Example sentences of "to make [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | stuff like that , and they used to make them through the winter and come up here in the summer and sell them . |
| 2 | To make it easier , you could buy little marzipan animals instead of moulding them yourself — however , if you do make your own , it might be fun to make them in the shape of the children 's pets and pipe their names on to them . |
| 3 | Many men ( but few women ) deny the existence of subtle impediments that make it particularly difficult for women , blacks , Hispanics and even those talented Asians to make it to the top . |
| 4 | Looks , money , a penchant for power and a great wardrobe — they 're what it takes to make it to the top . |
| 5 | Ambitious to make it to the top , she divorced her first husband , became one of the country 's leading models and in 1946 had her first screen test with Twentieth Century-Fox . |
| 6 | You must have that " something extra " — not just to make it to the top but to get employed in the first place . |
| 7 | He tips the giant striker to make it to the top . |
| 8 | She was just a young kid fronting a band , determined she was going to make it to the top — like her idol . ’ |
| 9 | She only had to make it to the airlock , seal the inner door behind her and wait … . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | This is the favourite place for Romanians who want to make it to the West . |
| 12 | She had to get a move on if she was going to make it to the city before noon . |
| 13 | Both potting department sides beat teams from the dipping house and glost warehouse in a league table to make it to the final . |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't even think about about the decathlon again until Duncan Mathieson , another one of Jim 's group down here , started going on about being the only one who was going to make it to the World Student Games . |
| 15 | This statement was approved by the law officers , who very properly insisted that Profumo should also be advised by his own independent solicitor ( a partner in the well-known firm of Theodore Goddard ) who , having read the statement , also approved it and recommended Profumo to make it to the House . |
| 16 | ‘ We want to make it to the restaurant some time this century ! ’ she heard him informing her . |
| 17 | So , a 1,200dpi by 1,200 page printer is currently unlikely to make it to the market and searchers after increased resolution must turn to other technologies such as optics . |
| 18 | When an hour later she did surface , she knew at once that there was no way she was going to make it to the office on time . |
| 19 | No-one would have planned a system like it , but , the argument goes , its powers to examine and revise legislation are scarcely great enough to make it worth the bother of finding something to replace it . |
| 20 | Existing relationships can only get better , although those at breaking point will be unlikely to make it through the year — at least not without an awful lot of work and sacrifice . |
| 21 | And then he did it again in 1944 , that time from east to west , the first man to make it across the top of Canada in both directions . |
| 22 | He was not good enough to make it into the rugby first XV but was among the top academically , taking lots of prizes , and becoming school captain . |
| 23 | What has also developed is a kind of unofficial contest between himself and Warren Beatty which is all about women , i.e. , their famous conquests and their alleged insatiable quests to make it with the world 's most attractive women , or some alluring beauty either may have encountered in a bar or restaurant . |
| 24 | When all is said and done , the attraction of earning a living playing a sport you enjoy is a strong one and it is not hard to understand why some players have to try to make it on the Tour . |
| 25 | Oh yes and a filter to make it like the cap of my handcream tube looking out of my handbag and on the dressing-table . |
| 26 | Stockton North MP Frank Cook said : ‘ You can picture the scene : a consultant walks into a care unit with five or six patients struggling , fighting for their lives and says : ‘ Hands up those who have 15 breaths left in them to make it round the corner . ’ |
| 27 | There is nothing to make it in the firm 's best interests actually to follow through with the punishment in the period following a deviation , given the game that then presents itself . |
| 28 | ‘ Everybody here has studied U2 's success and come up with a step by step guide of how to make it in the music business . |