Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] make [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Just the same refuges of the elderly also appear in the Social Survey of Merseyside of 1934 , where they made up a third of the tenants of the largest multiple households .
2 Therefore a physical interpretation of vector components is that they make up a tangent .
3 Whether you see jumble as giving or refuse disposal , the fact is that it makes up a significant part of the income of small local organisations .
4 He liked the Latin name so much that he made up a sort of rhyme about it and chanted this as he went upstairs :
5 So 38×84″ was my conclusion and I made up the stretchers .
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 ‘ 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 ? ’
8 They make up half your face in colours to suit you , advising you on technique , and you make up the other half of your face to match .
9 The bang came again but softer , and she made out the squeak of rusty hinges against the din of the stormy night .
10 If we make up a helical coil ( Fig. 4.2(b) ) the wires are going round always in the same direction so the voltages simply add and we may rewrite eqn ( 4.13 ) in the form
11 Every clan has a different colour , and they made up a special shade for us . ’
12 They cursed and uttered muttered threats to desert , but on and on they walked until they made out a herd of wild cattle staring at them hostilely through the rain , and clambered aboard .
13 I rushed to see a physiotherapist , John Harris , and he made up a little pad around it with a hole in the middle so that I would n't put any pressure on it .
14 ‘ We were a player short and he made up the numbers for us . ’
15 Furthermore , this pattern of decisions is recognized as of very special interest because it makes up the state of equilibrium .
16 That class would vote solidly as a class for candidates representative of that class , and since it made up a clear majority of the population , what could stand in the way of its political ascendancy ?
17 Before you make out the lists of words to check with your language helper , some preparatory work needs to be done .
18 But as she made out the figure who stood darkly outlined against the blaze of the picture window 's light , she stopped abruptly short .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 She could hear Penry moving about upstairs as he made up the other bed .
22 Carson hoped not , as he made out the shape of something like Liawski 's diaries over by the skirting board of the opposite wall .
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