Example sentences of "we do n't make " in BNC.

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1 ‘ He ca n't say that we did n't make an attempt . ’
2 We did n't make Abisko , chickening out as the weather worsened and the forecasts began to sound even more dire .
3 Wayne wrote : ‘ There are now and there were then ( in the early Forties ) a tight group of Communist conspirators in our midst … we did n't make ‘ Hollywood ’ and ‘ Red ’ synonymous .
4 We did n't make enough chances .
5 On our first day we headed for that beautiful beach … but we did n't make it the temptation was too great to lounge by probably the largest and most stunning freshwater pool in the Canaries .
6 We did n't make a sale , though we did make contacts that would n't have been available to us otherwise .
7 We did n't make many runs despite Ward 's gallantry and lost easily .
8 We did n't make it to the Bazaar last night .
9 But party organiser Ossie Tortoishell , 78 , said yesterday : ‘ It was n't even 10 o'clock and we did n't make that much noise . ’
10 I got married twenty three years ago in China , well , we just invite er , invited er our friends , and er former school mates to ma , to my home and we did n't make any vow , er we just gave a banquet to the friends , and er , in China people now can get married in many ways and er some foreigners have come to China to get married in a traditional Chinese way , and they have to er , carry their bride in a sedan chair .
11 And we did n't make them up .
12 I thi I mean there were quite a number of people , I would say on the flats that we did n't make contact with at all .
13 I assume we did n't make a loss on it .
14 Er and as John said , one or two of them were probably relevant and we did n't make er notes on those .
15 I did n't go because I was suddenly seized by an overwhelming passion for him , we did n't make love on the tiger-skin rug in that little box of a room you gave him , his pear-shaped body pressed against my ageing but still voluptuous frame . ’
16 So we were really answerable to the Ipswich Borough Council , rather than to private enterprise which some people really wanted to sell us off as being a , you know , a weight round their necks because if we did n't make a lot of money after the war , the accounts would show that we were making a deficiency every year and erm , well there was no way that you could recoup it because our routes were n't really long enough to charge lots of fares erm , maybe tuppence was the town centre to the extreme termini
17 We did n't make enough of the opportunity that we had er in the attacking third .
18 We did n't make a move without approval of the Buying Room at Ipswich , this was the power base of the Company , the team was led by ( Mr Jim ) , ( Pop ) and .
19 ‘ Well , we did n't make it too apparent immediately . ’
20 The worst , the worst possible scenario , would be a need to reduce I think two investigative , if we did n't make any appointments now , a need to reduce er by up to two investigators , should be also including one next year .
21 We did n't make a wager , ’ she said quickly .
22 Last season we did n't make the play offs .
23 We did n't make the decision to find out , look I 've got a complimentary ticket , and perhaps I do n't have to queue here , perhaps I might have to , but I 'll go and find out .
24 We do n't make excuses for her , she 's too tough for that , anyway if Seles watched Steffi a bit more she might just be able to learn how to lob a ball and hold a racket properly .
25 ‘ If the plane is overloaded and I lose an engine , maybe we do n't make it . ’
26 We do n't make a big public fuss but he answers our questions , and we answer his .
27 ‘ If we do n't make the final , Cy Gilette [ the umpire ] will have our blood on his hands for the rest of his life . ’
28 COMMERCIAL Union , one of the big five insurance groups , stuck to its slogan , ‘ We do n't make a drama out of a crisis ’ , yesterday and promised business as usual after losing its headquarters in the explosion .
29 ‘ It 's too big for us to tackle , ’ said one , Keith Hill , his wife adding , ‘ We keep quiet because we see ourselves as second best — so we do n't make demands when perhaps we should . ’
30 ‘ Piece of cake , if we do n't make a noise , even if they 're in . ’
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