Example sentences of "can [adv] make [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | With a timid child , you can take her to the mum-and-toddler group , but you ca n't make her play . |
2 | Mais je me dis , des enfants c'est des enfants , on peut pas les faire penser comme des adultes , on peut pas — ‘ I tell myself , children are children ; one ca n't make them think like adults — one just ca n't ’ |
3 | you can only encourage them you ca n't make them do it . |
4 | ‘ Surely they ca n't make them fly through that , can they ? ’ |
5 | You ca n't make them come off they 're blimming boots . |
6 | No you ca n't make them buy them , no . |
7 | ‘ They ca n't make me go there . ’ |
8 | " I wo n't go , you ca n't make me go ! " |
9 | You ca n't make me go back with you . |
10 | The guy holds tight to his pistol but he ca n't make me move my knee . |
11 | You ca n't make me do anything against my will ! ’ |
12 | You may be responsible for my being here , but you ca n't make me stay . ’ |
13 | Then with greater determination , ‘ You ca n't make me stay here . ’ |
14 | Playtex Secrets Lycra-control underwear ( even if they ca n't make me look like Ulrika ) |
15 | ‘ Even if you do find him , you ca n't make him go back to your sister , ’ she said slowly . |
16 | You can take a newt to water , but you ca n't make him swim . |
17 | I ca n't make him hear me , or see me . |
18 | ‘ He ca n't make you do it , you know . ’ |
19 | ‘ Yeah , I suppose music ca n't make you go pick up an axe . |
20 | ‘ I ca n't make you believe in Dana , but neither of us would hurt your sister , ’ Claudia said . |
21 | ‘ You ca n't make it talk , ’ Fred said . |
22 | You sit in a rocking chair but ca n't make it go . |
23 | If there is one overriding golden rule with feeding any plant , but especially with roses , it is the meaning of the old saying ‘ you can lead a horse to water , but you ca n't make it drink ’ . |
24 | Some women ca n't make it last the week so theirs is kept in the office . |
25 | I find that other kind of sound very forgiving ; I can get through it technically , but I ca n't make it come alive the way somebody else could . ’ |
26 | It 's very frustrating to fit a new drive , only to find you ca n't make it work because the cable wo n't reach . |
27 | But it 's something that 's happened and you ca n't make it unhappen . |
28 | After all , we have no proof against him , and if we can not make him talk , this mystery will never be solved . |
29 | We can create conditions for an employer , but we can not make him employ someone under those conditions . |
30 | I really can not find fault with this book except to say that even splendid photography can not make me love all of Piffetti 's furniture . |