Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] make [pers pn] a [noun] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | It is often said that unfettered insider dealing does not hurt shareholders ; that insiders ' profits are not outsiders ' losses , but rather evidence of a more efficient allocation of resources ; Just because an investor does not make as much money on the sale of his shares as he would otherwise have done , does not make him a victim in the true sense , as nothing has been stolen from him . |
2 | ( I may believe Jesus ' teaching to have been exemplary , or that he was a man singularly in tune with God ; but this , as I would argue , does not make me a Christian . ) |
3 | But again this does not make me a Christian . |
4 | But that support , which the Nobel committee acknowledges , does not make her a guerrilla . |
5 | You may enjoy talking but this does not make you a wizard at verbal presentations . |
6 | ‘ My dear woman , that does n't make her a genius ! |
7 | It made me wary of Throgmorton — but it does n't make me a murderer nine years later . ’ |
8 | I defended myself when I had to , but that does n't make me a killer . |
9 | ‘ I 've seen a lot of horse races but that does n't make me a jockey , does it ? ’ |
10 | Hell , everybody I know 's done something like that at some time or another but that does n't make them a murderer ; I think McDunn 's crazy but I ca n't tell him that because , if he 's wrong about that and I 'm wrong about it being something to do with those guys who died in the Lake District a few years ago , then there 's only one suspect left and that 's me . |