Example sentences of "[pers pn] make up the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Some of them made up the remnants of a tiny battery , source identified .
2 Together they made up the Board of the Greencloth , named , like the Exchequer , from the cloth which covered their working table .
3 There 's nothing like a good bed , ’ said Nessie O'Neil to her daughter Nellie as they made up the bed in the box bedroom at Ballytreabhair Farm .
4 They make up the rest of their programme by choosing two options from Advanced Performance , All-round Performance , Performance , Analytical Theory , Composition , Studies in Polyphony , Popular Music in Contemporary America , or a Special Topic .
5 Derby paid £800,000 for the England under-21 international with fellow strikers Phil Gee and Ian Ormondroyd moving to Filbert Street as they make up the rest of the deal .
6 I like the way they splice on their headstocks ( almost invisibly underneath the headstock facing ) but not the way they make up the depth of the heel with a very different-coloured piece of mahogany — although I suppose some people might .
7 Because women live longer , they make up the majority of the very elderly population requiring care , and they in turn look to their daughters and other female relatives .
8 ‘ We were a player short and he made up the numbers for us . ’
9 When Kevin O'Reilly , who runs the only pharmacy in Ederney , returned to the province , he made up the product for one psoriasis victim .
10 Undramatic in its effect and narrow in its scope , highly forgettable and often forgotten by historians , it made up the bulk of parliamentary business .
11 Furthermore , this pattern of decisions is recognized as of very special interest because it makes up the state of equilibrium .
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