Example sentences of "could make [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | . Erm she could make plenty of improvements , make it look nicer , more organised better rooms the people are okay , but that 's the only good thing about college is meeting people . |
| 2 | When he could make himself heard over the roar of the aircraft and the storm outside we heard him say : ‘ My God , I forgot to bring the air mail ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ How long until Balliol returns , then ? ’ that man demanded , when he could make himself heard . |
| 4 | Of his voice , it was said that he could make himself heard from the harbour mouth to his Aunt Bridget 's kitchen in a full-blown gale ; but for all his thunder and lightning , his thigh-slapping guffaws and crude sense of humour , there was in Harry a man who needed the love of a woman , a man who , having been brought up by an uncle with strictly puritan views , longed for the approval and admiration of his elders . |
| 5 | He could make himself out to be the apostle of order in Europe , but he had to devote far more his attention to order at home . |
| 6 | As with any other expert 's report the accountant 's report will have to be disclosed as a condition precedent to calling him : the defendant 's solicitor will be entitled to object to the expense of such evidence if it simply deals with calculations the plaintiff 's solicitor could make himself . |
| 7 | Dholuo was the language and I knew I was an encumbrance until I could make myself understood . |
| 8 | Maybe if I could make myself invisible , then I could walk down a street without feeling on trial for the way I look . |
| 9 | She was 5ft 4in ( ’ though I could make myself 5ft 5in ’ ) , had a 23in waist ( ’ yes , I was a normal girl ’ ) , and could kick so high that two legs became a straight line . |
| 10 | I could make myself attractive enough to him ? ’ |
| 11 | If I held my breath long enough , I could make myself faint . |
| 12 | Because I retained a few French words and phrases and could make myself understood in his language he had assumed a much wider knowledge than I possessed . |
| 13 | As soon as he found out I knew about cameras and all that , he realised I could make myself useful round the studio , so I sort of moved in . |
| 14 | ‘ Biddy , I wish I could make myself fall in love with you ! ’ |
| 15 | In astronomy , this system worked well because there were series of observations which amateurs could make which really advanced the science ; of comets , meteors and red stars , for example . |
| 16 | She loved her father because he could make everyone laugh . |
| 17 | Hard though he tried , Floyd could make nothing of the inward half and Couples , having gone to the front with a birdie at the ninth , was never caught again . |
| 18 | As I lay back on my bed I tried to work out the connection between him and the British Empire and Fresnes gaol , but could make nothing of it . |
| 19 | The name came from out of his dreams , but he could make nothing of it . |
| 20 | And she stared at it , glad to have been told that it was not good , for she could make nothing of it : it stood about five feet high , on a stone lump , and it had holes in it and stretching arms . |
| 21 | He could make nothing of them . |
| 22 | The two rabbits sniffed and stared , but could make nothing of it . |
| 23 | In the second half when we went at them we forced plenty of corners but could make nothing of them . |
| 24 | His opening 76 in reality had been his practice round because of his late arrival , and he could make nothing of the greens in his outward 36 yesterday , starting at the tenth . |
| 25 | In the boiling midday sun , the Scots could make nothing of five minutes of first-half possession and conceded tries to Pasikale ( 2 ) and Silolota , the latter converting two . |
| 26 | When he was a child and his mother was ill , he thought he could make her better by writing a play . |
| 27 | She was confident that she could make her mark on the Rummidge Department in three years . |
| 28 | At times she believed she could make her hard man into a piece of putty , but not when he spoke of duty . |
| 29 | But if a woman should ask for a particular garment , he would take her into what had been the front room of the house and there , in comparative privacy , she could make her choice and try on the clothes . |
| 30 | I understood , after a while , that he honestly loved her , and he could make her happy . |