Example sentences of "[pron] make [pron] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Can I make it in time ? ’
2 So I made myself at home at the Golden Turk ; the two-faced landlord greeted me civilly enough , providing a chamber on the second floor with a pallet bed and a few sticks of furniture .
3 Well then while I was serving as a detective , you can just imagine I made plenty of arrests , and I got along reasonably well with most people , but there was one man I hated yes I hated him , I , I 'd only been a detective I should think for a period of about , oh five or six months , and a man , he called on the Reverend who was the , the vicar of St. Mary where
4 Erm , I probably would have done because I made lots of mistakes and I could n't be bothered to go back and check them !
5 I made you from oak .
6 Luckily , I made it in time .
7 The rain eases as I head west ; I catch the last of a wide , bloody-looking sunset over Skye and the Kyles and the floodlights turning Eilean Donan 's grey stones green ; I make it to Strome in four hours twenty minutes from home , arriving just as the stars are coming out above in the purple spaces between the dark , heavy clouds .
8 The most valuable part of this book , and that which makes it worth reading is the discussion of the life of Lamarck and of Lamarckism considered as an important episode in cultural history .
9 First they are used to show a pause , between parts of a sentence , which makes it for example , when you start off with a subordinate clause , after I 'd cashed my Giro comma I went to the shops and bought some food , or , because of the derailment comma all the trains were running late .
10 We therefore come to resolution two in which to make it to paragraph one
11 If you make it with cream , you need not put any eggs . "
12 But she made it to daylight in one hell of a hurry .
13 You made it in radio without it , ’ Florian pointed out carelessly .
14 ‘ If you do n't want to come fishing , why do n't you make yourself at home ?
15 Back in the car Maxim said : ‘ I do n't think I 've ever heard you make anything but complaints about food .
16 For those who make it to lab director , about 1 out of every 25 or 30 technicians , there is also the opportunity to move to a bigger , richer hospital .
17 Such sentiments are confirmed by reports from the few dealers who make it into stockbroking offices .
18 It had become so difficult that we needed to help each other make it ; everyone who made it to Australia would win a trophy .
19 Before landing his role in the super-soap series , Nader was a model who made it into movies .
20 Still , the crux of this particular and oddly poignant interview would become evident with the flippant and pointed question , ‘ Are you making lots of money now ? ’
21 ‘ Miriam is merely taking her cue from him when she makes nothing of emotion .
22 Mrs Currie says she does not agree with the ‘ dual mandate ’ — politicians sitting both at Westminster and Strasbourg , and intends resigning her Westminster seat if she makes it to Strasbourg .
23 Salim is an Aeneas who makes it to London , where those of his blood are founding a way of life , and he has his Dido both in Yvette and in Metty .
24 And er in the apprentice we used to have to go round the shops on the town matching their er material in velvets and ribbons and satin for making their hats of , as well as the straw we made them from material as well .
25 I said when you came in we made it at school
26 We made it on time — just — thanks to our car phones .
27 Somehow , we made it to Bangkok .
28 We made ourselves at home , ate the simple food sent across to us from the refectory and retired to bed .
29 However , the atmosphere was so friendly and relaxed that it was n't long before we made lots of friends and , spurred on by the Animation Team , joined in the occasional game of volleyball or tennis — you can hire racquets and even have expert tuition if you want to improve on your technique .
30 We made lots of plans , but nothing ever came of them .
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