Example sentences of "made [pers pn] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 2 | Berger said : ‘ He made it to the first corner ahead of me and I tried to hang on . |
| 3 | It was the final ignominy in the short , troubled history of the club that nearly made it to the First Division . |
| 4 | In my time you even had to survive Hansen 's unofficial scrutiny before you made it to the first team . |
| 5 | The coronet is shown in loving detail as it embodies the moment when this family of merchants made it to the princely ranks . |
| 6 | We had some more Marshalls that some friends lent us and maybe a Roland JC120 — I do n't know whether those ever made it to the final edit , though . ’ |
| 7 | Now Liz did n't win our first , second or third prize er last year , but she , she made it to the final twelve , er her , her full-length novel now , has now been accepted by Collins and that 's going to be published next February , there 's talk of a big American contract for Liz and Liz has now been floated away in to the world of big time professional writing . |
| 8 | John Major scholarship boy who made it to the local grammar school and was lucky to obtain patronage from the local squire . |
| 9 | They made it to the winning post fairly creditably . |
| 10 | Some hours later — no one counted , but it was a long time — eight soaking , snow-covered individuals just — but only just — on the right side of hypothermia made it to the main Teesdale road , which snow ploughs had kept open . |
| 11 | The South Koreans are rated because they made it to the last World Cup finals , but personally I will always think of the North Koreans in ‘ 66 . |
| 12 | Of the leading English contenders , Peter Marshall , Chris Walker and Del Harris made it to the last 16 . |
| 13 | In competition with 800 other boys , he made it to the last five , but nerves got the better of him during a final audition at the Criterion Theatre , in London 's West End . |
| 14 | His ‘ act as if you own the place ’ approach seemed to work , and he made it to the double doors that opened into the main tunnel complex , not even pausing as he attached a circuit board to a second brick and casually tossed it into the heart of the pile of drums on the dock nearby . |
| 15 | God was clearly on her side and she made it to the living-room door without a hitch . |