Example sentences of "could make [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hard though he tried , Floyd could make nothing of the inward half and Couples , having gone to the front with a birdie at the ninth , was never caught again . |
| 2 | His opening 76 in reality had been his practice round because of his late arrival , and he could make nothing of the greens in his outward 36 yesterday , starting at the tenth . |
| 3 | All the Brownies agreed , and so Beegee promised to see what she could do about getting old-fashioned uniforms or photographs of them so that mothers could make them in the style of earlier days . |
| 4 | She was Labour , she said , but was n't sure she could make it to the polls . |
| 5 | ‘ You could make it to the end now , and I 'll tell old Sam you 've done a length . ’ |
| 6 | With fifteen laps to go , the race was his : if he could make it to the end . |
| 7 | She sincerely hoped that she could make it to the track before any car came because she knew exactly what a mess she looked . |
| 8 | Leonora watched him go with mixed feelings , not really sure she could make it to the bathroom alone , despite her fine words . |
| 9 | If we could make it through the torrent to the bend ahead … |
| 10 | ‘ That was when I knew he could make it in the bigtime , ’ he says . |
| 11 | That you could make it in the movies with no boobs to speak of was , until recently , an alien notion . |
| 12 | If he sets his mind to it he could make it in the cross-channel game , ’ says Scottish goal scoring ace Derek Cook , who himself will pose a considerable threat to Ards . |