Example sentences of "she [modal v] make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , where it appears that there has been a breach of the statutory provisions , he or she must make a report to this effect to the Prime Minister . |
| 2 | She laughed , then knew she must make a move to release herself from his embrace — otherwise he 'd imagine she was actually waiting to be kissed . |
| 3 | But she must make an attempt . |
| 4 | She stared at the receding shoreline and wondered if she should make a jump for it . |
| 5 | As that she should make a move . |
| 6 | She might make a concession if it was a special occasion but otherwise she had more important things on her mind . |
| 7 | But she 'll make a mistake . |
| 8 | If you do get a drink , she 'll make a pot , and it 'll have like one tea-bag in it . |
| 9 | She did n't feel she could make a contribution , but she wanted to , so ‘ I just went in and made myself useful . ’ |
| 10 | She just knew she could make a go of it ! |
| 11 | Jo always had had the gift of the gab , she could make a stone laugh doing her imitation of Mr Silver trying to get her up behind the cloakroom door . |
| 12 | I thought she could make a selection from these . ’ |
| 13 | She could make a move in about twenty minutes . |
| 14 | She could make a side salad . |
| 15 | There must be some way she could make an approach without incurring too great a risk of rejection . |
| 16 | Before she could make an effort to get out a few intelligible words , though , he shouldered her roughly aside and strode into the house . |
| 17 | ’ No , but she could make an effort to be civil . ’ |
| 18 | No not you , she could make an effort . |
| 19 | Quite often she 'd make a grab , I 'd move with her and there would be a tug'o'war , ending up with the food breaking or her giving up . |
| 20 | She phoned up the doctors and said she 'd make an appointment for me . |
| 21 | She decided that she would make a phone call just to check that Jenny had left home and knew the right time of her arrival . |
| 22 | And if it came to court she would make a plea that he be given the care of his daughter until she became of age . |
| 23 | She would make a dash for it and be in the garden before anyone had a chance to walk in on her and take her by surprise . |
| 24 | I feel she would make a nurse . |
| 25 | If your interest in the past centres on some figure in particular from days gone by you could perhaps not do better than to consider whether he or she would make a detective , as the American writer Lilian de la Torre did with a series of short stories about Dr Sam Johnson , Detector . |
| 26 | They decided on the following Friday for the party and Lee said that she would make a chicken and pasta and fruit and nut salad and make borscht and buy black bread and invite Philippa and Conrad if Larry would buy cheese and wine and serviettes and invite two friends of his own . |
| 27 | One day she would make a fortune selling it everywhere . |
| 28 | A few yards on and she saw there was no answering wave and she faltered , uncertain if this was Ferdinando or some other lone horseman before whom she would make a fool of herself , but the closer he came the more sure she was that this was her husband and then she chided herself for thinking he had hands free to wave when one was needed for the reins and the other to hold the child . |
| 29 | But before that she would make a cup of tea and read for a bit . |
| 30 | Her husband was a friend of the Collector , she would make a complaint … |