Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] not make [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I could n't make my mind up about exactly why Mills resigned from SIS in 1962 .
2 " But , you know , by myself I ca n't make my mind up . "
3 I 'm gon na leave it cos I ca n't make me mind up
4 This does n't mean I wo n't make her jump through a hoop or six before I let her know it : in the craft of dybbukry revenge and forgiveness are merely two sides of a single coin .
5 By the end of the second day she had it firmly fixed in her head that Alain was simply ignoring the fact that she was here , and as this was his house she could n't make her mind up whether this was discourteous or a great relief .
6 There is nothing more frustrating than finding that you ca n't make your hair look the way it did when you left the salon . ’
7 If you ca n't make your point in thirty seconds , then you should n't make the point at all .
8 She must be successful sometimes or she would n't make her living at it . ’
9 she does n't know what she 's going to vote , she ca n't make her mind up .
10 ‘ He would see no reason why we should not make our contribution to the royal coronation . ’
11 In the event of a fire , we could not make our way out .
12 It would not challenge capitalism , so it tried to support it ; but it could not make its policy acceptable to the trade unions on whom it depended .
13 Evidently Anselm judged that he could not make his excommunication of the king effective if he stayed in Lyons , and he must move nearer to the scene of action .
14 She was about his age , and in the chronic torpid state that overcame him daily as he faced work , he could not make his embarrassment at her gesture connect with his limbs .
15 He would not make his judgement blind ,
16 His Scots wife Martha said : ‘ He ca n't make my family out at all .
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