Example sentences of "they could make [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even after four years , they could make every nerve in her body sing with pure jealousy . |
| 2 | The Bishop of Ely claimed Benwick as part of his chase : they had been met by the bishop 's bailiff , leading three priests in full vestments , with Bible , cross and candle , ‘ so that they could make no inquest there that day ’ . |
| 3 | Captain America and Billy the Kid had blown it when they believed they could make a lot of money and retire , but life was not simply about economics ; they had , according to Fonda , found their freedom but their liberty was like the statue in New York harbour , surrounded by polluted waters . |
| 4 | On the other hand , the French boasted they could make a neutron bomb , the US was still anguished over the spy story of Cheltenham as Prime got 35 years ' rumours of Brezhnev 's death proved true . |
| 5 | It would be helpful to companies , as they try to improve their corporate governance , if they could make a real distinction between executive and non-executive directors . |
| 6 | Discs realised maybe they could make a go of it . |
| 7 | And I instanced Bob Geldof as someone whose commitment to the problem of hunger had certainly got things done , and inspired millions of people to see ( even if only transiently ) that they could make a contribution to a problem that they had previously held in their minds , albeit not very consciously , as ‘ not mine ’ and ‘ hopeless ’ . |
| 8 | Those close to death were no longer anointed with holy oil , but a special service was held in their homes and they could make a private confession and receive absolution and communion . |
| 9 | No longer paid , they had to live somehow and since they could make a good , professional job of plundering and devastating this was always their preferred solution to the problem of unemployment . |
| 10 | Employee career development was flexible , and management encouraged individuals to pursue their interests and extend their skills in areas where they could make a contribution to the business . |
| 11 | It was quite a drive and quite a list for when she got there , so she was unlikely to be back before the early evening ; but this was no great problem , because they 'd soon be closing the doors so that they could make a start on the next day 's preparations . |
| 12 | I said all right , £50 , and he had it tied to the roof of their car before they could make a run for it . |
| 13 | … They could make a woman feel a lady . |
| 14 | Perhaps they could make a new life there together . |
| 15 | There the government even lent ceremonial costumes from the treasury to poor members of the tsar 's council , the boyarskaya duma , so that they could make a suitably impressive show when an envoy from the west was officially received in Moscow . |
| 16 | Maybe Wilko will play Whelan and Wallace , or Whelan and Forrester … we could go mega midget and play Wallace and Forrester : - ) I reckon they could make a good pair , like to see mssrs Bruce and pallister cope … |
| 17 | we wanted to get people chemical , wanted to get a thing through , so they could make a profit from it . |
| 18 | But I 'm sure if they could make a profit they would . |
| 19 | They could make the house shake when they were in full flow , the vibrations spreading from the kitchen . |
| 20 | First , there were the blue-blooded man-about-town types who had perhaps not — generally speaking — enjoyed the greatest success in their commercial and professional careers , who were restless , and saw executive search as an institutionalised old-boy network , in which they could make the most of their old contacts and make money without the need for major capital investment , and who misguidedly thought that it would be an easy living . |
| 21 | However they could make the decision to take him away ‘ at any time ’ . |
| 22 | But , in the main , the teachers were well satisfied that they could make the new arrangements work to the advantage of the students . |
| 23 | I am confident that they could make the streets of South Yorkshire safer if they could expand their manpower levels just that little bit more , but within the scope of the present standard spending assessment . |
| 24 | they gave them a three year trial period , to see how attractive they could make the service . |
| 25 | They could make an interesting international team together one of these days . |
| 26 | As devout Catholics , the O'Dells preferred not to attend the civil ceremony , but that did n't stop them doing everything they could to make the reception an unforgettable occasion . |