Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could buy up the whole block . |
| 2 | She knew where she had got the notion that he could buy up the whole of her street with the petty cash . |
| 3 | At the end of the lease the tenant must yield up the premises , together with all buildings , fixtures , trees , and plants thereon , including even what he has himself added ; but to some extent this rule is relaxed in favour of trade and agricultural fixtures ; and a right to remove tenants ’ fixtures may be given by the terms of the lease . |
| 4 | How large were the , were the classes with these influx of all these , di did it boost up the numbers in the ? |
| 5 | Perhaps you could lighten up a little bit . ’ |
| 6 | We will lighten up the dreary Brighton sky and dim the fluorescent pier . ’ |
| 7 | One of Roscoe 's ideas was a windmill plough , whose sails would actually churn up the bog . |
| 8 | Even if you save and retrieve the file , it wo n't free up the memory . |
| 9 | Yes , when you erase something , it does n't free up the memory straight away . |
| 10 | The rating process can tie up a considerable amount of management time , and the company , of course , pays a fee to the rating agency . |
| 11 | Why do n't you tie up a hobby with a purely personal risk like parachuting … |
| 12 | This procedure , carried out each generation , could tie up the land indefinitely . |
| 13 | The work would completely tie up the lines — which is where the proposal could come unstuck . |
| 14 | I 'll tie up the dogs . ’ |
| 15 | Then I went below and got a handkerchief and helped Hands tie up the great bleeding wound in his leg . |
| 16 | KEVIN Keegan has lodged a substantial bid for an unnamed player but wo n't tie up the deal in time for Saturday 's home game with Brighton . |
| 17 | It is sometimes very difficult indeed not to be very cross , and there have been some occasions when I have had to go and chop up a few logs in order to abate my own aggression before replying . |
| 18 | ‘ Every room here has been booked since a year ago , and I was dearly hoping Donna would screw up the nerve to send her packing , but Mrs Foster happened by , and Matthew 's fiancée recognised her . |
| 19 | Joe 's reducing a dislocated thumb if he can screw up the courage , and Amy 's changing a dressing . |
| 20 | Yeah , cos , the solder just li links into the big hole and you do n't want it cos it can screw up the size of the hole then . |
| 21 | A few drops of tangy lemon oil in the bath will freshen up a hot and clammy patient . |
| 22 | We might catch up a bit here . |
| 23 | As predicted , we did catch up the cold front , refiled IFR and had to climb even further . |
| 24 | Day-trippers and weekend visitors have filled the streets and riverside paths every summer for more than sixty years but only a tiny percentage are aware of the village 's remarkable gastronomic distinction , about which most communities would continually drum up a publicity fanfare . |
| 25 | Yet he could n't quite drum up the enmity that seemed necessary in the circumstances , and that fact quite pleased him , for it proved what an enduring thing male friendship was , even if Jim did look to him less than his old self , and over-dressed in foreigners ' plumes that must have cost a packet in duty , the jacket obviously being pure wool . |
| 26 | Tomorrow they will pack up the equipment and depart , leaving that desert town as they found it , intact . |
| 27 | When he was in the dining room she would be in the dairy ; when he wandered out to look at the home fields she would be over the lake by Burtness Wood ; when he made his way to the wood she would retreat up the fell and it was pointless , he rightly guessed , as well as being too open to comment , to pursue her onto the tops . |
| 28 | And you can line up a special treat to celebrate when the battle is won — using the money that has been saved on a holiday or to buy yourself something special . |
| 29 | I 'd line up a Brief if I were you . ’ |
| 30 | He knew he had the tournament won , but he was so high he could n't even line up the putt . |