Example sentences of "making up a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IF YOU 'D LIKE TO TRY YOUR HAND AT MAKING UP A CROSSWORD FOR THE CONTEST YOU CAN SEND IT TO THE SAME ADDRESS . |
| 2 | If we are making up a play about the " Keeper of the Keys " , why do you think that neither of them can see ? |
| 3 | It is thus possible to describe an assembly of entities making up a component as a set of elements , such as shown in Figure 2.2 , for both the geometry and the function . |
| 4 | ‘ The battle ’ hovers over the individual actions like in incorporeal cloud , distinct from them , but at the same time making up a surface of their meaning-effect , a simulacrum that brings the event into being at the moment when language and event coincide . |
| 5 | Of course , I have been making up a lot of nonsense about machines getting in touch with one another . |
| 6 | Manuel had not been able to improve on par the first day but everyone knew he was capable of making up a lot of leeway with one of his famous ‘ charges . ’ |
| 7 | The school has applied to patent the design , and pupils are busy making up a batch of fifty to sell to commercial customers . |
| 8 | Its the , its for the Oxford English Dictionary , its erm , what they 're doing is they 're making up a Dictionary for just using everyday collocation and they |
| 9 | Brenda often thought that this was the part of the working day she liked best , the hour before the staff arrived and the work of the Lab got really under way , when she and Inspector Blakelock worked together in the quiet emptiness of the hall , still and solemn as a church , making up a supply of manila folders ready to register the day 's new cases , repacking exhibits for collection by the police , making a final check of the Laboratory reports to courts to ensure that the examination was complete , that no relevant detail had been omitted . |
| 10 | and she goes , she goes oh that ca n't be true , she goes , she goes that ca n't be true your just making up a load of bull cos you never went to the cinema , I thought oh |