Example sentences of "[was/were] not make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In April 1922 , Moscow collectors of valuables were not making proper valuations , and foodstuffs were being left to rot in warehouses . |
2 | I remember the shock of realising that the two groups were not making any contact — the word DRAMA meant entirely different things to each side . |
3 | The control surfaces became sluggish and in spite of full power we were not making any height . |
4 | Yet for lack of personnel , funds , and initiative , Bolshevik Party members were not making sufficient capital out of the situation . |
5 | My family and friends were very supportive throughout the divorce because they could see it was the right thing as we were n't making each other happy . |
6 | Sabine still found it astonishing that the family were n't making more use of the legend to promote their wine . |
7 | The head explained to Mrs Singh that Balbinder was not making much progress and that because of class sizes he would be unlikely to receive the kind of attention he needed . |
8 | But I was not making much progress because I did n't have much mathematical background — and anyway , I might not live long enough to finish my Ph.D . |
9 | He had been trying a pipe recently , but was not making much progress . |
10 | He knew that she was not making much headway with finding the nonce , but in fairness neither was he . |
11 | If a motorist was not making mental calculations all day long he would be forever banging into objects , people and other vehicles . |
12 | With cool detachment he had explained clearly and in terms that were easy for her to grasp how the various items of equipment worked , only lapsing into irritation or sarcasm when he thought she was not making enough effort . |
13 | This would explain why Kopyion was not making any efforts to control the anarchy let loose across Nicaea . |
14 | He was not to make another attempt , later tragically falling to his death from nearby Cousin 's Buttress . |
15 | ‘ Your steak 's all right ? ’ he enquired courteously , when at one point he observed that she was n't making much headway with it . |
16 | It follows a public outcry by fans , after the rink 's owners closed it down because it was n't making any money . |
17 | She was n't making any sense . |
18 | She was n't making any sense . |
19 | The Abbot was n't making any comment . |
20 | Was n't making any difference . |
21 | They asked him for a swimming pool and a better playground , but he was n't making any promises . |
22 | For most of his life Ron Letts ran a bakers round from a mobile shop , but two years ago he started work as a security guard , because the round was n't making enough money . |
23 | Three years ago Adam Dent 's parents took him out of school because they thought he was n't making enough progress . |