Example sentences of "[pron] make [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've had them make up a bed for you . |
| 2 | The NCT sessions encouraged everyone to ask ‘ daft ’ questions — the sort that do not seem daft if you do not know the answers — like how do I make up a nappy , how many sterilising tablets do I use for the bottles and what should we buy before the baby is born ? |
| 3 | Then , as another kind of exorcism , I made up a list of : |
| 4 | So I made up a couple of bottles for them and they said " Oh . " . |
| 5 | Half-blinded by shadow I made out a steep wall of steps and moved towards it . |
| 6 | So I made out a roster , and there were over a hundred carriage cleaners at and I made out a roster for them . |
| 7 | So I made out a roster , and there were over a hundred carriage cleaners at and I made out a roster for them . |
| 8 | I make up a bath of dye to treat the sarkandas before cutting the reed to the required lengths . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd been getting records on tick from Billy for ages , ’ explains Havanna 's Tony Scott , ‘ so I said to him ‘ If I make up a record , would you square up the bill ? ’ |
| 10 | He was about thirty years as as erm secretary of the Glen Ayloch gathering and somebody made up a pipe tune and called it Graham 's Tune . |
| 11 | The main classes of vessel which made up a fleet were first-class armoured ships ( which were to hand out and absorb the punishment of a pitched battle ) , other ironclads used for cruising , coast-defence and the many functions of the old sail frigates , and the ‘ flotilla ’ of smaller ships , of which the commonest were gunboats and the newest , torpedo-boats . |
| 12 | Rate support and local authority influence was expected to improve the often low standards of denominational schools , which made up a high proportion of existing elementary schools . |
| 13 | Consort Hotels decided to drop activity breaks , which made up a tiny part of its market , and rebranded the product as Consort Freedom Breaks , with improved rail-inclusive packages covered by a Trust account . |
| 14 | The long , regimented day , six of which made up a working week , obviously constrained the recreational possibilities for factory workers . |
| 15 | Reassembling , say , all the designs for all the parts which make up a jet engine can be a time-consuming task on a relational database . |
| 16 | This makes it difficult to place students in ‘ responsible line management roles which make up a valuable part of their training as chartered accountants in business ’ . |
| 17 | Once Alpha has been located , it is easy to find the other chief stars of the constellation , Gamma ( 3.9 ) , Beta ( 4.2 ) and Delta ( 4.7 ) , which make up a small triangle . |
| 18 | It is easy to find from the stars Chi ( 4.7 ) and Phi ( 5.0 ) , which make up a small triangle with Delta and are in the same × 20 field with it . |
| 19 | Corvus adjoins Hydra , and is easily recognizable because of the four leading stars , which make up a quadrilateral : Gamma and Beta ( each 2.6 ) , and Delta and Epsilon ( each 3.0 ) . |
| 20 | Close to Deneb is the little group made up of Omicron¹ ; ( 3.8 ) , Omicron² ; ( 4.0 ) and 32 , which make up a trio in the same × 12 field . |
| 21 | Two of many examples of nomic correlates , although the matter is in several ways complex , are provided by the interdependent variation of the pressure of a gas and its volume and temperature , according to the Boyle-Charles law for ideal gases , and the orbits of the two stars which make up a double star , which are held close together by mutual gravitational attraction . |
| 22 | the various formats which make up a style sheet- paragraph settings , margins and columns , page layouts , hyphernation and justification , widow and orphan control and automatic section numbering . |
| 23 | It would be ideal if we could list the factors which make up a good melody . |
| 24 | This is illustrated in the notes which make up a musical tune . |
| 25 | The primary , but not exclusive , focus is on Scottish IT firms which make up a localised sample that could be comprehensively surveyed . |
| 26 | Consequently , the National Certificate Modules which make up a general SVQ may not relate directly to functions performed in employment , although they are relevant to the needs of employment . |
| 27 | It can be useful practice to read through the first sentences of paragraphs which make up a published essay , to see how much work — of summary and of signposting — is being done by these " topic sentences " . |
| 28 | In this way the various inter-relationships between all the many factors which make up an individual 's life can be seen as contributing to that individual 's health , or ill-health . |
| 29 | The pixels which make up an image on a digitized computer screen are like building blocks which can be coloured and combined in any way the operator 's computer , competence and ingenuity allow . |
| 30 | Of the three elements which make up an opera — the music , the words and the drama — the third arises from the first two realised by the performance of the singing actors , with the collaboration of the musicians and within the ambience of the set and the costumes . |