Example sentences of "make [adv prt] the number " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inspiring influence behind an automatic promotion triumph is determined Boro will not just make up the numbers in the top flight . |
| 2 | ‘ We were a player short and he made up the numbers for us . ’ |
| 3 | The boyfriends of the girls made up the numbers . |
| 4 | At the moment I am just making up the numbers . |
| 5 | All I will be doing [ at the Masters ] is making up the numbers . ’ |
| 6 | As one farmer put it , ‘ Time allows me to be interested only in what is going to affect me on my farm — making up the numbers is not the answer ’ . |
| 7 | Up to three human bods can compete ( that 's Steve out for a start ! ) , with computer-controlled vehicles making up the numbers . |
| 8 | All the rest of us are just here to make up the numbers . ’ |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | It 's just to make up the numbers , really . |
| 11 | Nonetheless , it was decided to make up the numbers with category B and C refugees . |
| 12 | I 'm not just going along to make up the numbers , ’ says Adams-Robinson . |
| 13 | If the number of volunteers exceeded the number required , the company would be prepared to move drivers from quarry to quarry to make up the numbers . |
| 14 | To make up the numbers he had the Dutch-Belgian army , over thirty thousand infantrymen in all , which he did not trust at all . |
| 15 | Maybe his mother would have organized a dinner party , invited the girl next door to make up the numbers . |
| 16 | The waiter placed her coffee down on one of the small tables with a flourish , then whisked another chair from an empty table to make up the numbers . |
| 17 | With his latest southern signings , Harry Kenny and Ray Duffy , arriving after the deadline for Europe , Walker could be forced into a comeback himself to make up the numbers . |
| 18 | ‘ We are not talking about someone who is going to Barcelona just to make up the numbers . |
| 19 | He did n't know why he kept them really , except that they helped to make up the number on the shelves . |
| 20 | There were no windows on the first-floor landing , and in the dark it was difficult to make out the numbers on the doors . |
| 21 | Hesitating , as if trying to make out the numbers on the house fronts , which were perfectly clear . |