Example sentences of "i can [not/n't] make " in BNC.

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1 I can not make out . ’
2 I try to explain to the two silver boots [ now accompanied by the projectionist , drinking tea ] what is wrong but I can not make myself heard even out here .
3 I can not make generalisations without a far more detailed study of hospitals .
4 I can not make such a promise .
5 I can not make my players sing any anthem in their rooms , nor can I stop them . ’
6 The Bishop , reading Peter 's thoughts , would have liked to have put his arms around him , would have liked to have said , I can not make you Archdeacon because you have insufficient judgement and experience , but you are a good priest , a conscientious priest , and I am wretched to disappoint you .
7 I can not make it too abundantly clear that , under no circumstances whatsoever , will I support Mr Baldwin unless I know exactly what his policy is going to be , unless I have complete guarantees that such policy will be carried out if his party achieves office , and unless I am acquainted with the names of at least eight or ten of his most prominent colleagues in the next Ministry .
8 If , on the other hand , I abandon my claim to have known yesterday , I can not make the claim to know today .
9 Tell him that I am very sorry but I can not make exceptions .
10 But not too old that I can not make sure that you never forget .
11 Ann Windiate , director of social services , conceded : ‘ I can not make guarantees on job security . ’
12 I can not make myself write down the things that Jekyll , with tears in his eyes , confessed to me that night .
13 I can not make sense of that rhyme .
14 I can not make myself … and who would want such a … thing … ? ’
15 I narrow my eyes to stare into his ; the light of the pub is dim as dust and I can not make out the pinpoints .
16 I can not make any such commitment at this stage .
17 Charles 's following ( populus ) then swore " in its own language , the lingua romana " : " If Louis keeps the oath which he swears to his brother Charles , and my lord Charles for his part does not keep his , if I can not make him refrain [ from that action ] , then neither I nor any other whom I can make refrain will give him any aid against Louis " .
18 If I can not make the time myself it might still be worth paying Dessie Clancy and his lad . ’
19 A similar effect of , on the one hand , challenging the reader to take up an alert and interpretative role , and , on the other , gratuitously creating an amorphous but strong atmosphere peculiar to the fabliau through the text , is achieved by extensive use of the homonyms vit and con , and com-/con- as a common suffix in the Romance languages : ( I can not make a long tale : in this castle there was a count and with him the countess , his wife , who was a very beautiful and worthy woman ; and there were [ or she had ] more than thirty knights .
20 And the other one is , now this is something I heard on erm , Radio F M yesterday , where apparently Richard Strauss was challenged about the complexity of r of a piece of work , and er , he responding by saying , the devil I can not make it simpler .
21 I enjoyed reading your material , but after consideration I 'm afraid to say that I can not make use of short stories .
22 I can not make the connection between Mowbray 's fall and these fragments of evidence . ’
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