Example sentences of "make it [num] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This would indeed have made it one of the greatest empires in Europe .
2 On being appointed prime minister in March 1992 , he had made it one of his priorities to ‘ lance the abscess of corruption ’ .
3 It was run by two balding , bespectacled men in their late thirties , neither of whom was called Largo , whose extensive knowledge of antiques had made it one of the most popular and profitable shops of its kind in the whole canton .
4 In Alexandria armies of monks sacked the Serapeum , the great temple to Osiris , and destroyed the library which had made it one of the world 's chief centres of learning .
5 The company 's current order book demonstrates why its diverse skills and expertise have made it one of the country 's most sought after building , civil engineering and mechanical and electrical engineering contractors in recent years .
6 Assuming Dr Powell 's right , the people of Venice will be able to continue living their lives in the manner and surroundings which have made it one of the world 's greatest cities .
7 That would have made it 45 for 5 .
8 Speak made it 3–2 for Ballymena Utd in the second minute of injury time with a goal from close range .
9 Foo says it was twice as big as anything else that day , which would make it sixty to seventy feet from base to crest ; some called it eighty feet .
10 The new cracker uses gases from the North Sea as its feedstock , which help make it one of Europe 's lowest cost ethylene operations .
11 It would certainly appear to be of a representative or commemorative character however , which would make it one of the earliest of such scenes in Britain ( the most likely candidate for this honour is a possible chariot scene , from Exeter : Bidwell 1979 , pI .
12 If it does decide on Swindon , it would make it one of the biggest re-locations to the town .
13 No no let's make it twenty to four .
14 That made it 10 for Robins this season , and all in front of his policeman dad , Chief Inspector Gordon , who was in charge of crowd control at the ground .
15 John McGinley made it 3-1 after 52 minutes and Swindon were under a fair bit of pressure .
16 Gayle made it 2–0 with a sweet 36th-minute volley , but the visitors lost their way in the second period .
17 Sheron made it 2–0 after 37 minutes .
18 Rovers were bubbling and they made it two on 15 minutes .
19 A White penalty made it 9–4 at the break .
20 Hirst 's combination with Mark Bright is developing and the former Crystal Palace striker 's goal made it eight in 14 games for Wednesday .
21 City went ahead with a Paul McGoay try , converted by Steve Kirkup , before Mike Robson 's penalty made it 6–3 at half time .
22 City went ahead with a Paul McGoay try , converted by Steve Kirkup , before Mike Robson 's penalty made it 6–3 at half time .
23 And Francis almost made it five on the stroke of half-time , cutting in from the right and curling a left-foot shot just wide .
24 Wednesday kept up the relentless pressure after the break and Chris Bart-Williams made it five in the 61st minute .
25 Deportivo captain Javier Fran made it five in the 74th minute while Imabol Alguacil scored a 44th-minute consolation goal for the visitors .
26 He made it 6-3 with a 90 break , and after 52 minutes of tactical battling potted the pink for 7-3 and ran away with the next to go five up with six to play .
27 He made it 6-3 with a 90 break , and after 52 minutes of tactical battling potted the pink for 7-3 and ran away with the next to go five up with six to play .
28 David Howells scored his first goal of the season to give Spurs a 67th minute lead and Teddy Sheringham made it 2-0 from the penalty spot eight minutes from time .
29 Sheffield Wednesday 's chief goalscorer made it nine from 13 games in the defeat of QPR but later revealed he is happy for the first time this season .
30 His 51st minute header was brilliantly saved by Forrest and Paul Merson had a shot cleared off the line by Phil Whelan before Campbell made it 3–0 with a powerful header from Nigel Winterburn 's cross .
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