Example sentences of "[vb mod] make [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have seen how millions of fossils may make up the rocks themselves , crammed together layer after layer to form formations thousands of feet thick . |
| 2 | ‘ Three or four goes should make up the mind for her , ’ said Raimundo evilly , as Perdita picked herself up off the dusty ground . |
| 3 | It did , however , recommend the immediate closure of the two oldest of Sosnovy-Bor 's four reactors , and suggested that nearby Western states should make up the energy shortfall to enable this to take place . |
| 4 | ‘ Right then , I 've called out enough instructions , now I 'll point to one of you and you must make up the instruction to be obeyed in just the same way as I have been doing . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll make up the fire , Miss , and bring up some more coals — ’ |
| 6 | If you are n't find an old fashioned TV repair shop and ask them if they 'll make up the leads for you . |
| 7 | ‘ We 'll make up the time , I promise . ’ |
| 8 | Today the man in charge outlined the sort of people who 'll make up the bulk of the 450-strong workforce . |
| 9 | They could make up the England rugby pack . ’ |
| 10 | After much negotiation , the Welsh Wool Marketing Board agreed to a special arrangement whereby the Cambrian Mill could make up the Ashley 's own wool into cloth as long as this was not sold , but used only for demonstration models and pattern samples . |
| 11 | I could make up the detections that his presence lost me in a matter of days , and if he thinks he is going to see any wheeling and dealing when he is sitting in , well he 's naive ! |
| 12 | I could make out the Headmaster 's fancy brick chimneys , three shaped like corkscrews , three with brick diamond patterns , also the black branches of the elm tree shining wetly in the light of a precinct lamp-post . |
| 13 | A few yards through the gloom I could make out the shape of a hedge and what appeared to be the entrance to a sunken road . |
| 14 | Gradually , almost imperceptibly , the light strengthened and soon he could make out the shape of boats , the mexeflote causeway and the patchwork of woods and fields on the island . |
| 15 | From the front window I saw Jo climb into the BMW and as the interior light went on , I could make out the shape of the man driving . |
| 16 | He looked up at the house and through a dormer window he could make out the outline of a figure , seated and immobile , facing the sea . |
| 17 | She could make out the man now . |
| 18 | I could make out the tracery of blonde down on the edge of her cheek . |
| 19 | But as far as I could make out the Ambassador was away . |
| 20 | The windows were obscured by curtains , but if I strained my eyes I thought I could make out the shadow of a figure standing behind them , never moving . |
| 21 | Most of it was double-dutch to me but I could make out the names entered in columns . |
| 22 | Over on the other side they could make out the chimney of the paper works among rising woods . |
| 23 | Suddenly , beyond , in the black solidity she could make out the pattern in the sun-whitened rocks : the lips of craters . |
| 24 | At the edge of hearing , as she turned back into her room , she could make out the shuffling of crockery . |
| 25 | If they strained their eyes they could make out the clusters of houses and farmyards that were Suardal to the north , the pencil-thin bars of smoke already rising from them and the meagre herds moving across the open country like ants . |
| 26 | I could make out the spot where my dad had stood that night . |
| 27 | It was dark down below , but she could make out the shapes of beer kegs . |
| 28 | The fields shone a new green in the sun , and the air which for days had been hazy had been cleaned by the rain so that I could make out the shapes of sheep grazing near the old Coal Road above Cowgill as I walked down the lane . |
| 29 | Anne could make out the ridges of her sister 's knuckles . |
| 30 | The girl in the chemist 's shop said the chemist would make up the prescription the minute he got back from the bank . |