Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] make up [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One survivor recalled that having made up her mind to do this , she asked her elder sister to put in a word for her . |
| 2 | However , it was his decision and having made up his mind , he stuck to his guns . |
| 3 | He did not answer , just stood there looking at her as if trying to make up his mind how to begin . |
| 4 | He was busily pruning his nails with a pair of scissors and trying to make up his mind about the proper degree of flippancy to adopt for his conversation with Madeleine , when the romance of his afternoon was suddenly eclipsed by the strident voice of his father , grating like a rusty wheel on a dry axle . |
| 5 | Staring at her , as though trying to make up his mind , he asked in that same flat , hard tone , ‘ Not blackmail ? ’ |