Example sentences of "[modal v] make you [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll make you a nice cup of tea . |
| 2 | Well , I 'll take you straight up to Hilda 's room , and then I 'll make you a nice cup of tea . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll make you a good wife , Tyler . ’ |
| 4 | Do you think it 'll make you a better person ? |
| 5 | I 'll make you a hot drink . ’ |
| 6 | I 'll make you a generous proposition , which I think you 'd do well to consider . |
| 7 | ‘ You rest there a while , Mrs Miller , ’ the girl said with unusual boldness , ‘ and I 'll make you a fresh brew of tea before I start on the drawing room . ’ |
| 8 | Marry me and I 'll make you a fine lady and leave you a rich widow . |
| 9 | AT THE CROSS ROADS Cross-training made simple : what to do , what to wear , and how it 'll make you a faster runner |
| 10 | I always said I 'd make you a better partner , did n't I ? |
| 11 | But just because I promised I 'd make you a rich widow , do n't think you 're going to get rid of me yet . |
| 12 | She 'd make you a good wife — and she loves you too . ’ |
| 13 | I 've been thinking that if I ever meet the kind of young lady who 'd make you a nice wife , I 'll get her to come round and introduce 'erself . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Any of them would make you a better wife than I could . |
| 15 | There is nothing that will make you a better surfer . ’ |
| 16 | It will make you a better , more appreciative driver , too . |
| 17 | His books were not widely circulated and in one of the last two which were dedicated to his son ( and unpublished ) was the assertion that it contains instances " that will make you a better interpreter of dreams than all , or at least inferior to none ; but , if published , they will show you know no more than the rest " — a sentiment which T. R. Glover rather pithily describes as suggesting science declining into profession . |
| 18 | If I stay , I can make you the best horsewoman in the district — one your husband will be proud of and one that the other ladies will envy when you ride to hounds . ’ |