Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [pron] make [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 Among the frolicking number was a Catholic priest discovered stark naked and coupled in ‘ deep meditation ’ with a nubile masseuse — all in the line of duty , or so he made out , ‘ I needed this experience to understand the problems of my parishioners . ’
2 From the twelfth dynasty one may cite a necklace or girdle made up of electrum cowries ( Plate C ) with beads of lapis lazuli , carnelian , amethyst and electrum , said to have come from Thebes , or again one made up of gold cowries from Dashur , linked with the mother-goddess Hathor .
3 Although together they made up only 8% of referrals in the year before the guidelines the reduction in barium investigation and excretion urography contributed 25% of the savings achieved in the second year .
4 Ozoloins has a strong musical personality as well as the necessary technique for these works , and together they make up an attractive package if once again ( at less than 59 minutes in total ) a somewhat short-weight one .
5 She was screaming at him now , that with a man like him she should have found another , her life had been nothing but work , work , work , worry , worry , worry , and now he made out she was a common whore , when she had n't had an instant 's pleasure in her livelong days .
6 We work very closely with her dress designer Jacques Reiss , getting patterns of her dresses and then we make up hats to match .
7 But then she made out a very tiny-looking patch of light in the distance — then another , and another .
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