Example sentences of "had [not/n't] [adv] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | This " veteran assault force " ( as he called it ) was composed of the only men left from the cantonment community whom he had not yet made use of , the few elderly gentlemen who had managed to survive the rigours of the siege . |
| 2 | But on the Sunday , perhaps because it was a strange town and I had not yet made friends , I felt all day a sense of doom . |
| 3 | The group 's five new businesses — DK Multimedia , DK Education , DK Cartography , DK Vision and DK Family Library — had not yet made a contribution to pretax profit but were now beginning to generate momentum . |
| 4 | However , it is fair to conclude that town planning practice had not yet made any significant contribution in Britain to dealing with traffic question ; this remained for the future . |
| 5 | Ranged with his mother , his sisters , he was cowed ; he felt , not just some months ' Tommaso 's junior , but a child again , like his little brother Franco , also quiet and busy with his food , as if he had not yet made that transition from the mother 's arms to the father 's side that should duly occur at thirteen . |
| 6 | It was obvious that she had not yet made her point to her satisfaction . |
| 7 | It was clear that she had not yet made her point . |
| 8 | He had not yet made up his mind whether he would speak in Thursday 's debate on immigration . |
| 9 | Shaking her head over Tracey 's capacity for self-absorption , Loretta reflected that she had not yet made any progress in her attempt to track down Melanie Gandell 's relatives . |
| 10 | While in hospital I had mentioned to my surgeon that I intended to go to the Bristol Cancer Help Centre , although at that time I had not actually made up my mind . |
| 11 | Over the years he had not only made himself a small fortune , but in the process gained something of a respectable reputation . |
| 12 | Li Yuan swallowed , sensing that everything depended on what he said in the next few moments ; that his father had not quite made up his mind , even now . |
| 13 | I suppose that Kenneth Ingram , the editor , had not quite made up his mind about what I had written , which is the reason why I had forwarded it to Eliot . |
| 14 | He had n't yet made up his mind where to head for but he needed shelter . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm afraid I had n't yet made that conclusion , Mr O'Hara , ’ Ellie replied . |
| 16 | Maurice who still had n't exactly made out who he was , suddenly cared intensely about the loss . |
| 17 | ‘ I had n't even made the connection until a friend mentioned he had seen Tim in the papers with all the Princess Anne business . ’ |
| 18 | When asked why Limpar had n't even made the bench , manager George Graham replied tersely : ‘ Because he was n't selected . ’ |
| 19 | I remembered I 'd had nothing to eat or drink before leaving the house , and thought how awful that I had n't even made Toby a cup of tea before obeying my impulse to run . |
| 20 | The blows were not that hard , he had n't even made proper fists , but by God they were fast . |
| 21 | But he had n't actually made it an order . |
| 22 | After work , I used to come home and watch television and , at weekends , I 'd maybe ask to go to the pictures , But I had n't really made any friends so I was still in a very narrow circle . |
| 23 | I was hop I had n't , I had n't really made up my mind that 's plenty biscuits Paula , yeah it 's plent do n't get , biscuit mania , Easter eggs , God |
| 24 | I had the idea that they had been quarrelling and had n't quite made it up . |
| 25 | It felt , despite the new clothes , that she had n't quite made up her mind . |