Example sentences of "can [not/n't] make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a coup d'etat. ’ -Margaret Thatcher ‘ As for the leaders of the former Alliance parties , I will say no more than this : they have never learned what every woman knows — that you ca n't make a souffle rise twice . ’ |
| 2 | No matter whether it 's the ‘ Yes ’ bank , the action bank , the thoroughbred bank , the listening bank , or the bank to which all points , you ca n't make a friend of your bank manager unless you 've got loadsamoney . |
| 3 | If he ca n't make a go of them , nobody can . ’ |
| 4 | You ca n't make a suggestion like that when someone 's as upset as this . |
| 5 | Where the implications of the choice are so overwhelming that the individual ca n't make a choice at all . |
| 6 | Wayne told Pilar , ‘ The son-of-a-bitch ca n't make a good movie without his father or Bogart to carry him . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You ca n't make a living from sitting on your fanny and reading story-books . |
| 8 | Sun Microsystems Inc says the Cypress/Ross HyperSparc is still only in pre-production mode and that until it advances they ca n't make a decision about using it . |
| 9 | The first point is that you ca n't make a meaningful choice of subjects without adequate information . |
| 10 | It 's a pity they ca n't make a living at it then they 'd all be millionaires and prices 'd be better . " |
| 11 | ( b ) Trainees ca n't make a connection between what they see and their own teaching environment . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Tardelli is n't there any longer , one player ca n't make a team , and besides , Tardelli played in a great one . |
| 15 | We ca n't make a charge for advising on the availability of the information . |
| 16 | I think I would simply say that er if you feel you can make a choice , so be it , if you feel you ca n't make a choice I would implore you to take up some wording similar to the wording I 've suggested , which seeks to commit the district authorities to a to a new settlement within within Greater York . |
| 17 | They ca n't make a decision to change but they can give you the information that we need to bring forward . |
| 18 | If you ca n't make a straightforward decision you 'd be wise to put things off and wait until certain issues settle themselves . |
| 19 | ‘ Neither do I , ’ he said gently , ‘ but I ca n't make a living tipping horses . ’ |
| 20 | It 's not a stew without veg , you ca n't make a stew without |
| 21 | So and she ca I do n't know whether you noticed or she ca n't make a cup of coffee without spilling it . |
| 22 | She ca n't make a commitment . |
| 23 | bloody hell , shuffling like a buggery here , I just ca n't make a bloody hand |
| 24 | On Thursday night you ca n't make a phone call , if you ca n't |
| 25 | If you have seen a mixture of iron and sulphur and the lumps of sulphur did n't have a shiny polished surfaces that belong to iron and you ca n't make a mirror out of non-metal . |
| 26 | She ca n't make a living with it . |
| 27 | I know Steve asked if we could go back to Thursdays cos he ca n't make a Wednesday night . |
| 28 | You 've ca n't make a a wedding cake with no cherries in . |
| 29 | Well you ca n't make a wedding cake without glace cherries . |
| 30 | There can be few of us who can not make a daisy chain with our eyes closed — and who could forget the daisy-spangled downs and pastures where we loved to picnic ? |