Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] up the rest of " in BNC.

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1 Photographs , coloured yarn and a short text made up the rest of the display .
2 Some mill-workers on a mid-shift and a group of men crossing the river to look for work made up the rest of the throng , with the exception of a portly little man with a bowler hat , waistcoat and watch-chain , a foreman from one of the Govan yards on an errand for the Head Office .
3 When they 'd gone Maggie gathered up the rest of the dishes and piled them in the sink .
4 Ken McRobb rounds up the rest of the World Cup news .
5 Rain ran up the rest of the stairs .
6 An entrance porch , cloakrooms and lavatories made up the rest of the accommodation .
7 There were several work-benches holding tools and various pieces of covered work , while shelving , tall cupboards and a low , flat sink took up the rest of the wall space .
8 A few letters and edited sections of four interviews with the artist make up the rest of the volume which has some interesting illustrations reproducing photographs of the artist and friends .
9 An argument must be made for that — it is not a reason to mess up the rest of the country .
10 The irony of my vision of the glass burning up the rest of the exhibits in the gallery in which it is housed , when here it is , burning up everything around it in this flat , burning me up .
11 Eduardo took me out to a nearby restaurant on the Tuesday evening , saying he was too lazy to cook and that he does not often nowadays have any or many chances to take women out ( ! ) , so in return on the Wednesday I got food to make up the rest of a meal using two wild ducks had generously given me to roast , and we had the second one cold on the Thursday after my second meeting .
12 Andrew Fuller was appointed the first secretary , and Reynold Hogg the treasurer , with Carey , Ryland and Sutcliff making up the rest of the executive committee .
13 This demonstrates once again the sensitivity of the conclusions to the choice of taxes to make up the rest of the package .
14 It was the veil that told it was not the garden , then the hat that went to race-meetings and the dressing-case made up the rest of the story : Maman was going away .
15 The influence of Central Office toned up the rest of the organization .
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