Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [modal v] [adv] make " in BNC.
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| 31 | As I walked , I began to dance and improvise a song : ‘ They said you 'd never make it , la , la , la . ’ |
| 32 | GILLIAN said you could n't make a general remark and then exclude half the human race , because fifty per cent of the time that someone will turn out to be female . |
| 33 | ‘ Everyone said you could n't make it , ’ Jo-Ann said . |
| 34 | They sprang into action when mum Angela Turner said she would not make it to Bishop Auckland hospital in time . |
| 35 | but , erm , she was hoping to come to the meeting this evening , but she phoned at the last minute and said she could n't make it , but erm , I do n't know if it would be more appropriate perhaps for the schools groups to get in touch with her and I |
| 36 | I hoped she would n't make a big production out of the delivery upstairs , but just in case she did I thought I would n't go anywhere where she could see me and point me out to any of the owners , so I left through the front exit gates and found the actors ' bus with its Mystery Race Train banner and faded inside into the reassembling troupe . |
| 37 | She wished they could both make it up and release her from this terrible trap . |
| 38 | She hoped he would n't make love that night . |
| 39 | said it would n't make any difference to her you know whether |
| 40 | I have meandered round all sorts of fairly obscure topics , just about pleasing the Chair by remaining in order , knowing that whatever I said it would not make the slightest difference to the outcome of the private Bill . |
| 41 | The furore erupted after Mr Bell said he could not make any of five dates offered for public debates by Teesside Poly chaplain Cathy Rowling . |
| 42 | Hilary always said he 'd never make it , not from Burleigh … |
| 43 | If you keep the doors closed it wo n't make any difference to me . ’ |