Example sentences of "make [pers pn] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paige herself had gone into town to do some shopping and had scarcely made it to the front door when the sound of another car coming up the drive had made her turn . |
| 2 | Finally , assuming that you have made it to the right starting line in plenty of time , wearing the right kit and your race number , and are facing the correct way when the cannon sounds , there is just one last piece of essential advice : do n't panic ! |
| 3 | This was the street along which she had run , a skinny and excited ten-year-old , to boast to her father that she was the only girl who had made it to the next round of the chess competition . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd have been all right if I 'd made it to the main road . ’ |
| 5 | Apple Computer Inc chairman and chief executive officer John Sculley 's name has made it to the short list to be Secretary of Commerce in the Clinton Administration : if he takes the cabinet post , Apple 's likely to look outside for a replacement . |
| 6 | But let me tell you now about just a few of those entries which did not make it to the final but which , nevertheless , had several redeeming features . |
| 7 | I would have to wait until Mum and Dad went out to the pub so we could n't make it to the first . |
| 8 | Are Oxford for the drop , can Swindon make it to the premier league play-offs ? |
| 9 | Hopes that a woman would make it to the last hurdle are receding as the Soviets have made it clear they would like the two candidates to be of the same sex . |
| 10 | It is a religiously-guarded principle that small clubs can still make it to the top flight . |
| 11 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 12 | Berger said : ‘ He made it to the first corner ahead of me and I tried to hang on . |
| 13 | It was the final ignominy in the short , troubled history of the club that nearly made it to the First Division . |
| 14 | In my time you even had to survive Hansen 's unofficial scrutiny before you made it to the first team . |
| 15 | The coronet is shown in loving detail as it embodies the moment when this family of merchants made it to the princely ranks . |
| 16 | We had some more Marshalls that some friends lent us and maybe a Roland JC120 — I do n't know whether those ever made it to the final edit , though . ’ |
| 17 | Now Liz did n't win our first , second or third prize er last year , but she , she made it to the final twelve , er her , her full-length novel now , has now been accepted by Collins and that 's going to be published next February , there 's talk of a big American contract for Liz and Liz has now been floated away in to the world of big time professional writing . |
| 18 | John Major scholarship boy who made it to the local grammar school and was lucky to obtain patronage from the local squire . |
| 19 | They made it to the winning post fairly creditably . |
| 20 | Some hours later — no one counted , but it was a long time — eight soaking , snow-covered individuals just — but only just — on the right side of hypothermia made it to the main Teesdale road , which snow ploughs had kept open . |
| 21 | The South Koreans are rated because they made it to the last World Cup finals , but personally I will always think of the North Koreans in ‘ 66 . |
| 22 | Of the leading English contenders , Peter Marshall , Chris Walker and Del Harris made it to the last 16 . |
| 23 | In competition with 800 other boys , he made it to the last five , but nerves got the better of him during a final audition at the Criterion Theatre , in London 's West End . |
| 24 | His ‘ act as if you own the place ’ approach seemed to work , and he made it to the double doors that opened into the main tunnel complex , not even pausing as he attached a circuit board to a second brick and casually tossed it into the heart of the pile of drums on the dock nearby . |
| 25 | God was clearly on her side and she made it to the living-room door without a hitch . |
| 26 | Might I just add that if anybody does actually pay their fee by cheques erm please make it to the right department er as as Tom will give you erm the co the correct er name for for your cheque . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , well , some make it to the big time , others do n't , ’ Melissa remarked smugly . |
| 28 | That is when the strength of his emerging side , and England 's case for making it to the 1994 World Cup finals , will be truly tested . |
| 29 | In practice , however , shareholders have rubber-stamped the choices of the company 's top brass , who usually elevate loyal company bureaucrats who have failed to make it to the managing board . |
| 30 | An alpha version of NuTcracker is scheduled to make it to the outside world by the end of June followed by a beta by the end of July . |