Example sentences of "make it [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Vico , in his New Science ( 1725–44 ) , who gave at once a new confidence and a particular direction to social thought , in his argument that ‘ the world of civil society has certainly been made by men ’ and that this ‘ since men had made it they could hope to know ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ When the race for places ended a fortnight ago and I had n't made it I was upset . |
| 3 | I ca n't resist it , once I 've made it I ca n't resist it . |
| 4 | ‘ If you 'd made it you 'd presumably insist it was Irish stew . |
| 5 | Since we ca n't find out who did actually make it we ca n't sue anybody for all the costs that that involved in trying put it right . |
| 6 | If they did not make it they were excluded from the event . |
| 7 | Would , it 'd make it it 'd make it well , it 'd just transform it , I mean , just no two ways about it , I think . |
| 8 | Bob Sillitoe says Paul will make it he has the guts and determination |
| 9 | If anyone can make it he can . ’ |
| 10 | The rasping noise was quite upsetting but when he did n't make it I gently shook him to make him breathe again and I did n't feel that I could relax , let alone sleep , for one minute . |
| 11 | Ferguson admitted : ‘ If Phelan does not make it I will be in a bit of trouble because I need as many experienced men out there as I can muster . ’ |
| 12 | I 'll read it aloud because it does make it I think it makes it stick in your mind more . |
| 13 | Er , I can make it I can make it Monklands , or Strathclyde ? |
| 14 | oh well , we ca n't very well be whether Julie said she liked boys to go out with her , go , and we provisionally booked , I think it was the last week in February , we got quite a bit on , I said er if I ca n't make it I 'll ring you , but then , oh that was it she rung me up , and she said Lynnie |
| 15 | and he , and he goes , he goes oh that 's a very good idea , he goes do n't make it I have n't got |
| 16 | Well if you do n't make it you 're skint are you ? |
| 17 | He knew everyone , and their business , and he made it his . |
| 18 | See and they got a Monday this week , a Tuesday next week , Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , that 's how I made it you see . |
| 19 | Shows you how I made it you see , but now |
| 20 | The 12 year old who started an account of a woodwork project by writing " When I made it I used glue and a tenon saw " failed to appreciate that it had not been established textually . |
| 21 | But even as I made it I knew my accusation was ridiculous . |
| 22 | Give your name and call him by his — make it him and you . |
| 23 | And make it they did , daughter Suzette succeeding as an actress and eldest son Noel carving out a career as a top TV cameraman . |
| 24 | Take my will and make it thine — |
| 25 | In it he insisted that ‘ worship requires serious effort , not only in the one who is to lead it , but in those who are to follow it and make it theirs ’ . |
| 26 | That is still the reality of the Christian message , but that forgiveness only becomes a reality , efficacious , when I make it mine . |
| 27 | Acid pop numbers like ‘ Phorever People ’ ( the next single ) sound almost anthemic while the tribal thump and dub space of crowd-pleasers like ‘ Hyperreal ’ and ‘ Make It Mine ’ is cut through by crunching guitar from Colin and euphoric hollering from the criminally underused Jhelisa , daughter of funk legends Bobby Byrd and Vicki Anderson , sister of former Young Disciples singer Carleen . |
| 28 | ‘ I am northward bound for Cape Wrath , ’ said Creggan purposefully , ‘ and will find territory there and make it mine . |
| 29 | The gift is there , but until I make it mine , it does n't do me any good . |
| 30 | her hand away you know , if you imagine she if you make it she did n't take her hand away |