Example sentences of "can n't 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 . |