Example sentences of "[pron] up to make " in BNC.
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| 1 | He cuts the tenon shoulders one at a time , and then lines them up to make a final pass if necessary . |
| 2 | Things begin to crack ; sometimes the cracks become gaps and then we can open them up to make spaces full of creative possibility , but sometimes the cracks become fissures and everything collapses and we have to scratch around in the rubble looking for bits of junk that we can cobble together into something ripe with meaning . |
| 3 | For example , we gave some a picture showing some batteries and a light bulb and asked them to show how they would connect them up to make the light bulb glow . |
| 4 | It is not even a question of reducing the time spent on formal aspects of the language system and squeezing them up to make room for a newcomer . |
| 5 | Look after the twins and try to make sure they negotiate the reefs of puberty and adolescence , set them up to make their way in the world , and do so without becoming just like me … |
| 6 | I saved money on cot sheets because I bought a couple of king-size sheets and cut them up to make three cot sheets out of each one . |
| 7 | Ballantyne 's character , Ralph , even tries to wake them up to make it more sportsmanlike but Jack does not let him . |
| 8 | The crew have got a couple of machines which churn everything up to make white water and the chippie ran up some rocks which they anchor to the bottom of the river and look just like the real thing . |
| 9 | Size everything up to make sure it 's too big to swallow . |
| 10 | She has brought her up to make men fall at her feet in love with her and then to treat them roughly and to break their hearts . |
| 11 | The British production company Zenith were so impressed by Hal Hartley 's first feature that they signed him up to make TRUST , which we will be screening at the festival . |
| 12 | John Knight would like to sell the hull or cut it up to make souvenirs like the Berlin Wall . |
| 13 | No , what I meant , is if saying that if I camped onto that number over there 3414 , and if that phone becomes free , this phone starts ringing and I might be doing something , so by the time I 've picked it up to make that connection , suppose 3414 is then making another outgoing call , do I have to camp on yet again to 3414 ? |