Example sentences of "[adj] make [adv prt] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The school has applied to patent the design , and pupils are busy making up a batch of fifty to sell to commercial customers . |
| 2 | When Rob broke a leg she was able to make up a lot of lost ground and was selected to the British Team two seasons before him in 1981 . |
| 3 | and she goes , she goes oh that ca n't be true , she goes , she goes that ca n't be true your just making up a load of bull cos you never went to the cinema , I thought oh |
| 4 | It is possible to make up a tube by winding and gluing layers of brown paper round a suitable former . |
| 5 | Out to sea the beam of the lighthouse swept a great arc every fifteen seconds ; on one side of the headland were the lights of the town and harbour , on the other it was just possible to make out a line of cliffs receding into the darkness . |