Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] make [pron] work " in BNC.
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| 1 | His plan to escape was so long in the making and the lesson for us must lie in the reason why , when the time came , he could not make it work . |
| 2 | In theory , you should be able to stick the chart into a document , while maintaining links to the original spreadsheet , but I could n't make it work . |
| 3 | I was very confused because I could n't make it work , but not could I break it . |
| 4 | It 's very frustrating to fit a new drive , only to find you ca n't make it work because the cable wo n't reach . |
| 5 | Of course sometimes when it does n't work that depresses me because it 's not because it does n't work , it 's because of the constraints of the system that you can not make it work . |