Example sentences of "[vb past] n't make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus he says of Ali , a member of Fatah , ‘ He knew I loved him , but it did n't make him the slightest bit arrogant . |
| 2 | They did n't make me part of their discussions . |
| 3 | ‘ He ca n't say that we did n't make an attempt . ’ |
| 4 | We did n't make Abisko , chickening out as the weather worsened and the forecasts began to sound even more dire . |
| 5 | I did n't make a systematic study but I occasionally followed up clues if I came across references in books and catalogues . |
| 6 | The revolutionary mid-engined ( and transversely-mounted ) Miura was yet to come and did n't make its debut until the Turin show of 1966 . |
| 7 | When Sherine Pherozshaw could n't find the party dress she wanted , she did n't make do with what was on offer in the shops . |
| 8 | Things 'd be much easier if people did n't make it so complicated . |
| 9 | I did n't make friends easily , but the funny thing is that some of those I went to school with , and was n't so close to , have become good friends in later life . |
| 10 | seeing him , of course , did n't make me any better . |
| 11 | But his watch did n't make any attempt at the right label . |
| 12 | Late twenties perhaps , but did n't make much of an effort . |
| 13 | It did n't make sense . |
| 14 | Mark was one level below Muldoon , so his portrait did n't make it among the VIPs . |
| 15 | It did n't make sense . |
| 16 | After impetuously hijacking the tapes of a feature on trade unions which C4 's nervous bigwigs wanted cut , he did n't make another appearance on the show , and it has never been clear whether he jumped or was pushed . |
| 17 | ‘ It did n't make it then , but the whole message of the song , the vibe was good , ’ says Danny . |
| 18 | Wayne wrote : ‘ There are now and there were then ( in the early Forties ) a tight group of Communist conspirators in our midst … we did n't make ‘ Hollywood ’ and ‘ Red ’ synonymous . |
| 19 | Tammuz smiled but it did n't make him look cheerful . |
| 20 | ‘ She was polite and did n't make any fuss at all . |
| 21 | The door was still six inches above it , though … it did n't make sense to build a door high if the water was usually lower … not unless there was a step somewhere … a step or a walkway even , for the loading and unloading of boats … |
| 22 | I could n't make up my own mind whether to get him to lengthen or shorten and in consequence I did n't make his mind up to do either and we floundered over it untidily , his hooves rapping the wooden frames , my weight too far forward … a mess . |
| 23 | But to survive an arrow a mile from a road with a killer around to make sure I did n't make it … where in one 's mind did one search for the will to survive that ? |
| 24 | ‘ It seems they did n't make it . ’ |
| 25 | I did n't make any enquiries about how the laundry got done until the day I ran out of clean tights . |
| 26 | Mrs Caroline Blockley , 29 , said : ‘ He had an affair , but at least he admitted it and did n't make a big fuss . |
| 27 | We did n't make enough chances . |
| 28 | ‘ Frankly , it 's amazing that Labour did n't make more of the current economic difficulties , ’ he said , expressing vigorous dissatisfaction at the intellectual content of the election campaign . |
| 29 | But that did n't make him Hugh Farnham . |
| 30 | On our first day we headed for that beautiful beach … but we did n't make it the temptation was too great to lounge by probably the largest and most stunning freshwater pool in the Canaries . |