Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [modal v] [adv] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | With this she knocked away the snow from the lettering — but then found she could n't make out the words in the dark . |
| 2 | Which basically found it could n't make a railway service run and dropped it . |
| 3 | ‘ I never believed he would n't make it . |
| 4 | ‘ I never believed he would n't make it . |
| 5 | It was hard for the Major to see the little procession that moved away from the Administration block towards the heart of the camp , but he fancied he could still make out one dark head amongst the hazing image of the retreating column . |
| 6 | When Harold Wilson succeeded Hugh Gaitskell as party leader in 1963 , he swore he would not make Gaitskell 's mistake of surrounding himself with elite coteries of policy advisers . |
| 7 | It marks a change of heart for Scorsese , who once swore he would never make a film about the Mafia , and led De Niro to break a few rules of his own : ‘ I was in the middle of filming We 're No Angels when we started to discuss GoodFellas and began working on my role , Jim Conway , together . |
| 8 | Well , well no , no because it was then about , that 's what I 'm is , then four o'clock you see , so I mean I knew I would n't make it anyway that 's why I thought I 'd better ring cos the job that we finished was half past three so I thought well even if I come home I shall be late even if I do n't get changed and washed or anything . |
| 9 | He says ; I thought I would not make the mistake with strangers but I never acyually thought when it happened it would be so convincing . |
| 10 | ‘ Phew … not fair … thought I 'd never make it . ’ |
| 11 | DELIGHTED transplant girl Laura Davies burst into song to celebrate a journey her parents feared she might never make yesterday . |
| 12 | Julia felt she might not make the end of the week if this went on . |
| 13 | But she knew she must n't make a fuss . |
| 14 | I thought you might not make it then , and I really felt sad for you . |
| 15 | She hardened her heart and thought she should swiftly make it clear she had not come in search of him . |
| 16 | But they obviously felt they could n't make too much of an example of him because a lot of people , mainly on Sky TV , had already judged the issue . |
| 17 | She continued to attend the unit as an out-patient for more than six months , when the therapists felt they could not make any further progress . |
| 18 | We left the campsite at ten in the evening , the party reduced because a few thought they would n't make it , in a bus rescued from a St Trinians film set . |
| 19 | As he transferred the blade clumsily to his left hand , he knew he would n't make it . |
| 20 | He had to say it ; he knew it would n't make any difference . |
| 21 | I thought he would always make me suffer , whatever happened . |
| 22 | And er the sparrow thought he would maybe make it back to the mainland now so the peedie fairy climbed on his back and the sparrow flew it back to the mainland . |
| 23 | Peering closely at the page , though , he thought he could still make out the shapes of the words , or enough shapes to allow a quick and hostile mind to piece together the whole sentence . |
| 24 | Daddy had n't saved any money because he thought he could always make more . |
| 25 | so , and er I said do you sell butterfly ones , and she said I was going to have a go at making them , but she said I ca n't make them like you , |
| 26 | and she said it 's on Saturday night so I 'm sor , you know , I 'm sorry it 's short notice and erm she said I 'll ring Marie and find out , I said well you know ring her but I said I ca n't make any promises I said , I know mum should have been out Friday night and I do n't know what else she 's got on |
| 27 | Well Susan said I ca n't make her come if she does n't want to come . |
| 28 | And I said I could n't make it out at first . |
| 29 | They said I 'd never make a manager . |
| 30 | ‘ The bugger said I 'd never make a businessman . |