Example sentences of "made [adv prt] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made over £1,000 . |
| 2 | ‘ When Kimberley divorced her husband and made off wi ’ t' other , Lorraine and she fell out and you could say I was fumin' as well . |
| 3 | E/A turned and made off East at the same time as we sighted him . |
| 4 | On subjects , whereas ‘ Social Studies ’ made up 67% , ‘ Arts ’ 26% and ‘ Natural Sciences ’ 7% of the course programme in 1953–54 by 1957–58 the proportions were 64% , 26% and 10% respectively . |
| 5 | The workers studied by Westwood made up clothes from pre-cut pieces of cloth , using sewing machines and presses to finish them . |
| 6 | In 1991 results of serum tests and ultrasonography before 28 weeks ' gestation together made up 38% of the indications leading to a prenatal karyotypic confirmation of fetal trisomy 21 . |
| 7 | Persistent and casual truants — so categorised by headteachers — made up 4% of the school roll in November and 5% in June . |
| 8 | In 1983 imported coal ( domestic production is minimal ) made up 9% of total energy demand . |
| 9 | The court had been told that the boys made up stories after the accused had thrown them out of his home for stealing cigarettes . |
| 10 | I sang songs to myself , made up stories , got hungry , rolled around in the sand a bit , rubbed a little of it into my eyes and generally tried to psyche myself up into something that might look like a terrible state for a wee boy to be in . |
| 11 | She could n't read or nothing cos she was too little , but she used to tell me stories — you know , made up ones like . |
| 12 | well we went on a course , for a week up Newcastle and of course er erm we had to be there for nine o'clock so we had to catch the bus , at the latest half past eight so you 're up at you 're up at seven and you get showered and what have you cos there 's a shower in the be bedroom get yourself all ready so you 're down by about erm half seven , quarter to eight , like so you tend to think quarter of an hour to the erm bus stop which is right outside the door of the hotel we were getting so and we use the bus rather than take the car in daily , cos it 's easier so I and er and of course I sat down and had a breakfast and I thoroughly enjo , I did n't have any cereals you know , I says well er and I had a little bit of orange orange juice , but it was this erm made up orange juice |
| 13 | Along with Liverpool pair , John Barnes and Rob Jones , Keown , Hirst and Parker made up Taylor 's five to follow the players he believes can add to last month 's encouraging 1-1 performance against Norway . |
| 14 | The normal routine of settled peace and domestic happiness which now made up Wordsworth 's life could never have lasted for ever ; it was like a challenge to the gods . |
| 15 | His idea of duty took the form of inviting Neil to join him in the nightly round of enjoyment which made up Stair 's life . |
| 16 | Both these are very different from the ‘ experimental researches ’ which made up Faraday 's main research-publications , where every paragraph is numbered consecutively up to 3,299 , and where theorizing is kept in its place in the Baconian manner . |
| 17 | Those pupils whose absence was , at the time of completion of the survey returns , still unauthorised made up 11% ( June ) and 7% ( November ) of the total of pupils surveyed . |
| 18 | Pupils classified as unauthorised absentees made up 11% ( June ) and 7% ( November ) of the total surveyed . |
| 19 | Parental smoking was dichotomised ( regular or occasional smoker v non-smoker , former smoker or not known ) , and father 's occupation was categorised into four groups : manual , non-manual , unemployed , and not known ( this last category made up 21% ( 943 ) of the 4538 responses ) . |
| 20 | SOCCER IS CLEARED IN SEX CASE ‘ Grudge boys made up story' ( Star ) ; SEX CASE JOHN BULL CLEARED ( Sun ) ; FOOTBALL MASCOT IS CLEARED ( Daily Mirror ) . |
| 21 | The eight players who made up America 's team ranged in age from Cathy Gerring , 29 to Pat Bradley in her 40th year . |
| 22 | They asked him how he was doing at school , made up questions to test him , twitted him about imaginary girlfriends , and there was always someone who wanted to know if he was going to be an RIC man like his dad when he grew up . |
| 23 | Pout , whiting , dabs and odd dogfish made up bags . |
| 24 | When they did n't get the answers they wanted , they made up theories of their own . |
| 25 | Subsidence — Made up Ground SMG |
| 26 | Fogarty was left to move further and further ahead as Joey Dunlop took up the challenge , then Robert Dunlop made up ground rapidly after being seventh at the end of lap one , and by the end of the second lap it was Joey ahead of Robert to initiate a battle which continued until the end of the race when Robert just squeezed ahead . |
| 27 | This will take four made up rods , landing net and accessories whilst still leaving enough room for several rods in cloth bags to be carried internally . |
| 28 | In 1992 , VAX-related revenues made up 70% of total group turnover , but Turner expects this to drop to 60% in 1993 as AS/400 business continues to grow . |
| 29 | The professional and managerial classes made up 18% of the population in 1971 : their children formed 51% of university entrants in 1975 and 54% in 1979 . |
| 30 | In 1989 , some 16% or 900 of the Polytechnique 's 5,000 students were female , of which Nathalie Provost was one , although women made up 56% of the student body of the University at large . |