Example sentences of "i made it " in BNC.
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| 1 | His face was without the offensively avuncular smile that usually accompanies such trite statements ; and something intent about the look he gave me made it clear he did not mean it tritely . |
| 2 | Maggie approached Godfrey and said over his shoulder , ‘ I made it by the pound cake method . |
| 3 | I made it for a dancer ( Nijinsky ) who can soar like a spirit , but who has the strength to dance with the Wilis [ as in Giselle ] and live to dance again . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Phew — I made it ! ’ |
| 5 | I made it my practice , not without some official misgivings , to work through the chairmen of the regional boards as a collective body , behaving , though they were my appointees , as no more than their primus inter pares . |
| 6 | ‘ I made it then , me old mate . |
| 7 | When I spoke I made it clear that I intended to do something about the position of the ‘ early leavers ’ and that I thought it right that people should not suffer if they transferred their pension from one job to another . |
| 8 | It was a long haul with my heavy bag to the bus stop at the top of town next day , but I made it and set out on a bus journey westward from Roscommon to Galway . |
| 9 | There were people on my side and I made it . |
| 10 | Nobody put themselves out to help me in any way at all , but I made it . |
| 11 | And Lord Wilson , who was in favour of continued EEC membership , said , ‘ I made it very clear , that as soon as this was all over , we would revert to strict Cabinet rules and collective views and all that kind of thing . ’ |
| 12 | When I saw from the papers that Miss Ella Shields , the original Burlington Bertie from Bow , was to appear for a week at the Pantages Theatre on Hastings Street , I made it a point of seeing the show . |
| 13 | I made it and I made it back , but the friend who saw me onto the train was so concerned at my appearance , she phoned my daughter . |
| 14 | I made it and I made it back , but the friend who saw me onto the train was so concerned at my appearance , she phoned my daughter . |
| 15 | It was only a few square feet in size and I made it into a carpet of flowers . |
| 16 | The weather was damp and chilly but the sleeping bag felt mighty good and I made it through the first night , sleeping like a log . |
| 17 | I made it easier for him by saying I was n't tired , I wanted to stay up and star-gaze , and anyway the sofa in the living area was very comfortable . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I made it very clear from the start that I was married but having problems . |
| 20 | ‘ I made it clear I could not comment in case I prejudiced proceedings . ’ |
| 21 | I made it my business to get him off . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I got so angry at being accused of something I had n't done that I made it happen . ’ |
| 23 | I soon realized that if I made it a bit spicy , I 'd get more than threepence for it , so I used to make up limericks , things like , |
| 24 | So I thought , ‘ Ah , I 'll just write it anyway , ’ so I made it up from beginning to end . |
| 25 | So much to that I made it clear to my club that I would like to be selected as a tighthead ’ . |
| 26 | At last I made it — to Hong Kong that is , for the 17th playing of the Cathay Pacific Hongkong Bank Sevens . |
| 27 | Thus if I break a promise for my own convenience , I fail to treat the person to whom I made it as an end in himself , for I can hardly expect him to endorse a principle of action which allows him to be treated thus . |
| 28 | I made it to the front of the clubhouse just in time to seize Jack 's bag and head for the practice ground . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , you do n't think I made it up , do you ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I made it quite plain to him that I could find no-one in mid-Essex who wants this unloved road , ’ said Mr Burns . |