Example sentences of "n't make a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " You would n't make a profit on Lord Jim anyway " , he added , " I do n't regard her as an investment . |
| 2 | So there will be a slight improvement on that position but erm I do feel that we have to continue to do them the costume plays we ca n't just say oh we do n't make a profit on it , we ca n't do it , I think that would be a very shortsighted erm philosophy . |
| 3 | So I did n't make a loss but I did n't make a profit on the bit of space that I need that I was using for storage cos I thought it was only fair to the poor bloke . |
| 4 | Erm some of the banks actually lay off the charges to some extent , but I think he might find that a bit expensive to run , erm and of course they 'll take their charges even if they do n't make a profit for you . |
| 5 | ‘ Wo n't make a bit of difference what you do , ’ she sniffed . |
| 6 | If you 're nice to him — I wo n't use the language over the air ( because you 'd be shut down ) that he uses to me — however nice you are to him it does n't make a bit of difference . |
| 7 | Do n't make a mess of it . |
| 8 | Whatever you do do n't make a mess on the table , |
| 9 | Do n't make a mess in there . |
| 10 | It wo n't do , wo n't make a lady of you , and you have to be some kind of a lady to get a decent job in a decent ladies ’ shop . |
| 11 | I was trying to clarify they do n't make a contribution to the I five provision . |
| 12 | Where the implications of the choice are so overwhelming that the individual ca n't make a choice at all . |
| 13 | Now today … but aside from the cost I could n't make a suit like that today : I could n't get the material . |
| 14 | She tore it open in a frenzy ; she would go home , at once , tomorrow , at least she was appreciated there , well anyway by her father , at least she did n't make a fool of herself — ; |
| 15 | He fetched his sleeping bag from the cornbin , where he kept it so the mice would n't make a nest in it , and curled up to go to sleep . |
| 16 | If he ca n't make a go of them , nobody can . ’ |
| 17 | Mainly , though , if you do n't make a will through an experienced solicitor , you are not doing the best you can either for yourself or your partner . |
| 18 | Do n't make a present of your property |
| 19 | You would n't let a thief tow away your home — so do n't make a present of your caravan |
| 20 | In the meantime I 'll make sure that the bull does n't make a nuisance of itself again — and I 'll get the wall re-built . ’ |
| 21 | Why does n't make a way of escape for me ? |
| 22 | They did n't make a spectacle of themselves . |
| 23 | She would n't make a wife to any man , or if she did she 'd ruin him . ’ |
| 24 | Sun Microsystems Inc says the Cypress/Ross HyperSparc is still only in pre-production mode and that until it advances they ca n't make a decision about using it . |
| 25 | No matter whether it 's the ‘ Yes ’ bank , the action bank , the thoroughbred bank , the listening bank , or the bank to which all points , you ca n't make a friend of your bank manager unless you 've got loadsamoney . |
| 26 | 5 Do n't make a dash for the first restaurant you see . |
| 27 | So it did n't make a scrap of difference , him being backward , like . |
| 28 | It 's a pity they ca n't make a living at it then they 'd all be millionaires and prices 'd be better . " |
| 29 | She ca n't make a living with it . |
| 30 | ‘ You ca n't make a living from sitting on your fanny and reading story-books . |