Example sentences of "[pron] be [not/n't] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not made of fan material , and find it hard to understand . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ I am not making promises of a vague future , a never-never land that exists only in dreams ; these are the tangible developments that will take place , things that will happen in this coming year in which we will build the foundations of economic success that will endure and the foundations of social justice that will prevail . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I am not making a great song and dance about it , ’ she said in a softly dangerous voice and , with a hint of ostentation in her movements , stirred a saccharin tablet into a cup of black coffee . |
| 4 | In using this term I am not making the simplistic assumption that people who hold this position are sick . |
| 5 | I am not making the exorbitant claim that every black youth reaching adolescence in the 1970s and early 1980s underwent such traumas . |
| 6 | I will be dealing with seven ( although another claim I am not making is that of exhaustiveness ) : affection , status , stimulation , autonomy , security , money and belief . |
| 7 | In any case , I am not making an official request . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I am not making this sacrifice for nothing . ’ |
| 9 | I am not making pedantic points when I refer to all those complexities and difficulties which are now beginning to bite in a way that I find worrying . |
| 10 | This is not fantasy — I am not making it up . |
| 11 | Let me quote again from the report so that people realise that I am not making this up . |
| 12 | ‘ Paula 's welfare is paramount so I am not making waves with the Hutchinsons at a traumatic time like this but obviously I 'm extremely anxious , ’ he said . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not made of money , Mrs Parvis . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not made of paper , Luke . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm not made of wood , and neither are you . |
| 16 | energy council , I 'm not make a bid , we 've just , er we 've just heard , what I think is a , is an example of enlightened and model practice , so praise is on the superfluous , but I think we 're probably not typical of of the business sector in being so enlightened , and my question is only a wide one , and it is this . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not making light of the situation , it 's very very serious , and we are still hoping that somebody in Wales will come forward to be our main sponsor . |
| 18 | I feel I 'm not making the most of myself because I ca n't apply my make-up well . |
| 19 | ‘ Are you sure I 'm not making a nuisance of myself ? ’ |
| 20 | I 'm not making judgments . |
| 21 | But while it may be appealing to the British public , I 'm not making it my life 's work to get it together . |
| 22 | Oh God , Celia thought , wildly , I 'm not making sense any more . |
| 23 | Sub-text : ‘ I 'm not making myself vulnerable , I do n't want to deal with the unpredictable or get close to you . ’ |
| 24 | I 'm not making a million dollars a performance , but I do damn well , and I do n't think people should make a million dollars for a film . |
| 25 | When I 'm not making programmes or writing articles about food , I run a very busy pub from early in the morning to the wee small hours — and the last thing I want to do then is cook a meal . ’ |
| 26 | Hawkins said : ‘ I understand — I 'm not making comparisons — that the President of the United States was faced with a problem similar to the one you 've just confronted me with . |
| 27 | Only as we 've lost the last one , I 'm hanging on to , it 's hanging in my wardrobe , I 'm not making a third one |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not making any conditions , I 've already changed my will , but I 'd like you to do one thing for me . |
| 29 | If I 'm not making money at my own artwork , then I can help somebody make it from theirs . ’ |
| 30 | No , no you do I 'm not making myself clear ! |