| Cor V.vi.21 | [Aufidius to Third Conspirator, of Coriolanus] my pretext to strike at him admits / A good construction |
| Cym V.v.434.1 | [Posthumus to Lucius, of a soothsayer reading the letter from Jupiter] Let him show / His skill in the construction |
| Cym V.v.445 | [Soothsayer to Posthumus] The fit and apt construction of thy name |
| Mac I.iv.13 | [King to all] There's no art / To find the mind's construction in the face |
| MW II.ii.216 | [Ford as Brook to Falstaff, of Mistress Ford] she enlargeth her mirth so far that there is shrewd construction made of her |
| TN II.iii.168 | [Maria to Sir Toby and Sir Andrew, of the letter for Malvolio] Observe his construction of it |