Example sentences of "made it [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Even in the so-called ‘ permissive ’ 1960s , there were no gay switchboards or lesbian lines , and Chad Varah made it part of his mission to encourage self-acceptance in lesbians , most of whom at that time felt ‘ guilty or freakish ’ .
2 Yet it was through the derided Teenybop that the next pop generation came , as young women quickly moved from varieties of Osmond to something a bit meatier — men who instead of masking the femininity of the adored object , flaunted it and made it part of the package .
3 And of course made it part of the job that you had to attend night school classes for bread baking and confectionery .
4 Heath , in the words of one witness , ‘ made it eyeball to eyeball ’ .
5 One of six ancient university presses ( four of them Scottish ) , Edinburgh had a distinct advantage in its early years with a patent from Charles II which made it Scotland 's official publishing house .
6 He soon achieved all this , but due to an error in carpet thickness calculation , he had to climb a ladder every day for his carnal dinner which meant that when the actually made it p to the nipple-ceiling he ate much more than originally intended .
7 Oh yes they made it Miss has just died erm then coming down there was the Post Office with old Pa and the , then the Miss , they used to keep the Post Office , then there was er well there was a gents outfitters and then there was a beautiful shop I always used to think , it was called , another , but it was confectioners , but it was all most delightful old oldy-worldy sort of shop and my mother often used to go in there then you 'd
8 Paradrops , skydivers and bearly made it squads
9 Outside was the main street , and it was this feature , along with its complete lack of privacy , which made it Alexei 's choice for the performance of his daily ritual of exercise .
10 The yield was estimated at between one and two megatonnes , which made it China 's largest-ever nuclear explosion , exceeding by far the yields for tests carried out by other nuclear powers since the 1970s .
11 But if you made it law that the breweries would lose their retail outlet and the publican and barman would lose their licences , you 'd soon find they make time and make staff check up to see if people were drunk .
12 Before the 1964–70 Labour government made it Department of Education and Science policy , a number of local authorities had already set up comprehensive schools .
13 mm , only made it Christmas
14 I made it years and years ago , when Carrie was a small girl .
15 Whether Ernie made it years ago , I should n't be surprised .
16 I only had a trim , but the blow dry made it sort of Do you remember when I got that , my hair cut really short ?
17 Paul Holford the second … that made it 32-17 … not too bad … two more tries by Bath made it Gloucester 's heaviest league defeat … so what 's the verdict of coach keith richardson
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