Example sentences of "could make nothing " in BNC.

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1 Hard though he tried , Floyd could make nothing of the inward half and Couples , having gone to the front with a birdie at the ninth , was never caught again .
2 As I lay back on my bed I tried to work out the connection between him and the British Empire and Fresnes gaol , but could make nothing of it .
3 The name came from out of his dreams , but he could make nothing of it .
4 And she stared at it , glad to have been told that it was not good , for she could make nothing of it : it stood about five feet high , on a stone lump , and it had holes in it and stretching arms .
5 He could make nothing of them .
6 The two rabbits sniffed and stared , but could make nothing of it .
7 In the second half when we went at them we forced plenty of corners but could make nothing of them .
8 His opening 76 in reality had been his practice round because of his late arrival , and he could make nothing of the greens in his outward 36 yesterday , starting at the tenth .
9 In the boiling midday sun , the Scots could make nothing of five minutes of first-half possession and conceded tries to Pasikale ( 2 ) and Silolota , the latter converting two .
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