Example sentences of "[am/are] [not/n't] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are not making a documentary — get him on side if you can . |
| 2 | A spokesman said : ‘ We are not making a PR film for the Army . ’ |
| 3 | Friday but they 're not making a promise , but they said that last week |
| 4 | We 're not , we 're not making a fortune |
| 5 | You 're not making a fortune at first , but once you get it going |
| 6 | You 're not making a christmas cake are you ? |
| 7 | energy council , I 'm not make a bid , we 've just , er we 've just heard , what I think is a , is an example of enlightened and model practice , so praise is on the superfluous , but I think we 're probably not typical of of the business sector in being so enlightened , and my question is only a wide one , and it is this . |
| 8 | Nobody 's criticising you nobody 's making I 'm not making a criticism of her cos at the end of the day right if we now talking the scenario that we 're painting now let's take this girl on , not girl girl on right , you can have cos she 's far more impressive . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you sure I 'm not making a nuisance of myself ? ’ |
| 10 | In this case I feel a deep conviction that I 'm not making a mistake . |
| 11 | I 'm not making a cake , I 'm making marmalade this |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not making a fuss ! ’ |
| 13 | The general point here and I want to make is that er , these are n't officers ' promises these are the members ' promises and er , erm , we 've got to be careful that er when they 're all drawn together that we are n't making a hostage fortune , erm and so that I think it is very important members take aboard er what is suggested and test them themselves to see that they are realistic , I would also say that er as these promises are being considered by the various committees and I note a considerable variation in standards which will need to be addressed when the promises er , have come back to the Policy Committee , these are particularly in reference to the time required to respond to er , erm complaints etc , it 's no use having the Highways Committee wanting two weeks and incidentally on promise number two erm I think that er any up , somebody else 's point er straight forward wants to be deleted , erm the highways require two weeks to respond er , erm hearts and libraries want a , you know half a day , er and we 've got to get these er erm more or less synchronized I think , and whilst I 'm thinking Chairman on the last page er of the er favourite for , for first for agent authorities , but it does n't give any indication about the contact point and as most of our population live in the agent authorities that the er it needs to be expanded to give the contacts er points for the members of the public . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm surprised you are n't making a bid for him yourself , ’ she said tartly . |