Example sentences of "make [pers pn] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next he led the spinnaker sheets aft to the cockpit and made them fast to the stern cleats with plenty of slack . |
| 2 | Now a widow , Mabel has made her home in the compact whitewashed building , tucked in one of Whitby 's historic yards . |
| 3 | Only two of their candidates have even made it through to the second round . |
| 4 | finally only one of junior teams has made it through to the third round of the cup … |
| 5 | Mr McTavish forbore to mention that he had n't made it quite to the same standard as his host but was obviously pleased to be included in the generalization . |
| 6 | ‘ If it 'll make you even in the smallest degree more cheerful . ’ |
| 7 | But that was on a slower basis than , than he could make it up under the new scheme . |
| 8 | and that 's what I 'm gon na be aiming to do , if it , if I break even in two years I 'd be happy cos I 've made money back and then I 'll be making profit after that , and you wo n't make it back in the first year , no way |
| 9 | But others are less impressive and I wonder how and why they made it through to the final selection . |
| 10 | Everett made it through to the final Qualifying School last year where six rounds are played in successive days . |
| 11 | ‘ One more thing ! ’ his voice stopped her before she made it through to the other side . |
| 12 | It 's 45 years since Cheltenham Town made it through to the second round of the cup . |
| 13 | Bangor Reserves , though , made it through to the second stage with a 2– win over Chimney Corner at Allen Park . |
| 14 | Dundela made it through to the second round with a 4– win over Armoy at the weekend , but they needed extra-time to do it . |
| 15 | David Stewart and Fiona Thornton-Norris , from Corsham School , made it through to the third Gold Run and the really big prizes . |
| 16 | Only one of this year 's Crufts group winners made it through to the last forty ! |
| 17 | Of the other ranks , it was the desert veterans who made it back to the British lines , including Reg Seekings and Ted Badger , both of whom had been attached to B Squadron . |
| 18 | She made it down into the long drawing-room with a sort of grim look on her face that Alain noted with a frown . |
| 19 | It was true that the chains ' capacity for negotiating good deals made it hard for the family-run business to keep going , and they had many letters offering businesses for sale , and the price of shops was coming down all the time . |
| 20 | I just made it out of the front door and to the end of my path , when the picture windows imploded inwards and the house erupted behind me through its triangular roof like Krakatoa herself . |
| 21 | Only about one fifth of names submitted make it through to the final roll-call of the main Honours Committee . |
| 22 | Uncertainty about the future and lack of continuity of decisions make it hard for the substitute parents to make a strong commitment to the child and include the natural parent . |
| 23 | I do n't like any of the transistor stuff and some of the modifications did n't work , but nowadays they 're making them just like the old ones and they 're brilliant . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If we perform adequately in the middle of the field I feel we 've every chance of making it through to the next round . ’ |
| 25 | The 40-overs format is decried by quite a few , not all of them dyed-in-the-wool traditionalists , and it does have its limitations ; but next year , it will be 50-overs-a-side , making it more like the current Benson & Hedges or NatWest layout . |
| 26 | ‘ Who in hell 's name are you ? ’ he asked amiably , still unable to make her out in the thick shade of an ivy-infested oak . |
| 27 | The only small mammal to make it even to the top 20 was the meerkat , cover star of our February 1987 issue and subject of Meerkats United , one of the most popular Wildlife on One programmes ever shown . |
| 28 | Less than a dozen of the official green candidates are now expected even to make it through to the second round of voting next Sunday . |
| 29 | He went all out at a new piece , rushing into it with lots of enthusiasm and wrong notes , trying to make it sound like the finished piece as soon as possible . |
| 30 | Thankfully there were no injuries and he and Ave Barlow managed to make it down to the best of the mountain safely . |