Example sentences of "[verb] n't make [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have attempted to translate the report we requested from the French , but because of our linguistic inability it has n't made complete sense , ’ Edward Jones , the acting secretary of the WRU , said . |
| 2 | ‘ He has n't made clear his views on free trade , which is of acute interest to the technology business , ’ Gates said . |
| 3 | as colleagues who are involved will know is just about the only industry in the building materials sector that has n't made some kind of pay offer in this current round it 's very much bringing up the rear and we 're determined to use what industrial strength we have to change the employer 's stance otherwise we 're very concerned that the national negotiation missionary , this will be his death knell since we 'll have to resort to local pay bargaining , so the short answer is E C C er , will be balloted as far as the G M B is concerned union and , er , T & G are balloting in for industrial action to try to change the employers ' position . |
| 4 | Mr Horacio Paredes , the Malacanang spokesman , said yesterday : ‘ Mrs Marcos has n't made any effort to seek formal permission . |
| 5 | Perhaps it 's something about the way I live , but love has n't made any mark before . |
| 6 | Late twenties perhaps , but did n't make much of an effort . |
| 7 | I did n't make much of this but Mrs Smith 's daughter was a friend of mine . |
| 8 | And he er and he was really delighted of course , so he said , Well I 'm holiday and I 'll come round with the caravan , so I had my holiday which did n't make much difference because there was had to you know we were n't working really , and I went round with him for this week , all round and the villages everywhere . |
| 9 | It did n't make much of a difference . |
| 10 | But from a tactical standpoint , it did n't make much sense ’ ( Khrushchev : 1970 , p. 492 ) . |
| 11 | Actually , the reports concerned various research grants won by Professor Bamforth and though the reason for the grants was there in black and white , it did n't make much sense to me . |
| 12 | It did n't make much of the singular individual draped upon the low bench beneath the window . |
| 13 | I did n't make much sense to me and I was n't sure what we decided to do and erm you know I think it 's slightly inaccurate , but never mind . |
| 14 | Unlike the others , she did n't rush to say how pleased she was to see him after all this time ; she did n't make polite small talk about Lucasta Redburn 's death . |
| 15 | As it turned out he did n't make that phone call until the evening and they found a call-box outside a pub in one of the villages , for Great-Uncle Hilbert 's phone had been disconnected . |
| 16 | Okay No sorry I did n't make that clear erm mark every fifth put the number on every fifth one . |
| 17 | ‘ Mother did n't make that kind of mistake . ’ |
| 18 | No he , he , I did n't make that lecture . |
| 19 | I did n't make that . |
| 20 | In the end part of there specific bequest had to be used to pay the balance of bills but there was a complaint about how long it had taken to sort out , and it taken long to sort out because it was a home made will that did n't make all the right provisions . |
| 21 | I was going to get up at 5.30 anyway so it did n't make all that much difference . |
| 22 | And God did n't make little green apples , she thought , feeling an almost hysterical desire to laugh , though the situation was anything but amusing . |
| 23 | The truth was told by a second half in which they monopolised the ball and did n't make one opening . |
| 24 | She knew it did n't make one rational bit of sense . |
| 25 | Did n't make one bit of difference to it . |
| 26 | Young Bruce 's flirtation with Padstow lifeboat did n't make good reading . |
| 27 | We did n't make many runs despite Ward 's gallantry and lost easily . |
| 28 | I 'd spent so much time on my own , sitting watching birds , or reading about them or drawing them , that I did n't make many friends , and those I had took second place to the birds . |
| 29 | they 've crashed them , they did n't make many of them . |
| 30 | Getting out did n't make such an indelible impression as going in . |