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Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] n't make the [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	But I 've always known I could never be a professional jockey because I could n't make the weight .
2	Oh I 'll do n't know I pastry , I ca n't do that , I can do the rest but I ca n't make the pastry .
3	I ca n't make the machine go any bloody quicker , well I can , but I so what 's the point in that come and have a look at it and then they said come back and do it when you on the skin , you know the skin bring it forward well it do n't go back , it just gets all tangled .
4	I ca n't make the East Mainland very well .
5	‘ I want to keep playing well , and if I ca n't make the team then I want to be in a position to give myself a real chance in America in two years time . ’
6	I ca n't make the appointment .
7	I ca n't make the appointment .
8	‘ But if I 'm not enjoying it I wo n't make the mistake of going through the motions like I did this year . ’
9	‘ But if I 'm not enjoying it then I wo n't make the mistake of going through the motions like I did this year .
10	But I wo n't make the phone call .
11	If you ca n't make your point in thirty seconds , then you should n't make the point at all .
12	He was so embarrassed , and she could n't make the sting of it even worse by refusing when he suggested dining at the resort restaurant instead .
13	Well my mother was very very sorry that the old lady had hurt her fingers but th on the other hand she was very very pleased that she could n't make the butter .
14	If you ca n't make the Orange , the bands will be performing in Darlington early next month .
15	If you ca n't make the client understand what you are talking about , it is likely that consumers will also be mystified , so the client wo n't let you run the campaign .
16	That argues that you ca n't make the weather interesting all the time .
17	That 's ludicrous , unless you do the work you ca n't make the report .
18	There are a lot of players at the moment who ca n't make the step from club to international rugby ’ .
19	I roared in head first , like a schoolboy boxer who wo n't make the grade .
20	If we ca n't make the gospel of Jesus relevant to today , how can we lead other people to faith ?
21	Started to make some biscuits and then read the recipe afterwards and she had to put it in the fridge for twenty four hours in the , the pastry in the fridge so they could n't make the biscuits , there I 'm sitting here expecting erm , a biscuit and nothing came , dear , it was n't one of those recipes that you could make it straight away was it ?
22	Early in August , after sending the department a recorded delivery letter every month from January , I was finally informed that my husband would be granted his claim — but they could n't make the payment yet because they had lost his file .
23	Does , does the manufacturer , does the production and they ca n't make the part and we need part B for it .
24	The police only enforce the law , they ca n't make the law work , the people who make the law work are the judiciary .
25	even though they might be part and parcel of the same organization , they are not the leaseholders so they ca n't make the arrangements , so if they want to make the arrangement they must have the lease assigned to them first , then we will come to terms with them over land and to under le under let .
26	He could n't make the boy out .
27	Pascoe looked at her as if he could n't make the connection .
28	To cut a long story short , he could n't make the grade so he ended up as a pharmacist in the business his father bought for him as a going concern .
29	He ca n't make the point that trying to hang on to those feelings leads to unbearable frustration .
30	If you intend to turn your work into an ‘ oil ’ then suitable paper must be used so that oily edges do n't form and , when the oil finally dries out it wo n't make the paper brittle and liable to crack .