Example sentences of "[vb -s] make [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 A woman who 's devoted more than twenty years to caring for her disabled daughter has made it to the finals of the ITN Carer of the Year Awards .
3 Luke , on the other hand , has made it into the bigtime .
4 Looks , money , a penchant for power and a great wardrobe — they 're what it takes to make it to the top .
5 The row centres on subsidies to French farmers — whose votes are vital if Delors hopes to make it to the French Presidency .
6 ‘ Angry though he 's made me in the past , he is a good lad .
7 It does n't take the detective skills of Lord Peter Wimsey to track down the novels of Dorothy L Sayers … she 's made it into the top shelf of crime writers .
8 Rocky may get his chance if England midfielder David Batty fails to make it for the Boro game .
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