Example sentences of "[vb infin] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps you could lighten up a little bit . ’ |
| 2 | The rating process can tie up a considerable amount of management time , and the company , of course , pays a fee to the rating agency . |
| 3 | Why do n't you tie up a hobby with a purely personal risk like parachuting … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A few drops of tangy lemon oil in the bath will freshen up a hot and clammy patient . |
| 6 | We might catch up a bit here . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I 'd line up a Brief if I were you . ’ |
| 10 | So we 'd jump up an get one of these rabbit skins and then we 'd take it back to wholesale fruiter in Street , and get fourpence for it . |
| 11 | One can not suddenly scale up a laboratory procedure by a thousandfold . |
| 12 | We could hang up a few politicians too. , ‘ There 's that farmer who used a plough with horses . |
| 13 | Although the school may not be responsible for resolving these problems there are likely to be active councillors amongst the governors who , given suitable encouragement , would whip up a crusade for effective action . |
| 14 | The chefs of Brighton & Hove 's excellent restaurants can whip up a piquant sauce every bit as good as George IV 's French cooks . |
| 15 | Her fingers reached up to entwine in the clean curl of his black hair , every part of her aching shamelessly to be discovered and touched , by this one man who could whip up a storm in her heart … |
| 16 | So far , the Ramsdens have sent out 30 winners this season and they are hoping that they can snap up a tasty hors-d'oeuvre before the Newmarket feast by saddling their first winner at Ascot this afternoon when they run Line Of Vision and Hunter Valley . |
| 17 | But what ever happens at the end of the day , neither is going on the scrap heap because they are a diamond , so someone will snap up a diamond and it will retain it 's value and they will do very well . |
| 18 | Police work involves so much bloody paperwork these days and a lot of boring stuff that a family row can quite spice up a night . |
| 19 | You can spice up a document by drawing straight onto it . |
| 20 | This latter exclusion was construed to mean that if someone did n't tighten up a bolt properly during maintenance or left a spanner in the works , which resulted in damage to the plant , then no cover would have been applicable . |
| 21 | Although it is often taken to imply that the citizen is entitled to ‘ social rights ’ , it does not immediately conjure up a picture of socialist collectivism which would alienate those on the right . |
| 22 | They range from 24-hour , 365-day booking services to trouble-shooting units manned by experienced travel consultants who can conjure up a private jet at three o'clock in the morning . |
| 23 | See if you can conjure up a picture of you being successful — what were the events , what were your thoughts and feelings , and what were you doing at the time ? |
| 24 | When searching for the right adjective , bear in mind that your effect on the reader will be stronger if you can create physical sensation , if you can make the reader conjure up a colour , a texture , a smell or a sound , rather than using a word like ‘ soothing ’ , or ‘ lovely ’ or ( worst of all ) ‘ evocative ’ . |
| 25 | Based on a syllabus for children in their first year of English , Wizadora helps the teacher conjure up a rich learning experience from the basic elements of language covered at primary level . |
| 26 | I ca n't paint it , but I can mentally conjure up a corresponding work titled The Rapist of a huge erect penis clothed in a sober grey suit ( and bowler hat ? ) from whose open trouser flies pops out a tiny detumescent homunculus . |
| 27 | However , if Bates can conjure up a repeat of last year 's progress to the fourth round , he is unlikely to go any further with second seed and twice former champion Stefan Edberg blocking his path . |
| 28 | In recent years we met less often and yet he could conjure up an incident which made us both feel it had all happened a few days ago . |
| 29 | Even at its most basic it can break up a plain stocking stitch garment or it can be used as an all-over pattern there are numerous ways of arranging the cables to form different patterns . |
| 30 | So and it can break up a long session it can it can maintain interest . |