Example sentences of "would not make a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the late 1980s developers knew that they would not make a decent return on their investment on a pay and play basis . |
| 2 | Unless he had changed a lot he would not make a good impression . |
| 3 | You see , although I love her so deeply , I know that Rosamund would not make a good wife for a missionary . ’ |
| 4 | The reason Jake had had a change of heart was because he had finally realised for himself that Janice would not make a good mother for Kirsty , and that Shiona , on the other hand , would . |
| 5 | They were also the most likely to say Dad would not make a good job of being a housewife and should be out at work ( 57pc pc compared to 38pc ) . |
| 6 | He also said that the Prince and Princess of Wales would not make a planned visit to China in November ‘ so long as those responsible for the atrocities over the past weekend remain in control of the Chinese government ’ . |
| 7 | But , I mean , do , to be more realistic , I mean , o , if , obviously if , if all the government took a fifty percent pay cut it still would n't make a great deal of difference ? |
| 8 | She had intended to return to London that afternoon , but one more night would n't make a great deal of difference . |
| 9 | I was only telling you that I 'm going to be busy , and would n't make a good companion for you . ’ |
| 10 | You would n't make a special cake as a present with long out-of-date flour and stale eggs so do n't think that any old ingredients will do for making a pressed flower picture . |
| 11 | ‘ You would n't make a bad pioneer if you had a bit more time for practice . |
| 12 | I would n't make a friggin' Frenchman spend the night here ’ |
| 13 | I hoped she would n't make a big production out of the delivery upstairs , but just in case she did I thought I would n't go anywhere where she could see me and point me out to any of the owners , so I left through the front exit gates and found the actors ' bus with its Mystery Race Train banner and faded inside into the reassembling troupe . |