Example sentences of "[vb mod] make [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ( c ) Try to link together the scattered specific observations you might make on a text . |
| 3 | all that godliness , honour and love could make of a knight was combined in Don Rodrigo … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It failed really to come to grips with the contribution which voluntary organisations could make to a pattern of services . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | All of which would make for a rave review , were it not for the fact that , for all their charm , the Jays ' every move oozes lamentable irrelevance . |
| 8 | In Britain , though , ever since his selection the media had become very excited about Allan Wells , almost willing him to win , to have the come-back that would make for a fairy-tale ending . |
| 9 | His head makes little involuntary movements , the first beginnings of the small pleasurable movements which his whole body will make as a kind of modest disclaimer in the face of Harry 's approval . |
| 10 | Gourmet shops and galleries , furniture and fashion , antiques and 1066 collectables , books on the Battle of Hastings and , of course , the Sussex trug , will make for a shopping experience surrounded in history . |
| 11 | They say imaginative management and co-operation with tenants will make for a model estate . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Horses certainly do n't instinctively like being patted : a pat is the closest gesture we can make to a kick . |
| 14 | Talk about the contribution that facial expressions , gestures and tone of voice can make to a speaker 's meaning , eg in ironic and sarcastic uses of language . |
| 15 | About the worst error you can make in an appraisal interview , apart from getting into a direct confrontation and violent argument , is to slip imperceptibly into being defensive . |
| 16 | One of the simplest and most basic semantic judgements one can make concerning an utterance in one 's native language is whether it is to some degree odd or not . |