Example sentences of "that [pron] [modal v] [adv] make [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The only difference is that I wo n't make promises that I ca n't keep . ’
2 I enjoyed reading your material , but after consideration I 'm afraid to say that I can not make use of short stories .
3 She joked that she would only make money fifty years after she was dead , and he told her that money did not matter .
4 Eating sand rice and stone peas , drinking small quantities of an unknown sticky orange substance , stopping off for re-fuelling at most airports in the world , taking crazed detours to Nowhereland through Afghanistan , Pakistan , India , Iran , Saudi Arabia , what seemed like Iceland and what definitely was Cuba , herded off the plane every few hours to sit in concrete bunkers while men with machine guns handed out the sticky orange , with the true feeling gnawing into your dead-from-the-nerves-down brain that you would n't make Bangkok until the New Year , if at all .
5 You may want your partner to know that there is something important you want to discuss , so that you can both make time in advance .
6 Unbalanced for some , but those who know the area will agree that you can not make Moderates out of vertical rock .
7 The sceptical argument therefore claims that you can not make sense of the idea of a subject of experience other than yourself .
8 There is a very popular cant phrase that you can not make men good by Act of Parliament .
9 It 's ironic that you should still make excuses for the fact that the band can play really well , yet there 's nothing here that ca n't be appreciated on the level of a blues number .
10 It 's ironic that you should still make excuses for the fact that the band can play really well , yet there 's nothing here that ca n't be appreciated on the level of a blues number .
11 But one need not believe that God revealed God 's self at a particular point in history , so that one need necessarily make reference to that point in history in one 's religion .
12 There are various former members of the BBC who believe that I was the instigator of the action against them , but unlike politicians I bear this sort of thing with a great deal of tolerance , taking what I think is a sensible view that one can not make omelettes without breaking eggs .
13 The new philosophy said that we should not make value judgements : you ca n't think in an Aristotelian way ; no value judgements , no good and bad .
14 Branches should avoid merely asking the insured to obtain estimate(s) or quotation(s) unless the type of claim or the remoteness of the location means that we can not make use of our own local or national arrangements with traders .
15 threatened and awed the jurors to give a verdict for the King , and by unlawful means did surprize the county , that they might not make defence , and did use several menacing wicked speeches and actions to the jury and others , for obtaining his unjust purpose aforesaid .
16 This is important , because it is sometimes given as an objection to attitude theories that they can not make sense of subordinate ethical clauses .
17 You know , have you got a bit which could be put in such a form that it would actually make sense and appeal to this particular viewership , audienceship and so on and so forth .
18 While the UNHCR in Geneva has welcomed the move , its officials on the ground fear that it will only make things more difficult .
19 Mr Aznar has repeatedly taken refuge in claims that the Socialists are hiding the true figures and that he can not make promises until he has seen the books .
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