Example sentences of "[pron] could make [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Yet if I could make him notice me perhaps he might consider my suitability as a wife . |
| 2 | I longed to prove you were unfaithful to him so I could make him throw you over — I felt like a monster with every ungenerous thought that flickered through my mind . |
| 3 | It was only a one-sided lock , which is completely and totally different to an ordinary lock er working both sides , you see what I mean and er I er I 'd got to er make a key , number thirty-nine just like that , see but I had it and I could find out what thirty-nine was and I could make them one and send it and knowing it would fit see and er when they had different people working there , you know staff , things like that , not a lot of orders but er somebody else come . |
| 4 | But the family were often sad , and I wished I could make them happy . |
| 5 | ‘ And I thought I could make mine by designing and making better products , and selling them to the world , ’ said Mark . |
| 6 | ‘ I could make you better . |
| 7 | I wish I could make you happy , ’ he said , so sweetly and gently that I was ashamed of the laughter building up inside me , and of the thought , why he 's old enough to be my father . |
| 8 | ‘ If only I could make you see how wonderful it is . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I could make you very unhappy , ’ he said in a low growl . |
| 10 | ‘ I knew how I could make you feel , ’ he corrected , ‘ but there 's a great deal of difference between bodily chemistry and love . |
| 11 | ‘ I could make you an offer for it when this is over . |
| 12 | ‘ I could make you take that back , ’ he said , his voice a low growl very close to her ear . |
| 13 | Well yeah , no I 've light bulbs I mean I could make you a list down but it does n't matter I can get that tomorrow Ann I 'll go down tomorrow you know , I 'll be up in time . |
| 14 | You love it here , and I could make it possible for you to remain here . |
| 15 | I thought I could make it on my own here , but I 'm not so certain now . |
| 16 | ‘ But I would always have regretted it if I had turned down the chance to find out whether I could make it at this level . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Well , I could make it werf yer while , ’ she said fluttering her eyelashes at him . |
| 18 | the was that the first one was was more or less science orientated an I I , I looked at it and thought how how I could how I could make it such that it was common |
| 19 | I had no means of knowing what sort of line I had kept on my cross-country stumble , but it had been NNE as near as I could make it . |
| 20 | I could make it a fairy-tale instead , if I wanted to , Anyway , It 's the capital of the empire ; a courtier starts a liaison with one of the princesses ; the demands she and the impersonate on his time get to be too much , so he secretly has an android made to impersonate him at the endless court rituals and boring receptions ; nobody notices . |
| 21 | When I could make it , I got up and made for the nearest shelter . |
| 22 | ‘ maybe you and I could make it a bit bigger though . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I could make it your business . ’ |
| 24 | But , I I do n't really think I could make it any clearer , but you need to , perhaps take it home and go through it again , and think about it and see if you can understand it , you know , in the quiet of your own bedroom , plus is a very useful time to try and learn things . |
| 25 | Well c I could make it erm nine sixteenth if you like if it 's |
| 26 | I could make it eleven o'clock if necessary |
| 27 | Or I could make it into a puppet . |
| 28 | Did n't think I could make it . |
| 29 | I was a little afraid , but this was something really important ; nobody could make me get married after I had discovered something as strange as this . |
| 30 | He also had unusually heavy , drooping eyelids which could make him look comic or sinister , benevolent or supercilious . |