Example sentences of "he would make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought maybe he 'd make some soup . |
| 2 | He 'd make short work of her . |
| 3 | He would make occasional forays into the United States or films , but Lynn 's only real home was in Aldwych farces as part of the Travers team which ran triumphantly into the 1930s , and he stayed with them , creating and recreating the role of the silly ass forever working his way out of impossible situations , often armed with nothing more than the famous monocle , a daft grin , and an apparently inexhaustible ability to triumph over adversity by the sheer idiocy of his own imagination . |
| 4 | ‘ He would make tremendous efforts , like running to catch the last train back when I was two months old , and waking me up at 11 o'clock at night to spend time with me . |
| 5 | He would make disparaging remarks about her goose pimples . |
| 6 | Patten also announced that he would make extensive use of enhanced capping powers in 1991 . |
| 7 | Mr Hattersley , in Darlington to meet Labour 's northern candidates , said he would make extra police manpower a top priority . |
| 8 | Corbett sensed he would make little princess if de Craon continued in this vein ; he walked over to where a small , wooden crucifix was nailed to the mast and put his hand on it . |
| 9 | In June 1960 he went so far as to write to Ashby himself — by then Sir Eric and the Master of Clare College , Cambridge — setting out the case and asking whether he would make personal representations to the Minister to secure unilateral treatment for the Eastern District . |
| 10 | Trent held him under the cold water , hoping he would make some effort to support himself . |
| 11 | That he would make some attempt to coax her ? |
| 12 | The friend said he would make some enquiries and ring back later that day . |
| 13 | He would make beautiful toys for me at work , smuggling the pieces out in his wooden case to be reassembled at home . |
| 14 | But he was in no way repentant , for he had parried this by saying he wished he had killed him and if he ever came across him again he would make another attempt . |
| 15 | He never thought he would make old bones , but not for this reason . |
| 16 | Afterwards he would make further plans . |