Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] make [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( c ) Try to link together the scattered specific observations you might make on a text . |
| 2 | If you read with such issues in mind — and how they actively affect what sense you can make of a text — introductory notes often become relevant and interesting in unexpected ways . |
| 3 | She also asked us each to decide how many garments we could make in a week , not sewn up ( if we chose to do this we were paid extra ) . |
| 4 | Horses certainly do n't instinctively like being patted : a pat is the closest gesture we can make to a kick . |
| 5 | Some will be more businesslike , some will be better equipped , some will be growing , others in decline — all these factors directly affect both the contribution which they could make to a partnership and the objective which they would expect to gain from it . |
| 6 | It was a syndrome I had observed in other service marriages , not least in that of my own parents , and I have sometimes thought what a good subject it might make for a novel or play . |