Example sentences of "he [vb mod] make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus in a self-contract he may make a contract such as ‘ if at the end of the week I have gone without a drink , or lost x lbs in weight , I can buy myself … ’ . |
| 2 | It 's partly because I 'm so lonely , it 's partly deliberate ( I want to make him relax , both for his own good and so that one day he may make a mistake ) , so it 's part weakness , and part cunning , and part charity . |
| 3 | He may make an excellent shoemaker , but can never make a good poet . |
| 4 | He should make a Vice Presidency within five , the Presidency within ten . |
| 5 | In addition he has a duty to consider whether , in the public interest , he should make a report on any matter arising out of , or in connection with the accounts , in order that the matter should be considered by the council or brought to public attention . |
| 6 | Since most of the beginner 's forensic work will be in county courts and magistrates ' courts , he should make a special point of familiarising himself with the procedure and powers of these courts . |
| 7 | Examples of such tasks are : an adolescent girl who has been having unprotected sexual intercourse with her boyfriend agrees to go to her local family planning clinic to seek contraceptive advice and to avoid having intercourse until contraception has been arranged ; a student with difficulty getting down to revising for an important examination decides that he must make a list of what he needs to do — his therapist suggests he also arranges the topics in their order of importance . |
| 8 | The cobbles are slightly greasy , so that if an adventurer runs at maximum rate for any reason he must make a successful I test or slip and fall suffering 1 automatic Wound . |
| 9 | Maximilian , however , is desperately hungry for blood , and after 3 rounds of combat he must make a Cl test ( and at 2-round intervals after this until a test is failed ) . |
| 10 | Tethlis insisted that they push on but first , drawn by some irresistible influence , he must make a pilgrimage to the Altar of Khaine . |
| 11 | Yet he must make a tentative judgment on inadequate evidence , for such a matter is of fundamental importance . |
| 12 | If a policeman encounters a person using threatening language against another , he must make a judgment as to whether or not the addressee of the threats is likely to believe that the threats will be implemented . |
| 13 | Giving marks for written work can help the student to assess how well he is doing and can serve as reinforcement ( either because good marks tell him he is making satisfactory progress or because poor marks will tell him he must make a grater effort ) . |
| 14 | As any character leaves the Tower , he must make an Int test . |
| 15 | As a character leaves the Tower , he must make an WP test . |
| 16 | Worse still , he must make an I test . |
| 17 | You arrest somebody , maybe a drunk , the next day he 's feeling a little disgruntled and almost inevitably he 'll make a complaint … |
| 18 | Peggy van Praagh told me that , even so early , de Valois had said to her ‘ I think he 'll make a choreographer ’ , but she was already trying out several other aspirants , so could not give him immediate chances . |
| 19 | And 56-year-old Jean , cast as Mrs Hardcastle , is sure he 'll make a whole meal of his role . |
| 20 | ‘ He 'll make a mistake , sir . |
| 21 | He 'll make a mistake . |
| 22 | He adores them ; he 'll make a perfect father one of these days . |
| 23 | If I know him , he 'll make a detour to Bill 's to talk snooker . |
| 24 | Nigel Mansell has promised he 'll make a statement tomorrow about his future with the Oxfordshire-based Williams team . |
| 25 | if he ever ever comes to our house and you 're doing stuff then he 'll pick one wo n't he 'll make a celery |
| 26 | For a second it looked as if he might make a stab at it , but then he saw John Wakeham , looking a little crestfallen , coming out in front of him , while behind John Patten , Tony Newton , Michael Portillo and Sir Patrick Mayhew were about to swing through Downing Street gates . |
| 27 | A friend treated her to a pukkah drinks-dispensing butler who asked if he might make a personal remark before teetering off into the small hours . |
| 28 | ‘ Of course , ’ Kirov snapped , vaguely resenting the implication that he might make a purely social call upon the photographer . |
| 29 | Aggers ' biggest worry was that he might make a fool of himself bowling at Gooch after being out of the game for two years . |
| 30 | I knew he had a private hope that some day he might make a book with them . |