Example sentences of "could n't make [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daine could n't make me feel guilty . |
| 2 | Severe amnesia could n't make me forget you . |
| 3 | He lifted Goldman again , wrapping his arms round the man , but could n't make him move towards the car . |
| 4 | You could drag them to the pitch but you could n't make them perform . |
| 5 | Until finally , about lunchtime she achieved a state of resignation : you could n't make someone love you if they did n't , and you could n't make them accept love from you if they did n't want it . |
| 6 | But we could n't make anybody do it , you know they 'd say , anyway that we 'll do it , there 's there 's next week they would n't catch you up some of them . |
| 7 | So he went back up onto the main road and very little further on , in fact , he in fact found a village and spent the night at the hostelry and he said to the man in the hostelry you know , he that he 'd been lost and that a a little bit back on the road he 'd seen this big house all alight and he had erm , you know , gone in the drive and tried to get get a room there but could n't make anybody hear and the erm the inn keeper said , no he said er you would n't make anyone hear there , he said and if you go back there tomorrow the house wo n't be there ! |
| 8 | Until finally , about lunchtime she achieved a state of resignation : you could n't make someone love you if they did n't , and you could n't make them accept love from you if they did n't want it . |
| 9 | But he was that stiff-necked the old Baron , and Mr Louis , the present Baron , he 's the same , they could n't make it pay even when times got better . |
| 10 | My mate weighed it too and he could n't make it grow either . |
| 11 | In theory , you should be able to stick the chart into a document , while maintaining links to the original spreadsheet , but I could n't make it work . |
| 12 | I was very confused because I could n't make it work , but not could I break it . |
| 13 | For no apparent reason it was hanging on my head like lank seaweed ; I could n't make it puff out in a way that hid my ears properly . |
| 14 | Lawrence could n't make you feel that , because he 'd never been a worker . |
| 15 | She told herself she ought to edge away , but she could n't make herself do it . |