Example sentences of "i [verb] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Do I want to make a will |
2 | ‘ I can see I 've made a fool of myself again . |
3 | I mean to make a contribution . |
4 | Q. I intend to make a venturi to fit into a transfer pipe from one filter to the next , to allow the introduction of air into the system I am currently building . |
5 | Yet somehow Edward must be appeased , so I sought to make a virtue of my ignorance , asking questions that would allow him to air his greater experience . |
6 | I tried to make a bonfire with them on the lawn . |
7 | I tried to make a joke out of it . |
8 | I tried to make a joke out of it . |
9 | At first I tried to make a comparison between a large northern comprehensive school and a smaller London church school . |
10 | ‘ I expect to make a statement any day now . |
11 | ‘ I expect to make a lot of money , ’ she said coolly , sitting down to pour . |
12 | And , I mean , even when I say make a cup of tea |
13 | But on one pleasure note , I want to make a plug for the Making Out series . |
14 | I want to make a weave going into the top as one in n it ? |
15 | I 've just had a telephone sales call to see if I want to make a will . |
16 | ‘ I want to make a will . |
17 | I want to make a call to … |
18 | Er I want , I want to make a casserole have you got either a neck of lamb or an ox tail or something like that ? |
19 | Now when I look back on that part of my life , I want to make a film and call it The Loneliness of the Long Distance Latent Lesbian . |
20 | " I want to make a film ! " he said |
21 | I want to make a phone call . ’ |
22 | Before we go on to explore in some detail how the Stress Syndrome comes about I want to make a couple of general points . |
23 | Watson , for whom The Mirror helped raise £150,000 in a special appeal night in July , is being cared for in an East London neurological rehabilitation unit , added : ‘ I am here until next March — it 's driving me crazy because I want to make a comeback . |
24 | Ooh I want to make a note of this phone number . |
25 | Er Chairman I want to make a point relative , very quick point relative to the northern bypass so Mr said that officers are proceeding with the preparation of possible routes , will you undertake that er members be er , er advised of er these discussions before it reaches committee stage ? |
26 | ‘ I stopped to make a phone call , and I thought I 'd better drop off some clothes at the dry-cleaner 's . ’ |
27 | If I stopped making a noise , someone from the farm would soon be along to see what I was doing . ’ |
28 | I was proving to the convenor that I 'd made a mark opposite that deliverance on which to call you . |
29 | I asked why should I bother to do that when presumably if I had set the trap I would expect Harry 's car still to be there after the races , and he just wrote down my answer as if I 'd made a confession . ’ |
30 | Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over . |