Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] to make a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What did you expect to gain from coming here , Fran — that I might suddenly decide to make a full confession ? ’
2 Would you just like to make a brief statement of clarification .
3 I have to say that in no way will this option be better than the colour changer , because for Norwegian jacquard , you will still have to make a semi-automatic colour change with the jacquard claw every two rows and this is slower .
4 If it is someone associated with your client in the workplace , such as a foreman , then you will probably want to make a tactful approach through a fellow worker or a trade union official .
5 There were at least a dozen big-wave specialists on the North Shore who , if the Eddie Aikau were actually to be held , could reasonably expect to make a small fortune .
6 Only with incredible luck , against all the odds , could he reasonably hope to make a safe exit from Russian soil and reach safe ground from which the Americans might be able to extricate him in one piece .
7 So we do n't really need to make a set time actually , if we 're all there we just all come and we just .
8 Yanto realised he might well have to make a special journey to pick up the old man if Julie happened to be out .
9 The minnows , British Aerospace and Holland 's Fokker , could never again afford to make a new jet airliner on their own .
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