Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [not/n't] make [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ He would see no reason why we should not make our contribution to the royal coronation . ’
2 ‘ I wrote the letter in February when there was a real chance we might not make it . ’
3 And we could n't make it consistently .
4 I would have to wait until Mum and Dad went out to the pub so we could n't make it to the first .
5 But we could n't make anybody do it , you know they 'd say , anyway that we 'll do it , there 's there 's next week they would n't catch you up some of them .
6 I left knowing that we could not make anything together .
7 Portuguese , although appearing to be similar to Spanish on paper , is pronounced completely differently , and so despite the fact that we could communicate in French and Spanish , we could not make ourselves understood in Portuguese other than to ask , ‘ Fala ingles ? — do you speak English ? ’
8 In the event of a fire , we could not make our way out .
9 He 'll be waiting at the station and we ca n't make it now .
10 Oh , and by the way , I 'm sorry we ca n't make it tomorrow .
11 Its reliance on coal is defended by Bai Xianhong of the State Science and Technology Commission , who argued : " China must develop [ and ] we ca n't make it without energy .
12 The hypothesis that can explain bat navigation is a good candidate for explaining anything in the world of life , and if Paley 's explanation for any one of his examples was wrong we ca n't make it right by multiplying up examples .
13 Oh , a man 's pressed the button we ca n't make it in time .
14 I like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian , we 've been hearing and seeing and been challenged and accepting Christ as our saviour and over the week in Harlow a number made that response and not only in Harlow and in Earls Court but right across the country and into Europe and into Africa as well , through the , through the life link , men and women who have been challenged into accepting Jesus Christ as their saviour and I 'd like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian now obviously as we perhaps know er , and , and , and God work clearly shows to us that it is not in being religion , somebody well said that religion is man 's attempt to find God but the gospel is God 's method of seeking out and finding men and so just as the same as you 've seen that bridge of life illustration and we try with our planks to get across to God we ca n't make it ,
15 We ca n't make ourselves heard , " but he only laughed .
16 We ca n't make ourselves any different .
17 ‘ And , Cadfael , even when the day comes , we will not make it known at chapter .
18 ‘ If you continue to look at me like that we sha n't make it any further than the nearest bed , ’ he murmured , and Claudia jumped ; she had been staring at him hungrily .
19 After all , we have no proof against him , and if we can not make him talk , this mystery will never be solved .
20 We can create conditions for an employer , but we can not make him employ someone under those conditions .
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