for which he must be punished with slaps , missed meals or verbal assaults that left him trembling and incoherent . |
| 4 | ‘ Anyway , this Satanist promised he could make things fly . |
| 5 | And i if the man in the field had got a grudge against a bloke who was stacking i or taking off in the stack yard he could make life hell . |
| 6 | Just letting people know that , if he chooses , he could make life very uncomfortable for them , so they 'd better lick his boots had n't they ? ’ |
| 7 | He could make life very difficult for her if he became one of the directors . |
| 8 | He could make mates and midshipmen into lieutenants , and he could advance some lucky lieutenants to the rank of commander or captain . |
| 9 | In such a state , he knew , he could make judgments which were almost too pure , too unrelenting . |
| 10 | He could n't start on his plane because there were n't any helpful books and now Mr Crangle was probably going to catch the Bookman before he could make friends with him . |
| 11 | ‘ Rohan obviously felt he could make plans for his own future , at last . |
| 12 | And she knew that this outing had been contrived by him so that he could make progress with her . |
| 13 | He learnt that he could make love and come both in haste and with impressive slowness , for five minutes or for three hours , without asking either for more or for less time from his partner but fitting in with their timing . |
| 14 | He could make love by the hour , but he went the whole way himself not more often than twice a week … |
| 15 | George Hirst would contribute in all three departments : his left-arm inswing from round the wicket would give variety to the attack , he could make runs quickly ( never mind that a large proportion would come from pull shots off the stumps ) , and was a superb mid-off fieldsman . |
| 16 | Unless he could make reality out of his dream . |
| 17 | But he did not need to do so ; and he could make men pay heavily for the privilege of the regrant , as James V certainly did . |
| 18 | The only way he could make amends was to go back and kill himself . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ So he could make trouble for people , ’ said Lily sourly . |
| 20 | Without this kind of analytical framework , respecting the complex levels of mediation involved and their relative autonomy , Elvis becomes simply the plaything of naked political forces ( rebellious/manipulative ) ; and the fact that the young rock 'n' roller sang ballads from the start , that the older Hollywood star could still sing rock 'n' roll songs and was still respected by rock 'n' roll fans , that his ‘ blues ’ were ‘ romantic ’ ( a kind of fantasy ) , his ballads often ‘ realistic ’ ( given flesh ) , or that he could make boogification ironic — all this is inexplicable . |
| 21 | He could make concessions to his allies and all would be well so long as they did not come into conflict with one another . |
| 22 | He could make Satan standing at the Gates of Hell shouting ‘ Come on down ! ’ look innocent . |
| 23 | He could make Miller wake up now . |
| 24 | He also said Clarke was anxious to do all he could to make amends . |