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make up less than a month
My object was to try a number of them in the next issue—I believe you make up less than a month ahead—and see what effect it has on the circulation.
— from Options by O. Henry

music upon laws that are merely
Nature, in fact, proceeds in music upon laws that are merely elaborated and carried out by science; while in painting, she offers an endless variety of objects and effects, to be selected, grouped, and made into a picture by the artist.
— from Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432 Volume 17, New Series, April 10, 1852 by Various

make um long time ago maybe
“Injun make um long time ago, maybe three, four thousan’ years,” explained Quatty in answer to the boys’ questions.
— from The Boy Aviators on Secret Service; Or, Working with Wireless by John Henry Goldfrap

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