Example sentences of "make [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | He never did make it to the Academie , but being made international president of PEN , following Francis King , mattered a lot to him . |
| 33 | She was Labour , she said , but was n't sure she could make it to the polls . |
| 34 | THERE was a fear that John Patten might never make it to the Cabinet . |
| 35 | ‘ You could make it to the end now , and I 'll tell old Sam you 've done a length . ’ |
| 36 | Behind the myth of the big drinkers like Hughie Gallacher and Jim Baxter , are the people who did n't quite make it to the realm of myth , the lonely bores , the manic depressives , the failed fullbacks and the defeated unfortunates who had to retire early and find a job in the real world . |
| 37 | Business asked the 10 youngest : ‘ How did you make it to the top so quickly ? ’ |
| 38 | ‘ We did n't make it to the Bazaar last night . |
| 39 | If she was already this tired of his witty conversation , he wondered , how would they ever make it to the coffee stage ? |
| 40 | Tonight , touts remove five times the original ticket cost from those who did n't make it to the box office . |
| 41 | Will wiggling your bottom help you make it to the top ? |
| 42 | There are three reasons for this : first , women dress differently from ‘ 20 men all wearing pinstripe suits ’ , making them more memorable ; second , they offload their emotions over redundancy much more quickly , making them better prepared to look for a new position ; and third , because of the so-called ‘ glass ceiling ’ , those women who do make it to the top are ‘ slightly better ’ than their male competitors . |
| 43 | With fifteen laps to go , the race was his : if he could make it to the end . |
| 44 | I would have to wait until Mum and Dad went out to the pub so we could n't make it to the first . |
| 45 | What and how far was the next county , and could we make it to the border before closing-time ? |
| 46 | When I look at the Olympic fighters here I see several with good styles and professional potential who should make it to the top if they get with the right coaches . ’ |
| 47 | He did n't make it to the course on the next day , was sacked , and always maintained that if he had n't given up the drink for those ten days or so and ‘ dried out ’ he would not have got so drunk , would have been on the course at the appointed time , would not have lost his job , and would have have carried for yet another Open Champion . |
| 48 | The most frequent trigger to that crisis was career blockage , the realization that they , with the vast majority , would not make it to the top . |
| 49 | It is doubtful whether Mike will ever make it to the director 's dining-room , to share a table with sons of Conservative peers . |
| 50 | A : Did Arthur make it to the bank ? |
| 51 | Some will make it to the market , others just fade away into their particular niche . |
| 52 | I did make it to the LSE eventually and , a dozen love affairs and three broken engagements later , into marriage . |
| 53 | He explained he was having a dizzy spell and could n't make it to the doctor 's , so I drove him there . |
| 54 | Even if it landed on time , I would have the four-hour journey to Hull and it was unlikely that I would make it to the funeral . |
| 55 | She sincerely hoped that she could make it to the track before any car came because she knew exactly what a mess she looked . |
| 56 | She seemed to be having trouble putting one in front of the other but she did eventually make it to the steps of the disabled bus and fell inside . |
| 57 | Leonora watched him go with mixed feelings , not really sure she could make it to the bathroom alone , despite her fine words . |
| 58 | Some hard-pressed commuters may not make it to the end of the line . ) |
| 59 | Are Oxford for the drop , can Swindon make it to the premier league play-offs ? |
| 60 | if you ca n't make it to the Manor do n't forget to switch on and cheer the Central Live match this sunday afternoon … what else is going on … headlines in action round up |