Example sentences of "could [not/n't] make the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Anthony says : ‘ The Department were at fault in failing to appreciate that the instructions given to Spicers to carry out an audit of the partnership 's client accounts would not , at least as regards some important Barlow Clowes portfolios , have enabled any reassurance to be gained on the score of the concern that the partnership could not make the payments of income they had guaranteed without eroding clients ’ capital . |
| 2 | ‘ They still could not make the dogs let go and so they got in their car and drove at the dogs with headlights flashing , ’ said a Scotland Yard spokesman . |
| 3 | She tried to superimpose this place on Amelia Dorf 's house , but could not make the images jibe . |
| 4 | Having been reduced now to travelling on foot , he could not make the return journey to Bristol in a day , and Sara too often found herself left lonely and uneasy in a cottage whose attractions were not increased by the coming of winter , or by neighbours who were ‘ a little too tattling and inquisitive ’ . |
| 5 | Advance orders alone ran to 12 000 ; ICL was signed up as the manufacturer but could not make the equipment quickly enough . |
| 6 | Leech , who had expected a generous-minded rival , was amazed at Burton 's blunt declaration that if he could not make the acting game pay well and soon , he would be off . |
| 7 | He began to remark to others that he could not make the necessary synthesis , perhaps referring to a marriage of his romantic inclinations with the aim , inculcated in him by Colquhoun and MacBryde , to make it ‘ tight ’ , to achieve the kind of fully integrated compositional resolution often associated with classical art . |
| 8 | South Africa 's World Cup players were surprised he could not make the West Indian squad . |
| 9 | Many less desperate alcoholics tried AA , but did not succeed because they could not make the admission of hopelessness . |
| 10 | Glaxo sold its factory , as did Gresham Lion , and its successor , Dowty , which could not make the business succeed , sold to the Taiwanese . |
| 11 | The leadership team had now dropped down from three to two as one of the leaders could not make the trip due to work commitments so the driving was split equally between co-leader Dave Lowe and myself . |
| 12 | All the foreign teams are in the mountain trial and the 80 who could not make the main event are in an overflow , starting 0631 hours ! |
| 13 | Mowden found themselves 6–3 down at half-time and despite much second half pressure , they could not make the breakthrough and went down 12–3 , a late Ryton try settling the issue . |
| 14 | But cash carrots alone could not make the system successful . |
| 15 | He could n't make the boy out . |
| 16 | Anyone who could n't make the open day should go along to the Monday evening practice sessions . |
| 17 | I certainly could n't make the cylinder I required , but a walk through the Yellow Pages revealed several firms in Birmingham which specialised in copper smithing . |
| 18 | Early in August , after sending the department a recorded delivery letter every month from January , I was finally informed that my husband would be granted his claim — but they could n't make the payment yet because they had lost his file . |
| 19 | Pascoe looked at her as if he could n't make the connection . |
| 20 | To cut a long story short , he could n't make the grade so he ended up as a pharmacist in the business his father bought for him as a going concern . |
| 21 | But I 've always known I could never be a professional jockey because I could n't make the weight . |
| 22 | Well my mother was very very sorry that the old lady had hurt her fingers but th on the other hand she was very very pleased that she could n't make the butter . |
| 23 | Injured I suppose so could n't make the away trip : - ) ) ) |
| 24 | He was so embarrassed , and she could n't make the sting of it even worse by refusing when he suggested dining at the resort restaurant instead . |
| 25 | One sister , Margaret , in Aylesbury could n't make the trip . |
| 26 | Started to make some biscuits and then read the recipe afterwards and she had to put it in the fridge for twenty four hours in the , the pastry in the fridge so they could n't make the biscuits , there I 'm sitting here expecting erm , a biscuit and nothing came , dear , it was n't one of those recipes that you could make it straight away was it ? |