Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] to make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it 's harder than you may think to make a copy of your dick . |
| 2 | Chapter III will help you to choose a rug suited to your individual needs — you may want to make a worthwhile investment , or simply brighten up your home . |
| 3 | We may want to make a dash straight back to Olbia so that we can catch the first ferry across in the morning . ’ |
| 4 | How fortunate you are to have found yet another chance at happiness together , with a better understanding than most people of what you should do to make a successful marriage , and how much you will gain . |
| 5 | Miss Harker was n't just baffled , she was incensed that this chit of a girl should dare to make a fool of her in front of the whole class , but she managed to smother up her rage in tones of exasperated concern . |
| 6 | ‘ Accepting — if I am to consent , I should like to make a condition or two — ‘ |
| 7 | ‘ Well , ’ said Dyson , chewing hard , ‘ 1 must admit that I should like to make a name for myself , just for its own sake . ’ |
| 8 | I should like to make a couple of points about the Bill 's two substantive provisions before turning to its hidden agenda . |
| 9 | With permission , Mr. Speaker , I should like to make a statement on public expenditure in Scotland . |
| 10 | Therefore , I should like to make a suggestion , which I know will be regarded as special pleading . |
| 11 | With permission , Mr. Speaker , I should like to make a statement on the European Council in Maastricht which I attended with my right hon. Friends the Foreign Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 12 | With permission , Mr. Speaker , I should like to make a statement about the Government 's legislative intentions , following the consultation on the Green Paper ’ Industrial Relations in the 1990s ’ , which was published in July last year . |
| 13 | With permission , Mr. Speaker , I should like to make a statement about President Yeltsin 's visit to London on 30 January and about the special meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on 31 January . |
| 14 | I do not intend to speak for hours , but I should like to make a few further comments . |
| 15 | As a cyclist myself , I should like to make a personal request : if you should find it necessary to use a tractor-mounted flail hedge trimmer to cut the hedges please could you ensure that the hawthorn clippings are swept up and removed and not left in the road as a danger to cyclists . |
| 16 | I knew that I should have to make a decision . |
| 17 | Top of backswing From a good address position your should aim to make a controlled shoulder turn . |
| 18 | Together they must serve to make a consistent and powerful message that comes across with absolute clarity . |
| 19 | That is the meaning of social conscience ; that one should refuse to make a separate peace with social evil . ’ |
| 20 | In the meantime , until this can be achieved , if you are worried that your parent is not receiving proper medical attention you should start to make a polite nuisance of yourself by frequent visits to the surgery to impress upon the doctor the fact that you consider there is real cause for concern about the state of her health and ask if he could arrange for a ‘ second opinion ’ . |
| 21 | More difficult is the case where the HE speaker must learn to make a distinction which has to be expressed in SE but is not present in HE ; the speaker must learn to " split a category " as in the case of beer and bear mentioned above . |
| 22 | I 'll need to make a telephone call to Mike … |
| 23 | Such things are celebrated in his stories with a richness and unction which might appear to make a renegade of Babel and certainly of Levi . |
| 24 | They might like to make a family of their own with fewer members , and a simple house in which they can live . |
| 25 | It is a relatively small cake , and so you might like to make a ‘ flock ’ of two or more if there are lots of children to feed . |
| 26 | They started back for him , slightly embarrassed and anxious that he might decide to make a break for it but there was no need . |
| 27 | You might wish to make a note of which limiting beliefs you identify with ( and gradually add to your list as you process more of your own beliefs ) . |
| 28 | You 'll have to make a speech . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Well , in that case you 'll have to make a break for it along of me . |
| 30 | We 'll have to make a roundabout . |