Example sentences of "[verb] up the [noun] to make " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Chinaman was suffering terrible toothache , so he phoned up the dentist to make an appointment . |
| 2 | The sort of argument just presented emphasizes that large organizations are not monolithic and that attempts to tighten up the system to make them so do not necessarily yield improvements . |
| 3 | You can also make a gorgeous looped and fringed edge simply by knitting lots more rows between picking up the stitches to make loops at least en centimetres deep ( four inches ) — or even longer as a tremendous finish for shawls and stoles , or for the edges of collars and cuffs and jackets . |
| 4 | In 1985 , when the first XT compatible machines made by other manufacturers appeared on the market , some had the bright idea of speeding up the clock to make the machine faster . |
| 5 | Potential buyers , who have a pre-sale preview of all stock on offer , then watch the screen on sale day and pick up the phone to make a bid . |
| 6 | When will the right hon. Gentleman summon up the courage to make a decision on the applications ? |
| 7 | Giving up the battle to make her restless mind switch off , she flung back the duvet and got out of bed . |
| 8 | LEFT Ruffling up the feathers to make yourself look bigger is a common defensive measure in a lot of birds . |
| 9 | Now they 've been digging up the garden to make a channel for all electricity to go underground you see . |
| 10 | That means either taxpayers or consumers will have to cough up the cash to make up the difference between expensive British coal and cheaper foreign coal . |
| 11 | Rudd 's job was to complete Lotus 's new two-litre engine and set up the plant to make it . |
| 12 | FOUR YEARS ago , Wirral plucked up the courage to make itself the centre of the finger-pickin' universe . |