Example sentences of "[pron] made [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 And then in the , where the bath used to be , in this little bathroom I had the cooker and the washer that 's it , I made it into a little kitchen so
4 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 .
5 God was clearly on her side and she made it to the living-room door without a hitch .
6 In my time you even had to survive Hansen 's unofficial scrutiny before you made it to the first team .
7 John Major scholarship boy who made it to the local grammar school and was lucky to obtain patronage from the local squire .
8 THE STORY of the legendary Lawrence of Arabia has fascinated the media for many years , not least director David Lean , who made it into a famous feature film with Peter O'Toole in 1962 .
9 He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night .
10 They made it to the winning post fairly creditably .
11 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 .
12 Frankie 's fall reflected the way they made it in the first place , through marketing rather than live performance .
13 Berger said : ‘ He made it to the first corner ahead of me and I tried to hang on .
14 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 .
15 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 .
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