Example sentences of "make up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You just made up the word , ’ he tells me , as if that is forbidden . |
| 2 | The few small cottages which had once made up the village community had been bulldozed into the ground and their occupants moved into the grey and faceless high-rise apartment blocks of the new urban development . |
| 3 | Miss Southworth said the woman had made up the story to friends and was then forced to go through with it , after complaints were made to the police . |
| 4 | Mr Parker , 33 , denied that Joanna , 25 , could have made up the story . |
| 5 | But Mr Stewart said : ‘ You are a liar and you have made up the story about the gun and the threats to kill . ’ |
| 6 | However , the countess was later charged with perverting the course of justice after police became convinced she had made up the story . |
| 7 | Made up the words and music to a Christmas carol ? |
| 8 | ‘ I think so , ’ answered Mildred , though in fact she had made up the tale on the spur of the moment and it had somehow got rather out of hand . |
| 9 | Blanche may have made up the prowling . |
| 10 | The groom said one of her horses died of colic or some such recently , from eating the wrong things , and the trainer did n't want any more accidents , so he 'd made up the feeds himself . ’ |
| 11 | But there were evenings when the fire burned brightly and Aunt Louise sat in her winged chair , her skirt turned back to toast her knees ; while having made up the fire I knelt on the hearthrug , loath to leave the fierce heat of the flames . |
| 12 | But if you 've made up the gain at all , then since it 's residential property , it 's exempt . |
| 13 | Equity investors have made up the difference . |
| 14 | But I w I was wondering myself did the watchmen make up the story or did it come ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | They could make up the England rugby pack . ’ |
| 17 | Around a quarter of the managers were unemployed , he said , and the parents of the boys would have to try and make up the increase . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | It also brought up the art quote of the year , from one Ziff Fistrunk ( no , I do not make up the name ) , director of the Southside Chicago Sports Council , who organised the protest : ‘ I have trained players in Little League and semi-pro baseball , and at no time did I train them naked . ’ |
| 20 | Draconian spending cuts through a cap on welfare and other non-discretionary ( entitlement ) spending , which would lead to nearly £300bn worth of savings over five years , defence cuts , a domestic freeze and the taxpayer check-off which could result in a maximum of $50bn in spending cuts , would make up the shortfall created by his proposed tax incentives . |
| 21 | Q. Who would make up the shortfall ? |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman says that that is what he is advocating , and says that we should reintroduce it now for those who face a shortfall in fees , but it would not make up the shortfall , because it would be part of the reasonable rate of fees . |
| 23 | If Mr Yeltsin tries to play by the rules as he moves towards a new constitutional order , he will fail , because parliament can make up the rules as it goes along . |
| 24 | France and the USSR have already indicated that they will not make up the deficit . |
| 25 | Together with the individual care plan , these will make up the description of the service which the voluntary or private sector home is contracted to provide . |
| 26 | The girl in the chemist 's shop said the chemist would make up the prescription the minute he got back from the bank . |
| 27 | The pharmacist will make up the prescription and get them delivered to your cabin . |
| 28 | " If at the end of seven years , he can make up the fraction of a quarto forme and impose it , or is able to lay down a sheet of 16 's correctly , the apprentice so qualified may considered himself well advanced . " |
| 29 | Since February , United Nations military and civilian personnel , who will make up the UNTAG ( United Nations Transitional Assistance Group ) peacekeeping forces , have been arriving in the country ready to monitor the ceasefire and elections . |
| 30 | 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 . |