Example sentences of "make [pers pn] to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paige herself had gone into town to do some shopping and had scarcely made it to the front door when the sound of another car coming up the drive had made her turn . |
| 2 | Finally , assuming that you have made it to the right starting line in plenty of time , wearing the right kit and your race number , and are facing the correct way when the cannon sounds , there is just one last piece of essential advice : do n't panic ! |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd have been all right if I 'd made it to the main road . ’ |
| 4 | Apple Computer Inc chairman and chief executive officer John Sculley 's name has made it to the short list to be Secretary of Commerce in the Clinton Administration : if he takes the cabinet post , Apple 's likely to look outside for a replacement . |
| 5 | Are Oxford for the drop , can Swindon make it to the premier league play-offs ? |
| 6 | It is a religiously-guarded principle that small clubs can still make it to the top flight . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The coronet is shown in loving detail as it embodies the moment when this family of merchants made it to the princely ranks . |
| 9 | We had some more Marshalls that some friends lent us and maybe a Roland JC120 — I do n't know whether those ever made it to the final edit , though . ’ |
| 10 | John Major scholarship boy who made it to the local grammar school and was lucky to obtain patronage from the local squire . |
| 11 | They made it to the winning post fairly creditably . |
| 12 | Some hours later — no one counted , but it was a long time — eight soaking , snow-covered individuals just — but only just — on the right side of hypothermia made it to the main Teesdale road , which snow ploughs had kept open . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | God was clearly on her side and she made it to the living-room door without a hitch . |
| 15 | Might I just add that if anybody does actually pay their fee by cheques erm please make it to the right department er as as Tom will give you erm the co the correct er name for for your cheque . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , well , some make it to the big time , others do n't , ’ Melissa remarked smugly . |
| 17 | In practice , however , shareholders have rubber-stamped the choices of the company 's top brass , who usually elevate loyal company bureaucrats who have failed to make it to the managing board . |
| 18 | An alpha version of NuTcracker is scheduled to make it to the outside world by the end of June followed by a beta by the end of July . |
| 19 | Adam and Harriet Hunt are hoping to make it to the big time . |
| 20 | ‘ I think from then on it was fairly clear that he was going to make it to the very top , ’ one retired civil servant recalled . |
| 21 | Of the reasons why females so often fail to make it to the very top , two are basic : some of the best women managers do not achieve their full potential in business because they do not know how exceptional they are , and others fail to get a boardroom seat because they lack the confidence . |
| 22 | The row centres on subsidies to French farmers — whose votes are vital if Delors hopes to make it to the French Presidency . |