Example sentences of "[prep] make up [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1	The term is used mainly for made up composts in which the rock particle is the missing component , usually to avoid the risk , despite sterilization , of introducing disease .
2	Nanny of making up stories about her and saying bad things to get Frankie into trouble .
3	The idea of endowment paid to a mother ‘ on account of her motherhood and on behalf of each of her children … is ’ , it was asserted , ‘ entirely opposed to the idea of relief of distress or poverty , because it implies a universal national provision and not a means of making up deficiencies in the incomes of particular families ’ .
4	I never had the opportunity to tell Christie of my method of making up crews , At Kinloss when I was chair-bound there for a short period , all too frequently I received complaints about the composition of crews .
5	To complicate matters still further , many parishes after 1795 began to adopt the Speenhamland system of making up wages to a minimum rate dependent upon the price of corn .
6	IT OCCURS to me that it might be as well to quote the time related charges or TRC that British Telecom should apply in making up bills for work , following last week 's item .
7	Essential technical hardware used in making up curtains includes a variety of curtain hooks of varying strengths , made of plastic or metal , which can be sewn on , slotted into pockets on special tapes , or pinned into hand headings .
8	Sew together as in making up techniques but without piping .
9	With you feeding Harry there wo n't be any problems about making up feeds . ’
10	Do follow the instructions for making up garments .
11	With her sewing machine on the half-landing of the Pelham Street shop , she worked mostly at making up samples to send to Wales .
12	play with language , for example by making up jingles , poems , word games , riddles , and games which involve word and spelling patterns .

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