Example sentences of "i [vb past] not make " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did not make a fuss about it . |
| 2 | Tends to think ‘ I did not make it happen ’ . |
| 3 | How then can God say to Moses ( Exodus 6:2–3 ) that " by my name the Lord I did not make myself known the them " ( i.e. Abraham , etc . ) ? |
| 4 | I did not make good that afternoon . |
| 5 | ‘ I did not make a great job of that , did I ? ’ he asked . |
| 6 | On the whole , she thought as she grilled her lamb chop , tossed the broad beans from cullender to plate and regarded the ginger-haired Tobias who had curled up companionably on a copy of the parish magazine in the centre of the kitchen table , it 's an icon of paradise : a garden I did not make , a house I 'm only partly responsible for and , above all , no human contacts unless I seek them out . |
| 7 | And a very unnatural mother I should think myself if I did not make a push to secure it for Gerald ! ’ |
| 8 | I apologise if I did not make myself clear . |
| 9 | ‘ I got much more out of the car than I did in Kyalami and I did not make any mistakes . |
| 10 | ‘ Should you come to town , I am sorry that I can not offer you a home pro tempore — pro trumpery indeed it would be , if I did not make any such offer — for unless you occupied the grate as a seat — I see no probability of your finding any rest consonant with the safety of my parrots — seeing , that of the six chairs I possess — 5 are at present occupied with lithographic prints : — the whole of my exalted & delightful upper tenement in fact overflows with them , and for the last 12 months I have so moved — thought — looked at , — & existed among parrots — that should any transmigration take place at my decease I am sure my soul would be very uncomfortable in anything but one of the psittacidae . ’ |
| 11 | Neumann , conveniently , attributes to me a generalization I did not make then proceeds to refute it . |
| 12 | However , I did not make the wedding but I did get some of the grog and a piece of the cake , and kissed the bride by proxy ( her maid of honour was stand-in ) . |
| 13 | This was a very old set and did not always work ; as I did not make contact with the control tower I came round and I saw that it was all clear for me to land , so I put my wheels down and made my approach . |
| 14 | ‘ I did not make love to her , Leonora , ’ he said forcibly . |
| 15 | Then I learned that if I did not make these payments I would be registered as a debtor for a period of six years . |