Example sentences of "[pers pn] make [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am writing this partly to get it clear in my head and to help me make up my mind . |
| 2 | The NCT sessions encouraged everyone to ask ‘ daft ’ questions — the sort that do not seem daft if you do not know the answers — like how do I make up a nappy , how many sterilising tablets do I use for the bottles and what should we buy before the baby is born ? |
| 3 | Because erm Derek was looking for a supervisor and he said to me one day in a moment of desperation he said who can I make up ? |
| 4 | How do I make out contributions ? |
| 5 | Then how can you make up your mind , just like that ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If I go up to one-twenty , will that help you make up your mind ? ’ |
| 7 | Once there was a couple of girls who had had their babies and they 'd say to you , " Change the baby for us while I run upstairs and get so-and-so " or " Will you feed the baby for me a minute ? " or " Can you make up some feeds ? " |
| 8 | I do n't care one way or another , so why do n't you make up your mind . |
| 9 | You could ask your children what they think — that might help you make up your mind . |
| 10 | ‘ If it helps you make up your mind , Mrs Diamond , I should tell you that I 'm a friend of Heather 's rather than a friend of her family … if you see what I mean . ’ |
| 11 | Ca n't you make up your mind ? ’ |
| 12 | what do you make up for , just their postage ? |
| 13 | Here you are could you make up your er put test put instructions read the passage carefully and answer the questions . |
| 14 | What sort of things about that phone call helped you make up your mind about the person at the other end of the phone . |
| 15 | Can you make out any links ? |
| 16 | How did you make out then ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Can you make out what they 're rabbiting on about ? |
| 18 | ‘ How did you make out ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Wo n't she make up her mind ? |
| 20 | Soon she could no longer see anything clearly , nor could she make out what the beetles were saying . |
| 21 | It 's excuse me ca n't we make up our own language |
| 22 | Regarding identifying one another , why do n't we make up some silly badges or something . |
| 23 | ‘ Why do n't we make up for lost time , then , Luke ? |
| 24 | ‘ Let her make up her own mind . |
| 25 | And do they make up verses and things for it ? |
| 26 | ‘ Did they make up all those pictures of blondes , brunettes , redheads , hanging on to your arm ? ’ |
| 27 | So from that biblical scores have concluded , the book that we know as Genesis was originally two accounts that were pushed together but not very expert actually , because you can still see the join , an and Freud 's view about the Moses there are numerous discrepancies and numerous joins and if you take it all apart and say what is it , what does it make up , his conclusion is that erm Moses was , was not Egyptian , sorry Moses was not er erm no not , not a Hebrew but Egyptian . |
| 28 | For instance , if the defendant tells a taxi driver that he must get money from his flat and the driver agrees , does he make off ? |
| 29 | He was a welder that used to help us make up er special tools and things to break down tyres with and the little four-wheeled trailer with it , B-Seventeen wheels on it that Billy has in was made by him . |
| 30 | This does n't mean that there are no visual clues to understanding : we all unconsciously use lip and head movements to help us make out what a speaker is saying . |