Example sentences of "[not/n't] make [indef pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The constant repetition of an untruth did not make anyone believe , but it could batter the brain into unthinking apathy . |
| 2 | So he went back up onto the main road and very little further on , in fact , he in fact found a village and spent the night at the hostelry and he said to the man in the hostelry you know , he that he 'd been lost and that a a little bit back on the road he 'd seen this big house all alight and he had erm , you know , gone in the drive and tried to get get a room there but could n't make anybody hear and the erm the inn keeper said , no he said er you would n't make anyone hear there , he said and if you go back there tomorrow the house wo n't be there ! |
| 3 | Until finally , about lunchtime she achieved a state of resignation : you could n't make someone love you if they did n't , and you could n't make them accept love from you if they did n't want it . |
| 4 | But we could n't make anybody do it , you know they 'd say , anyway that we 'll do it , there 's there 's next week they would n't catch you up some of them . |
| 5 | It did n't make anybody laugh because it was funny |
| 6 | So he went back up onto the main road and very little further on , in fact , he in fact found a village and spent the night at the hostelry and he said to the man in the hostelry you know , he that he 'd been lost and that a a little bit back on the road he 'd seen this big house all alight and he had erm , you know , gone in the drive and tried to get get a room there but could n't make anybody hear and the erm the inn keeper said , no he said er you would n't make anyone hear there , he said and if you go back there tomorrow the house wo n't be there ! |