Example sentences of "make up [art] [noun] on " in BNC.

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1	‘ 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 .
2	Obviously we believe we can make up the time on roads we have been over quite a few times . ’
3	We made up a bed on the floor and we took turns to sleep in the bed itself .
4	She unpegged half a dozen , and made up a bed on a pile of linen .
5	‘ Others make up a bed on the sofa each night .
6	The pixels which make up an image on a digitized computer screen are like building blocks which can be coloured and combined in any way the operator 's computer , competence and ingenuity allow .
7	( a ) What the Registers contain The three registers that make up the Entries on the Register — the Property Register , the Proprietorship Register and the Charges Register — contain the whole title of the registered proprietor including entries protective of the rights and interests of third parties by registration of notices , cautions , inhibitions and restrictions .
8	For others , the medium is most certainly not the message , and the curriculum is more narrowly defined as that collection of bodies of knowledge which make up the subjects on the school timetable .
9	Heavy wrought-iron black fireplaces were installed once more , to Ted 's irritation , as he 'd spent much of his working life tearing out fireplaces so women like my mother did n't have to get up early on freezing mornings to make up the fire on their knees .
10	Well , no , not really Ma'am , there were still charts to plot , and observations to send to Group , and instruments to read — and the unspoken implication , ever present , was that we were Grade 2 technicians , and if she wanted to make up the numbers on parade surely she could find a few more pen-pushers in nine-to-five jobs ?
11	He did n't know why he kept them really , except that they helped to make up the number on the shelves .

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