Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [not/n't] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Of course I know that I must not make this mistake . |
| 2 | And I was told that he was going to die shortly , and that if I wished , the measures that they were using with the respirator could be removed at my request , because he was in a terminal stage ; it was just a matter of time , and I really felt that I could n't make that decision myself . |
| 3 | And at that time he wrote in a letter , ‘ In these concerts I could n't make enough slowings and accelerations . ’ |
| 4 | I could n't make any sense out of it at all . |
| 5 | The troubles of the spirit are not always translated into the grosser medium of the flesh , but if I could not make this transfer with Miller then there would be no point in making him ill in the first place . |
| 6 | I would n't make good friends with Kelly . |
| 7 | I , I s I ca n't , I ca n't make that decision . |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't make that decision for you , ’ he said raggedly . |
| 9 | But I ca n't make that point cos it just gets enemies and it just wo n't do , it wo n't do any good . |
| 10 | I ca n't make these decisions on my own , removed from the rest of BBC Radio ; but I have a clear idea of what Radio 3 is about . |
| 11 | Yeah , no well we , we can let you have a copy erm but erm , you know , I , I ca n't make these reservations at at normal prices , my delegates wo n't accept that . |
| 12 | If it 's got a full criminal record if their known er that could be it could be as cheap as fifty pounds , for a criminal record I ca n't make any guarantees on that |
| 13 | ‘ Look , I ca n't make any sense of all this , so try and calm down , ’ said Melissa . |
| 14 | I ca n't make any sense of what he 's saying because it seems to me that erm our common and everyday and perhaps very deficient notion of individuation is , what makes me different from the rest of you ? |
| 15 | I ca n't make any appointments for going |
| 16 | I ca n't make any appointments for going |
| 17 | I ca n't make any promises of course . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't make any promises , but I 'll do what I can . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't make any promises . ’ |
| 20 | I ca n't make any promises , mind . ’ |
| 21 | and she said it 's on Saturday night so I 'm sor , you know , I 'm sorry it 's short notice and erm she said I 'll ring Marie and find out , I said well you know ring her but I said I ca n't make any promises I said , I know mum should have been out Friday night and I do n't know what else she 's got on |
| 22 | Roxburgh said : ‘ It 's a big disappointment but I wo n't make any decision about a possible replacement until the other midweek matches have been played . ’ |
| 23 | Perhaps I wo n't make any mistakes tomorrow . ’ |
| 24 | I wo n't make any demands on you , I promise . |
| 25 | An agricultural revolution of major proportions is required involving widespread ( and costly ) irrigation , reafforestation , land management practices including agricultural diversification and erosion works — otherwise an annual population growth rate of 3 per cent and an economic infrastructure which can not make productive use of the growing population will precipitate a major crisis — and also accelerate soil degradation . |
| 26 | Similarly head the right-hand column ‘ reasons against ’ , and write down all the reasons as to why you should not make that choice . |
| 27 | For the same reason you should not make any comment other than innocuous ones until the microphone has been removed . |
| 28 | ‘ You should n't make those men cups of coffee , ’ they told Ellen . |
| 29 | They may be doing the same job as older people , but there are questions about whether you might not make more jobs for young people if you paid them seventy-five per cent , two-thirds of , of the going minimum wage . |
| 30 | Of course she could n't make poor Mrs Fanshawe 's bed while they were poking about and it was nearly twelve before she managed to get the poor deluded creature into a chair and the sheets whipped off . |