Example sentences of "[verb] made up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there were evenings when the fire burned brightly and Aunt Louise sat in her winged chair , her skirt turned back to toast her knees ; while having made up the fire I knelt on the hearthrug , loath to leave the fierce heat of the flames . |
| 2 | Mr Parker , 33 , denied that Joanna , 25 , could have made up the story . |
| 3 | Blanche may have made up the prowling . |
| 4 | But if you 've made up the gain at all , then since it 's residential property , it 's exempt . |
| 5 | Miss Southworth said the woman had made up the story to friends and was then forced to go through with it , after complaints were made to the police . |
| 6 | However , the countess was later charged with perverting the course of justice after police became convinced she had made up the story . |
| 7 | ‘ I think so , ’ answered Mildred , though in fact she had made up the tale on the spur of the moment and it had somehow got rather out of hand . |
| 8 | But Mr Stewart said : ‘ You are a liar and you have made up the story about the gun and the threats to kill . ’ |
| 9 | Equity investors have made up the difference . |