Example sentences of "he [verb] to make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does he want to make a thank you speech at the end ? ’ |
| 2 | After dinner he planned to make a proper start on sorting out the contents of the house . |
| 3 | Charles , who had a taste for mechanical devices , commissioned Gionallo Torriano of Cremona to repair it , but owing to corrosion he found that this was impossible and he agreed to make a similar instrument . |
| 4 | Terry Long was always a welcome visitor to Selhurst Park , but it was an enormous pleasure to everyone connected with Crystal Palace when he agreed to make a public return here in October 1984 to give recognition to Jim Cannon , who is the one man to have played more games for us than Terry himself did . |
| 5 | He invented the morning press conference for the purpose of calling an afternoon press conference to say he expected to make a shattering announcement later in the day . ’ |
| 6 | He failed to make a wholly satisfactory career . |
| 7 | Search parties and helicopters were alerted after he failed to make a rendez-vous . |
| 8 | Instead , he tried to make a joke of it . |
| 9 | He tried to make a set which could be taken on a motor bike . |
| 10 | First he threw down his training bib , then he tried to make a point to coaches Dino Zoff and Giancarlo Oddi . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , ’ he tried to make a joke of it . |
| 12 | He tried to make a connection between this and something he had heard , or read , about the illusion of the face in a looking-glass in that famous picture — by Goya was it , or Velasquez — some Spaniard , no — was Velasquez Spanish , was n't he making a mistake there , was n't he Italian ? |
| 13 | It is almost certain that he would have had to take evasive action to miss Roddymoor 's houses and likely too that he tried to make a pond to douse the licking flames . |
| 14 | In today 's attack one of the shot workmen was hit as he tried to make a run for it at Gortree Park where a major housing renovation scheme has been under way since before Christmas . |
| 15 | Out of his family 's travails he helped to make a fastness of domestic security — Cis , Ifor and the barricades of brothers , sisters , cousins , aunts , ever-open houses … out of the outwardly unpromising landscape of a war-battered , low-waged steel , coal and chapel culture he took a fine voice , musical knowledge , a skill in many sports , a love for learning : and he never forgot that a few shillings would and did make the difference between dignity and pity , poverty and decent comfort . |
| 16 | Thinking about the dilemma captured in simalakama legend , Mr Suharto has clearly decided that , if he has to make a choice between wooing the Muslims and placating the West over the Gulf , the Muslims will have his full attention . |
| 17 | George feels that he has to make a decision on how to approach the next phase : ‘ Though I did n't wish to retire , the first three months were like a holiday . |
| 18 | DES WALKER knows he has to make a quick impression for his new club , Sampdoria . |
| 19 | He has to make a living . |
| 20 | ‘ He has to make a journey , as we must … ’ |
| 21 | If there 's one missing he has to make a search . |
| 22 | It is not the pathologist 's fault : he has to make a decision as to the cause of death and is not allowed to say he does not know . |
| 23 | Now that prices have fallen , as gold prices rose , he stands to make a pretty profit . |
| 24 | All he needs to make a success of this is buyers for the shares . |
| 25 | Something simpler is obviously called for , and Floorplan Plus is an attempt to provide the layman with the tools he needs to make a convincing stab at planning out a house , extension or furniture arrangement . |
| 26 | When pointing out that someone keeps quiet because he wants to make a good impression , why not say so ? |
| 27 | Tory also makes the other common complaint that the novelist knows less than anyone else what is in fact going on around him — he wants to make a satisfactory pattern , and hardly cares if it corresponds to anything outside his mind . |
| 28 | The secretary of the local tennis club telephones to say that he wants to make a booking for their annual dinner and dance . |
| 29 | But really these people , and there 're about thirty other nationalities , by the way , being held , he just wants to show how tough he is , and it 's useful in the future , as now , when he wants to make a gesture . |
| 30 | Now he plans to make a career of it . |