Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [adv] make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Neither do I , ’ he said gently , ‘ but I ca n't make a living tipping horses . ’ |
| 2 | If things get too complicated , he told himself , not for the first time in the last few months , I can always make a run for it . |
| 3 | I can still make a flight back to Blighty which will connect with the last plane to Inverness . |
| 4 | It was a coup d'etat. ’ -Margaret Thatcher ‘ As for the leaders of the former Alliance parties , I will say no more than this : they have never learned what every woman knows — that you ca n't make a souffle rise twice . ’ |
| 5 | No matter whether it 's the ‘ Yes ’ bank , the action bank , the thoroughbred bank , the listening bank , or the bank to which all points , you ca n't make a friend of your bank manager unless you 've got loadsamoney . |
| 6 | On Thursday night you ca n't make a phone call , if you ca n't |
| 7 | I think I would simply say that er if you feel you can make a choice , so be it , if you feel you ca n't make a choice I would implore you to take up some wording similar to the wording I 've suggested , which seeks to commit the district authorities to a to a new settlement within within Greater York . |
| 8 | If you have seen a mixture of iron and sulphur and the lumps of sulphur did n't have a shiny polished surfaces that belong to iron and you ca n't make a mirror out of non-metal . |
| 9 | You ca n't make a suggestion like that when someone 's as upset as this . |
| 10 | ‘ You ca n't make a living from sitting on your fanny and reading story-books . |
| 11 | Well you ca n't make a wedding cake without glace cherries . |
| 12 | It 's not a stew without veg , you ca n't make a stew without |
| 13 | At dinner that night we were discussing the whole affair and I said : " Oh well , you ca n't make an omelette without breaking some eggs , " which led to the classic retort from Ed Prior , my engineer : " Yes , but you did n't have to break the whisk ! " |
| 14 | As for victims , you ca n't make an omelette without cracking eggs . |
| 15 | I think the old point is anyway you ca n't make an omelette without breaking eggs . |
| 16 | She ca n't make a living with it . |
| 17 | She ca n't make a commitment . |
| 18 | So and she ca I do n't know whether you noticed or she ca n't make a cup of coffee without spilling it . |
| 19 | J said : " The cases are quite clear that you can not make a valuer an arbitrator by calling him so or vice versa " . |
| 20 | If that happens you can not make a will . |
| 21 | You can not make a mistake . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You can not make a habit of coming here . ’ |
| 23 | A record-player will translate information carried as undulations in a groove into sound , but not back again : you can not make a record by shouting at the loudspeaker of a record-player . |
| 24 | You can accordingly make a decision about using it 's or its on the basis of what you gain and what you lose . |
| 25 | You can also make an appointment with the librarian or one of his staff so that the classification system can be explained to you together with any skills involved in scanning the microfiche for details of authors , articles and sources . |
| 26 | ‘ You can still make a bit of money and enjoy yourself without ripping people off . |
| 27 | You just do n't have the people jumping onstage going , F**k Margaret Thatcher , anymore , but you can still make a point . ’ |
| 28 | You just do n't have the people jumping onstage going , F**k Margaret Thatcher , anymore , but you can still make a point . ’ |
| 29 | Before the tax year has ended , ask the Inland Revenue if you can still make an adjustment . |
| 30 | We ca n't make a charge for advising on the availability of the information . |