Example sentences of "[vb base] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't say we writhe the Munros because we do n't slither up them on our bellies , nor would we invite friends to hop , swim , float or jitterbug up a Munro on a Saturday . |
| 2 | But I could have them send up a tray if you 'd rather stay in bed . ’ |
| 3 | Well we 've had all this trauma about you know , cos I do you , where do you want the he said well do n't see much of daddy or nan and granddad and nana and granddad said they moved in on Christmas Day stay here and Rachael and Steven would n't come up , stay here on Christmas Day , it 's quite likely , quite likely to go with daddy he said but , in many ways I he said I know what we can do is when we send up the chimney we could put nanny 's address , nanny 's address on it , shall we ? |
| 4 | three million books on the shelve , and we do n't have time going properly at the price so we go anything you want , bung it on the trolley and soon as the trolleys full it 's taken away and another one given , and you poke around and then in the evening , you stay in a hotel overnight , and then the following morning , they get and you just sort of send up the money and they just shout up the money as we go , then , every time I get to a thousand they say one , two , and you say right , tell me when I get near three , and I 've got this erm , I 'm dreadful at maths , I failed maths O Level three times and I do n't think about prices , I 've never been more than fifteen pounds out . |
| 5 | send up the survey to old Hughey , he , he 'll give you a few . |
| 6 | The castellated Raven Hotel ( a healthy clamber up the cliff path ) provided refreshment at reasonable prices . |
| 7 | Sheer walls thirty feet high enclose you , the way upstream being a clamber up the smooth lip of a nine-foot dry waterfall that takes you into Upper Ease Gill Kirk . |
| 8 | The kids helped me pile up the slabs and we ‘ borrowed ’ a barrow from the house-renovators next door to transport the broken humps of concrete , via some wobbly ramps , to a spoil heap up the garden . |
| 9 | Cheer up a gloomy garden with tub , sink or bowl of brilliant bright blooms . |
| 10 | WHEN the winter weather is foul , bowls of spring bulbs flowering indoors cheer up the house . |
| 11 | Competing bureaucracies carve up a unitary field ( DES , NCC , SEAC ) . |
| 12 | But , and it 's but , supporting the document today does not give the C E C the green light to rush into any amalgamation with the Transport and General Union and carve up the G M B. |
| 13 | Basically , you take a good slug of tequila ( ice cold if poss ) and add a splash of lime juice , then top up a five-ounce glass with champagne — or Sainsbury 's Asti Spumante , whichever comes first to hand . |
| 14 | Top up the level in the bucket to five gallons with cold water . |
| 15 | He continues pouring from one container to another , and after lots of experience and conversation with the adults around him can begin to estimate how much he is going to need to fill the guinea pig 's water bowl or top up the vase of flowers . |
| 16 | Open a Tax Exempt Special Savings Account ( Tessa ) , or top up the one you 've got . |
| 17 | ‘ Most include plant extracts which have a stimulating effect on the circulation so they top up the benefits of a massage and boost your blood flow for a little longer . |
| 18 | If you want to maintain a minimum temperature above 10°C , it may be economical to use a cheaper form of fuel to provide the bulk of the heat and top up the supply with electric heaters in very cold weather . |
| 19 | The conveyor is moved from one end to the other keeping the load as level as possible while we top up the hold . |
| 20 | I watched Pa mark the first blade with yellow chalk , pull down his welder 's mask , then winch up the grinding wheel till it just pinged against the right-hand end of the blades , throwing a couple of sparks . |
| 21 | From here you depart at 5.30pm and head up the Moselle for overnight mooring at Aiken a delightful wine village overlooked by the Thurant Castle . |
| 22 | THRILLED SKINNY : ‘ Let There Be Shelving EP ’ ( Hunchback ) top DIY enthusiasts knock up a tasty four track EP with a couple of bits of string and some sticky-back plastic . |
| 23 | The young lads at the club ai n't very 'appy , an' accordin' ter my information they 're all willin' ter lend us an 'and ter knock up a timber buildin' . |
| 24 | He 'd been shaken , certainly , when Cedric Downes had invited him to go along to the North Oxford Golf Club and knock up the caretaker if necessary . |
| 25 | Knock up the team up . |
| 26 | He could go and dig up the roadworks during the night , and get some cement made up in a small container and cement up the holes in manhole covers you used to lift the things up by . |
| 27 | Roux and Co cook up a treat at Food Show . |
| 28 | TV 's Bodger and Badger cook up a Sunday lunchtime treat , with barmy Jane Bassett , juggling genius Tim Bat and Prince of Pottiness Pierre Hollins , and masses of mashed potato . |
| 29 | The draft position paper goes sliding over the edge of the desk into the waste-paper basket as I snatch up the receiver . |
| 30 | Nudge up a bit I mean it could 've been tonight . |