Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] not make " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Frankly , it 's amazing that Labour did n't make more of the current economic difficulties , ’ he said , expressing vigorous dissatisfaction at the intellectual content of the election campaign . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , the Lerwick side did n't make it past the second round . |
| 3 | Marc 's bark of disbelief did n't make her pause . |
| 4 | At least my condition did n't make me feel sick . |
| 5 | Despite his amateur pedigree Coltart did n't make it through pre-qualifying to the Qualifying School in Montpelier last year . |
| 6 | The fact that I appeared to be driving the only topless car on the east coast did n't make it any easier . |
| 7 | Being the prevailing wind did not make a storm less stormy ; having bubonic plague during a Black Death which affected half the world did not make it less painful ; being overindebted at a time when cultural change had made it fashionable neither excused it nor mitigated it . |
| 8 | The things which came out in therapy did not make up a complete , finished jigsaw , as I might have imagined . |
| 9 | There may be occasions when it is quite right or entirely understandable that an asylum applicant did not make his claim until he had been here for some time . |
| 10 | However , he said the defendant did not make any admissions and that those two interviews would be assessed along with the four interviews the previous day . |
| 11 | Pitting my brain against Mr Kent 's maths test did not make me happy . |
| 12 | I only wish the box 's artwork did n't make it seem like such a hoot . |
| 13 | The food was excellent and I was not charged much because the cooking was done on quite a large scale — I was not a big eater so my lunch did not make much difference to the running of the place . |
| 14 | Corporate management did not make councils more managerial . |
| 15 | The County Council also accepted as part of this oral approach that there was a need for an alteration to the structure plan , because the approved structure plan did not make provision for a new settlement as an element of approved North Yorkshire strategic policy , and we 've progressed that erm alteration through to the examination er in public er today . |
| 16 | Needless to say , this attitude did not make for a good marriage . |
| 17 | Mark was one level below Muldoon , so his portrait did n't make it among the VIPs . |
| 18 | Paul Walton , of James Capel , complained that the Chancellor did not make big enough increases in spending in the right areas . |
| 19 | Wealth did not make him lavish , however ; he had always been careful about money — indeed , he was economical in all areas of life , even in small matters such as ensuring that all the tea in a tea-pot had actually been drunk — and Joseph Chiari has remembered how he kept a regular account of his expenses in a pocket notebook . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , this conclusion did n't make her feel any better . |
| 21 | The rules are quite clear and the Watford lad did n't make a meal of the challenge , ’ said Cox . |
| 22 | It was foolish to cry for a dream but it was always so real , and knowing it was only her imagination did n't make it any less painful . |
| 23 | Getting Nails into the team did not make him any nicer . |
| 24 | However , there are number of players who because their mini-rugby team did n't make Finals Day , would have slipped through the net , and they are asked to contact officials with the prospect of playing in a special mini-rugby game between two ‘ select ’ teams . |
| 25 | The way Mr. Mendez decided to go all of a sudden did n't make any sense at all until I thought about it a while . |
| 26 | Last night 's accident did n't make this the time to start hurling accusations … |
| 27 | The capture of the village yesterday evening did not make much difference to our situation in and around the village . |
| 28 | She already knew what she was going to see , but the knowledge did n't make it any less unpleasant . |
| 29 | The knowledge did n't make her feel any better . |
| 30 | The publicity did not make it clear what was actually happening . |