Example sentences of "make [adv prt] the word " in BNC.

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1	‘ You just made up the word , ’ he tells me , as if that is forbidden .
2	Made up the words and music to a Christmas carol ?
3	‘ I think you just made up the word . ’
4	The underlined letters of each country make up the word .
5	The term syntagmatic was attached by Saussure to the sequential or combinatory relationships that a given language system permits : the relationship between the three sounds , for instance , that make up the word ‘ tree ’ , or the syntactical relationship between the words ‘ the tree is green ’ , and so on .
6	They make up the words themselves , right
7	The dirty chipped name plate was difficult to read but he could just make out the word Nettles on it .
8	He heard two men arguing , but with water lapping in his ears he could n't make out the words .
9	With this she knocked away the snow from the lettering — but then found she could n't make out the words in the dark .
10	He tried to speak but she could n't make out the words .
11	Someone was yelling , but Christine could n't make out the words .
12	She could not make out the words , but knew instinctively they 'd been uttered by the uncle of her child .
13	The players with the required letters then form a line to make up the word as fast as they can , and the team which does it the quickest gets a point .
14	PONCE : The bit that goes at the end of ‘ Res ’ to make up the word ‘ Response ’ .
15	It contains three- and four-letter word picture cards , and children have to make up the words using eight cubes with letters on each side .
16	The wind and rain on the little hill above Jaffa had ripped away at the paint but it was just possible to make out the words ‘ David Damiani ’ to the left of the broken wooden gate .
17	Donna returned to the book , bending closer to make out the words :
18	Then , almost lost in my breathing , he managed to make out the words ;

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