Example sentences of "could make [pron] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At times she believed she could make her hard man into a piece of putty , but not when he spoke of duty . |
| 2 | There were , as we have seen , quite practical reasons for valuing neatness and cleanliness in working-class homes : only neatness could make their narrow rooms in any sense comfortable ( perhaps that is why the Bartons ' houseplace seems crammed with furniture ) , and only cleanliness could preserve them — and hence their betters from disease . |
| 3 | These latter worked on route 7 to Uxbridge and a few weeks before that route was to be converted to trolleybus operation , they were each fitted out with plough carriers and the necessary switch gear for conduit operation , so that they could make their own way under power to whichever depôt they were sent . |
| 4 | It was declared the best policy was for the ‘ sent down ’ youth to remain where they were so that they could make their valuable contribution to the motherland on the ‘ agricultural front ’ , as in previous decades . |
| 5 | By showing how every soul could make its own way to God , without the mediation of priests or ministers of the educated classes , it helped to give a sense of dignity and individual worth to thousands who were turned off their land by enclosures and absorbed by the Dark Satanic Mills of the Industrial Revolution . |
| 6 | When his mother took him to school on the first day , he decided from then onwards he could make his own way to school and did n't hesitate in telling his mother just that . |
| 7 | ‘ Do you realise you probably have information which , if offered to the right people , could make you one hell of a lot of money ? ’ |
| 8 | Okay now so let's say if we had some numbers you you can you could make your own notes about this . |
| 9 | They can be the same type of door as for hinged doors , or you could make your own doors from hardboard on a timber frame . |