Example sentences of "and make [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Falling donations have forced Greenpeace International to cut its 1993 budget from $36 million to $27 million , sell the largest of its seven ships , and make up to a quarter of its 500 campaigners redundant . |
| 2 | Musically — forget it , but the spot effects are great and make up for the poor acoustic tones . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , for me , I reckon I can run and swim , and make out on the shooting if I put my mind to it , but the riding — well — I do n't know about the riding . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I tried so hard , you see , to give him extra attention — extra love — to try and make up for the loss of Maman . |
| 5 | On seeking to patent his process , Castner discovered that a similar patent had been lodged in Germany by Karl Kellner and made over to the powerful Solvay Company in Belgium . |
| 6 | Our enthusiasm for getting afloat was an overriding factor — that part of the job remained the same and made up for a lot of hassle . |
| 7 | He was careful , shrewd , and thoroughly able , and made up for the collapse of the older coastal trades by sending his ships farther afield . |
| 8 | You might compare , for instance , a real letter from 1740 with one of the letters in Richardson 's novel Pamela ( published 1740 , and made up of a sequence of imitation letters ) . |
| 9 | 5.3.1 an aggregate sum of ten thousand dollars ( $10,000 ) as an advance on the sums due under clause 5.3.2 below and made up of the following payments : |
| 10 | PARIS — The French Army , fatigued by khaki , is to get a new ‘ modular ’ uniform designed by Pierre Balmain and made up in a grey-blue colour known as Terre de France . |
| 11 | Once the interlining has been locked in , the two layers of fabric can be treated as one and made up in the same way . |
| 12 | He dumped it down behind the boat-house and went back towards the house , then after a bit he came down again with a picture , and dumped that , then he took the bag and made off up the path with it . ’ |
| 13 | I have seen two crows gang up on a mallard with a brood of young , and , while one bird tormented the duck into chasing it , the other sneaked in and made off with a still struggling duckling in its beak . |
| 14 | Burglars entered a house in Harrison Terrace , Darlington , on Saturday evening and made off with a man 's gold watch valued at £100 and two bottles of whisky . |
| 15 | ‘ He just walked in , pushed her aside and made off with the handbag , ’ she claimed . |
| 16 | after a swift , furtive glance at them , jumped the ditch on the other side of the lane and made off at a run over the fen . |
| 17 | But he recovered his balance in a stride and made off for the water jump . |
| 18 | Nearly fifty years ago a posh , lanky young man packed his bags and made off into the undergrowth of England . |
| 19 | They battered us into the bushes , and made off into the forest with the cart and the team and the load , and left us to limp away on foot wherever we would . |
| 20 | We decided to forget about the third canister and made off across the cornfield at speed , the jeep bouncing up and down on the very uneven surface . |
| 21 | The police think that the prowler — that 's what they called him , not me — was disturbed and made off across the car park . ’ |
| 22 | Another rustle followed before a glossy blackbird hopped out and made off towards the parkland . |
| 23 | ‘ Poor old Corbett , ’ said Septimus Coffin , as Penny shoved the books into her briefcase and made off down the drive . |
| 24 | He turned , pale-faced , and made off down the corridor . |
| 25 | Mr Hutchinson managed to raise the alarm but the two men helped themselves to the cash and made off in the car driven by Wishart , of no fixed abode . |
| 26 | At the sound of gunfire the refugee ship turned away and made off round the southern counties and up towards Liverpool , where it was finally recognised as a friendly vessel . |
| 27 | He burst out laughing , and before she could retort he swivelled and made back towards the stables . |
| 28 | Apparently he was n't touting for more Pest Control business , rather his tropical iguana had escaped and made off through the undergrowth . |
| 29 | The Keraing had told us that in the 1950s a military scouting party from Makassar had angered the village by entering the caves with special equipment and making off with a good deal of valuable porcelain — indicating it had also been used as a burial-chamber by early visiting Chinese mariners . |
| 30 | This she did , knocking her ball down to that stretch of fairway fronting the green before chipping to 2 feet and making off with a par . |