Example sentences of "he ca [adv] make " in BNC.

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1 You see , he ca n't make Bumface take you back .
2 If he ca n't make a go of them , nobody can . ’
3 He ca n't make her happy because he does n't know what happiness is .
4 His Scots wife Martha said : ‘ He ca n't make my family out at all .
5 I mean , he ca n't make you .
6 " I bet he ca n't make them himself ! "
7 He ca n't make the point that trying to hang on to those feelings leads to unbearable frustration .
8 She said , Well , she said , The truth is you know we keep bringing sticks in and that , but he 's got no er he 's got no fire , he 's got no coal , he ca n't he ca n't make a fire .
9 So he puts it on the table and tries to squash it into shape , and by the time he 's got his mouth full of that he ca n't make a sound .
10 What bothers him , though , is the science that lies behind it ; he ca n't make head or tail of what he tries to read about it .
11 He ca n't make you do it , you know . ’
12 The guy holds tight to his pistol but he ca n't make me move my knee .
13 There are a whole range of things he ca n't do , he ca n't direct congress , he ca n't appoint who he wants freely , he ca n't make treaties with whom he wants when he wants , he ca n't start wars if he wants to start wars all these controls are on the president but what I , what er Newstat is saying is , over and above that , even in the areas where he appears to have constitutional authority , as a matter of practice it 's very difficult for the president to exercise his authority and when the president does exercise his authority he does so at great cost to himself .
14 He ca n't make them out , he does n't know how to handle them .
15 Well I 've tried to ring Billy Bingham their manager today , but he ca n't make up his mind , he , he , apparently he 's going to name his side tomorrow .
16 I know Steve asked if we could go back to Thursdays cos he ca n't make a Wednesday night .
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