Example sentences of "have made it [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 | By some miracle , the 2CV had n't been towed away when I 'd finally dragged Ash out ; we 'd made it to the M1 , picked up a hitcher and — rather beyond the call of duty , I 'd have said — dropped him where he was going , in Coventry . |
| 5 | By 25 past , we 'd made it to the car when I realised that I wanted to push — panic ! |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd have been all right if I 'd made it to the main road . ’ |
| 7 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
| 8 | As far as I know , there are no other examples of ex GWR design main line engines having made it along the North Wales coast , and I for one will follow with interest the happenings of February 29th 1992 . |
| 9 | The interesting question is , under today 's restrictions , just how many of America 's great leaders of the past would still have made it to the White House . |
| 10 | Major may have made it to the White House before Chancellor Kohl and President Mitterrand , but that does not mean he is regarded as being more important than either of them . |
| 11 | Given the current moral climate , just how many of the great American presidents would have made it into the White House today ? |
| 12 | For a start Albert the Thief would not have made it through the membership committee . |
| 13 | North also said that biblical verses were brought up in conversation , though they do not seem to have made it onto the surreptitious tape . |
| 14 | In reality Goldie is a shrewd operator who is proud to have made it to the top on her own merits . |
| 15 | Joseph had made it through the gate , but was cornered by the populace in an alley . |
| 16 | Demonstrating what a simple change at the top can achieve , Compaq Computer Corp , which had sales of $3,200m last year and had been heading back towards the $2,000m mark under the previous regime , last week announced that it had made it through the $4,000m sales barrier for 1992 , with profits up 34% in the most recent quarter . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He sat on the top of the large expanse of teak desk and stared coldly at the men who had made it to the top of one of the biggest corporations in the world , employing nearly one million people . |
| 19 | Nineteen of us had made it to the end . |
| 20 | ‘ You were lucky to make it to the lav , ’ observed Lydia , meaning that she was very grateful that Betty had made it to the lav , since one of the rules is that the afflicted person does not mop up her own vomit and Lydia was absolutely no good at doing this . |
| 21 | I had made it to the door of my flat . |
| 22 | Malpass had made it across the street , about eighty feet or so in front of Armstrong . |
| 23 | Her exit caused him more concern than if she had made it in the blaze of anger similar to that with which she had first confronted him . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 ! |
| 26 | Only nine people have made it to the top in winter — and one died on the way down . |
| 27 | So far only a small number of women have made it to the top . |
| 28 | Since its inception in 19894 , women have made it to the shortlist , but no further . |
| 29 | The Platinum Award has become a regular feature of Edinburgh College of Art 's jewellery curriculum and for several years students from the section have made it to the finals — frequently winning at least one of the prizes . |
| 30 | Several clubs have made it to the quarter final , but all have faltered , the most notable being Darlington , when they lost by a single goal to HFS Loans League side Leek Town two years ago . |