Example sentences of "[modal v] not make it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His plan to escape was so long in the making and the lesson for us must lie in the reason why , when the time came , he could not make it work . |
| 2 | But he was that stiff-necked the old Baron , and Mr Louis , the present Baron , he 's the same , they could n't make it pay even when times got better . |
| 3 | My mate weighed it too and he could n't make it grow either . |
| 4 | In theory , you should be able to stick the chart into a document , while maintaining links to the original spreadsheet , but I could n't make it work . |
| 5 | I was very confused because I could n't make it work , but not could I break it . |
| 6 | For no apparent reason it was hanging on my head like lank seaweed ; I could n't make it puff out in a way that hid my ears properly . |
| 7 | ‘ It would n't make it taste better if I owned it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You ca n't make it talk , ’ Fred said . |
| 9 | You sit in a rocking chair but ca n't make it go . |
| 10 | If there is one overriding golden rule with feeding any plant , but especially with roses , it is the meaning of the old saying ‘ you can lead a horse to water , but you ca n't make it drink ’ . |
| 11 | Some women ca n't make it last the week so theirs is kept in the office . |
| 12 | I find that other kind of sound very forgiving ; I can get through it technically , but I ca n't make it come alive the way somebody else could . ’ |
| 13 | It 's very frustrating to fit a new drive , only to find you ca n't make it work because the cable wo n't reach . |
| 14 | But it 's something that 's happened and you ca n't make it unhappen . |
| 15 | You ca n't just leave it up to the police , or to someone else — and ignoring it wo n't make it go away . |
| 16 | And getting in a tiss and shouting wo n't make it go away . |
| 17 | If the Chinese think it is worth going to all the trouble and expense of shipping this equipment 12,000 miles around the world , how is it that British industry can not make it pay ? ’ |
| 18 | My colleagues and I do not believe that the British people will be fooled a second time — one can take a horse to water but one can not make it drink . |
| 19 | Of course sometimes when it does n't work that depresses me because it 's not because it does n't work , it 's because of the constraints of the system that you can not make it work . |