Example sentences of "not make [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Banging balls wildly does n't make it on clay . |
| 2 | Despite his amateur pedigree Coltart did n't make it through pre-qualifying to the Qualifying School in Montpelier last year . |
| 3 | My suggestion is that the evolution of subcutaneous fat in neonates and post-natal depression is an example of co-evolution and what has happened is mothers are programmed to be depressed for the first few days after birth because in primal conditions when remember this is where evolution set the parameters of human behaviour , in primal conditions it would probably pay a mother to test her new-born offspring to see if it could survive , because if it was defective or if it was sickly , or if there was some reason why that baby could n't make it to adulthood and its own reproductive life , that mother should not invest in it , because that 's her reproductive success . |
| 4 | Its reliance on coal is defended by Bai Xianhong of the State Science and Technology Commission , who argued : " China must develop [ and ] we ca n't make it without energy . |
| 5 | Oh no we do n't make it from scratch , we just do the you know the m main machining |
| 6 | " Look , mate , if you ca n't make it in bed , if she is n't finding you quite up to the mark , do n't take your frustration out on the rest of us . |
| 7 | But I am also realistic and realise that there are people who do n't make it in life . |
| 8 | In fact , Shiona very nearly did n't make it in time . |
| 9 | Oh , a man 's pressed the button we ca n't make it in time . |