Example sentences of "make [pron] to the [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | This was the street along which she had run , a skinny and excited ten-year-old , to boast to her father that she was the only girl who had made it to the next round of the chess competition . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd have been all right if I 'd made it to the main road . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Are Oxford for the drop , can Swindon make it to the premier league play-offs ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It is a religiously-guarded principle that small clubs can still make it to the top flight . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was the final ignominy in the short , troubled history of the club that nearly made it to the First Division . |
| 11 | Berger said : ‘ He made it to the first corner ahead of me and I tried to hang on . |
| 12 | In my time you even had to survive Hansen 's unofficial scrutiny before you made it to the first team . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | John Major scholarship boy who made it to the local grammar school and was lucky to obtain patronage from the local squire . |
| 15 | They made it to the winning post fairly creditably . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | God was clearly on her side and she made it to the living-room door without a hitch . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , well , some make it to the big time , others do n't , ’ Melissa remarked smugly . |
| 20 | That is when the strength of his emerging side , and England 's case for making it to the 1994 World Cup finals , will be truly tested . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Adam and Harriet Hunt are hoping to make it to the big time . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The row centres on subsidies to French farmers — whose votes are vital if Delors hopes to make it to the French Presidency . |