Example sentences of "make [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | E/A turned and made off East at the same time as we sighted him . |
| 2 | It believes it can quickly make up ground on other Unix suppliers . |
| 3 | On offer at the shop is a full design and make up service for cots , cribs , Moses baskets , bedding and curtains . |
| 4 | Architect of the drive towards ‘ People 's Television ’ , Sydney Newman took with him to the BBC his observations on the experiment , which he summed up by saying , ‘ Children of today , who make up part of our vast audience , are well informed and are capable of some pretty sophisticated judgements . |
| 5 | Bob cried as he wandered into the make up room on the first day . |
| 6 | I could just make out part of the stonework , though most of it was under water . |
| 7 | There was a vast murmur of duck-talk on the lake as he made out group after group , some in the water and some on the banks , busy and preoccupied with feeding . |
| 8 | He should never have started making up stuff about Everett Maltby . |
| 9 | A sharp fall in the projected number of school-leavers is obliging employers to consider ways of making up shortfall by recruiting , and retaining , more women workers in their organisations . |
| 10 | In particular , the Kitchen herbs are liable not to be used unless they are very close to hand for the cook ; in the rush of making up food amongst all the other demands being made at the same time , a trough or window-box of herbs on the Kitchen windowsill or just outside the backdoor will ensure that culinary herbs are used daily . |
| 11 | Johnny Come Lately , the man to whom the Home Office refused a work permit in 1984 , was now fast making up ground on the inside . |
| 12 | He made a promising reappearance at Ascot last month , gradually making up ground under top weight of 11st 10lbs , to finish within 1 lengths of Latent Talent . |
| 13 | Blend orange juice and wine , making up volume to 225 ml with water . |
| 14 | Some observers have suggested that the decline of the village as the main social unit in Japan has produced a greater heterogeneity in the smaller groups which go to make up society as a whole . |
| 15 | ‘ We 're so boring that they have to make up stuff about us . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Well , because we have to make up time to Denver , and we ca n't do that with stuff like that in the car . |
| 17 | The sensor measures alkalinity and when the level falls below a pre-set value it activates a pump that delivers product from a bulk container to the tank in sufficient quantity to make up solution to the desired strength . |
| 18 | Tranmere missed a chance to make up ground at the top crashing 3-1 against Barnsley . |
| 19 | Robert had earlier won the 250cc race but in the superbike he was forced to make up ground after a bad start and was never able to get to grips with the leader . |
| 20 | Other employees said they had favourite sections of the roadshow , and everyone was enthusiastic about the Crystal Maze game that makes up part of the roadshow . |
| 21 | Er , what in fact this Committee is doing , is saying that at one of the sections that makes up part of it , you happen to have carry forwards spare from last year , therefore use them because we ca n't identify anything else in budget savings for this , next year . |
| 22 | As his eyes slowly became accustomed to the half-light , he began to make out row upon row of brown tents stretching as far as the eye could see . |