Example sentences of "[pers pn] [not/n't] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is eight years ago , and the Board would now be doing Chapter III work , both in Essex and Norfolk , had I not made myself damned unpleasant … |
| 2 | Know , if you kill me for my fault , I should Have died had I not made it . |
| 3 | She told me not to make a fuss over such a small thing . |
| 4 | Mr Hurd urged them not to make ‘ the last main chapter in the story of this country 's Empire ’ a shadowy one . |
| 5 | Whereas in the past there have been various pressure groups setting themselves up as having a special reason for being heard thanks to their scientific credentials , perhaps the wisest comment on this came from the professor who , while urging scientists to make their voices heard , also urged them not to make any special claims to knowledge or understanding of the issues just because they were scientists . |
| 6 | I 'm in touch , however , and have warned them not to make use of other idiots . |
| 7 | Why had she not made connections between the secrecy , the silent , passively gloomy , growing of Maggie inside herself and this new , equally secret , growth ? |
| 8 | Why had she not made the connection and what , in any case , was the connection ? |
| 9 | Some discernment she had , however , for had she not made most complimentary remarks about his filets de sole Murat ? |
| 10 | ‘ Will you not make a sound ? ’ he whispered pleadingly . |
| 11 | Have you not made confession , then ? |
| 12 | A testator who had a son and daughter made a will and provided for his daughter as follows : ‘ I instruct you not to make a will until you have children . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I thought I warned you not to make a habit of this , ’ a deep voice remarked gruffly , close to her ear , and she realised that the swaying sensation was that of Fen carrying her to her own bunk . |
| 14 | And Madam I 'd ask you not to make any award for compensation to his girlfriend cos that 's just gon na add insult to injury really , is n't it ? |
| 15 | Have we or have we not made a mistake ? |
| 16 | Erm so in actual fact we 'd 've been there or thereabouts had we not made the budget assumptions that we did . |
| 17 | He could talk to Michael Harvey and trust him not to make use of what he said . |
| 18 | The teacher 's job is not to correct mistakes the pupil has already made , but to help him not to make that mistake next time . |
| 19 | The teacher 's job is not to correct mistakes the pupil has already made , but to help him not to make that mistake next time . |
| 20 | The probationers told him to remember that every minute he was getting a little better , and Ward Sister told him not to make any effort , and not to try to take anything by the mouth . |
| 21 | And now what she had to do was maintain her temper at white heat until he had pumped his pleasure into her so that she would not lose her nerve — and possibly her satin — by cringing away from him at that vital last moment — vital for him , fatal perhaps for her — and pleading with him not to make her pregnant . |
| 22 | Dexter Tiranti 's meeting with the New Zealand customs officer ( NI 200 ) should have taught him not to make assumptions about people . |
| 23 | And the Special Forces guy 's solicitor has advised him not to make any statements . ’ |
| 24 | The latter was accused of treason on account of a letter he had sent to Euric , advising him not to make peace with the Greek emperor , that is Anthemius , but rather to attack the Britons who were stationed on the Loire , and to divide Gaul with the Burgundians . |
| 25 | Why , for example , did they not make more of the greater physique and technique of their battle-hardened pack ? |
| 26 | Oh were they not made what 's that flashing for ? that 's when I like them when they 're juicy made |
| 27 | I pleaded with her not to make me do as she asked … ’ |
| 28 | Be propitious while I speak — hast thou not made me here thy substitute ? ’ |
| 29 | Would it not make a difference if one identified experience , not with some disposition to overt behaviour , but with the ‘ behaviour ’ of the brain as it ‘ discriminates ’ the various sorts of stimuli within the nervous system ? |
| 30 | Does it not make a lot of sense because it rings true to our experience ? |