Example sentences of "[vb past] made it [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He 'd made it abundantly clear that Hari was of no account in the community , that she could not be trusted to carry any weight with lawyers and the like . |
| 2 | He 'd made it very clear any relationship between them was over . |
| 3 | It took her a week to make , that dress , she 'd made it specially for the dance at the police cadets ’ college , and then she 'd been so shy she 'd spent most of the evening in the Ladies . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't think for one minute that he 'd made it there under his own steam , ’ Simone murmured , and André laughed smugly . |
| 5 | Almost from the day she and the children had been brought to this large dilapidated dwelling on Buncer Lane , Luther Reynolds had made it painfully clear that they were not welcome . |
| 6 | But he 'd stood up well to that first interview , hindered rather than helped by the presence of his solicitor , who had never seen his client before and had made it painfully apparent that he would prefer never to see him again . |
| 7 | I had made it easy by falling asleep , and at the edge of the gulley . |
| 8 | At the briefing it was not actually uttered , but there was a rumour that there was a woman and child on the Argosy , so this had made it even more important that we keep a good look out and try to find City of Glasgow . |
| 9 | ‘ If you must know , ’ Leith exploded , her anger turning to fury at the way he , with his ‘ two men at least ’ comment , had made it sound as though she were some tart , ‘ I had a bad experience in the last place I worked . ’ |
| 10 | Cara had made it sound so easy when she 'd said ‘ All I 'm asking is that you bring me back relevant facts and answers ’ . |
| 11 | Christina had n't seen Martin for about six months , since Stephen had made it plain how much he objected even to a friendship between them . |
| 12 | If she had made it just a few feet further she would have found safety in the homely atmosphere of the estate where she lives with her family . |
| 13 | The coffee in France always seemed to be superior to the coffee in England , and he had made it just right . |
| 14 | By the time she had made it downstairs , she felt pretty awful — hot and aching and nauseous , with the most terrible pain hanging excruciatingly over one side of her face . |
| 15 | The inability or unwillingness of many local Boards of Guardians and/or education committees to reach any agreement over the operation of the Conservative scheme , and the unwillingness of many parents to allow themselves to be pauperized by it , had made it largely ineffective . |
| 16 | For nearly two centuries a political framework had existed which had made it increasingly easy to tap Europe 's resources and savings . |
| 17 | On the Liberal side , anger at the illegal campaign against Home Rule had made it equally difficult for Asquith to compromise , and he too could see no other way forward . |
| 18 | She had made it halfway before deciding to come up for air , turning her face upwards as she broke the surface only to collide in a tangle of arms and legs , with a strong , masculine body . |
| 19 | Even after he had made them known , he had made it virtually impossible for voters to express their agreement with his views ( by refusing to patronize the Union Gaulliste or some equivalent ) . |
| 20 | And , although she never actually put it into words she had made it perfectly clear that she would put him out of business if he did n't agree to her terms . |
| 21 | And that she had made it perfectly clear that , to her , fidelity and trust meant more than just nothing — meant everything , in fact . |
| 22 | He sounded annoyed , and Robbie felt a wave of irritation at his cavalier attitude towards her , but since he had made it perfectly clear that he did n't appreciate her intruding on his private life … |
| 23 | If the School 's size had made it too small to be a " full comprehensive unit " , it also caused problems in that a two-form entry of 60 boys meant that some Sixth Form courses could not be economically viable . |
| 24 | She could hardly descend on Giovanna Sassanta 's house without an appointment , and Anthony had made it abundantly clear that he did not want her to cross the threshold of his hospital . |
| 25 | I was surprised that I had made it this far . |
| 26 | Years ago he had made a doll 's house for her ; he had made it beautifully with proper wallpaper in the rooms and a tiny lavatory but he never got around to making the roof or putting hinges on the back . |
| 27 | Your great-grandfather , Cormac , had made it so , and Dierdriu , his daughter , continued the tradition . |
| 28 | After all — had n't one of the things that had made it so difficult to get over Tony been the fact that he 'd got off scot-free ? |
| 29 | And how dared he try to bolster up his male ego at her expense when he had made it so plain he did n't care a damn for her as a person ? |
| 30 | To risk his job — and Sir Daniel had made it very clear that he did risk it — was a courageous thing to do when you considered how few editors ' chairs there were on the Street . |