Example sentences of "[adv] he [modal v] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | He conducts great concerts , and before long he will make the lame walk — and then he does just a good concert and people are disappointed . |
| 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 | If only he could make a sound or move his body . |
| 4 | Perhaps he would make her wait until midnight . |
| 5 | Perhaps he would make a successful priest after all — he had the glibness , the assurance that this old man lacked — but not a holy priest . ) |
| 6 | After the rough ingots of metal had solidified , a smith would need to work the metal and hammer it out , or perhaps he would make moulds and pour the molten metal into the shaped mould . |
| 7 | Perhaps he 'll make some jewellery for you , one day . ’ |
| 8 | The $12 million or so he 'll make tomorrow will take his career earnings to $80m , second only to Sugar Ray Leonard 's $100m . |
| 9 | And so he can make his profits and feel like a philanthropist at the same time . |
| 10 | So he 'd make an effort and play a game . |
| 11 | ‘ Ven ! ’ she cried his name joyously aloud , and knew that soon he would make her his . |
| 12 | He hands Esau back his birthright , and soon he will make that clear in words , or , to be more precise , in a word . |
| 13 | Gradually , almost imperceptibly , the light strengthened and soon he could make out the shape of boats , the mexeflote causeway and the patchwork of woods and fields on the island . |
| 14 | Zoff said yesterday he will make a decision today on whether Gascoigne makes his debut against Genoa . |
| 15 | Later he will make a sharp division between himself and women readers when he says about Cilla Black : |
| 16 | So far this silent assassin has won every throw , but sooner or later he will make a mistake . ’ |
| 17 | But even as the words echoed in her brain , she knew she would n't voice them , would n't give him the satisfaction of knowing just how childishly he could make her behave . |
| 18 | You arrest somebody , maybe a drunk , the next day he 's feeling a little disgruntled and almost inevitably he 'll make a complaint … |
| 19 | Turning the big key in the back door and easing up the latch , Mungo began to feel free , as though now he could make his own rules and ignore the restrictions imposed by daylight . |
| 20 | If that was true , now he can make amends . |
| 21 | The meteorology men told him his wind strengths at his chosen altitude of 50,000 feet , and he worked out he would make it in 5.4 hours flying at Mach . |
| 22 | Tomorrow he will make a ‘ personal statement ’ which is expected to announce an intention to resign . |
| 23 | Go on that 's it , see that , we 've got an appointment , you know , well I know he 's in , I know he 's in Birmingham at ten , well he 'll make it to Stafford by half past , half past or quarter to eleven , wo n't he , he 'll do that ? |
| 24 | Fit and well he 'd make a lot of difference to the England side |
| 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 | Sometimes he would make himself useful in the kitchen by cleaning and tidying ; however , if accidentally locked in any room the Cauld lad would make a fearful mess , overturning furniture and scrabbling at the lock . |
| 27 | Then he would make a pair of horns with his hands and step slowly backwards , and the closer he got to the bedside lamp the bigger the shadow grew , so that finally it outgrew the wall and spread across the ceiling and towered above him , a vast and terrible Demon . |
| 28 | But if he did he would see that it was in an old barn , and not at all legal , and then he would make her come home . |
| 29 | Then he 'll make her wash her face and we can have tea . |
| 30 | Mark , if you think that Strach was looking that far ahead then we should snap him up immediately , as if he is that much of a thinker then he could make a great manager . |