Example sentences of "[vb past] to make [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Charles tried to make it down the stairs with his eyes closed to allay the pain .
2 A derelict piece of land nearby was due for development , but the residents decided to make it into a garden .
3 Lindsay Moore appeared to make something of a recovery with his Poole shop last summer but was again overtaken by the financial climate .
4 And up in the cellar , after the shooting , we had to make them to a brace like that , a cockerel and a hen .
5 She only had to make it to the airlock , seal the inner door behind her and wait … .
6 They failed to make anything like the sort of headway the following day when they met the Wallabies in the rain at Newlands .
7 They wanted to make it into a special dress but it would not come right .
8 Swire intended to make it into a top-class regional airline serving cities in the East and Australia .
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