Example sentences of "idea [prep] [verb] up [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not , to be honest , think I would have much success — it 's not the sort of thing that I would have known all those years ago — but the idea of ringing up a few of my former colleagues was just irresistible . |
| 2 | This gave Ian the idea of setting up a similar , small-scale , homely establishment in the Highlands . |
| 3 | In the report Mr Stephen Tapper , director of development services , says the council has rejected the idea of setting up a special badge purely for Darlington . |
| 4 | At the same time , Denyer had the idea of setting up an accompanying exhibition : it seemed an obvious extension of the book . |
| 5 | Sir Adrian seems unhappy with the idea of drawing up a vast catalogue of top management attributes and is more inclined to the view that being a good senior executive is something gleaned from hard experience . |
| 6 | McGillicuddy would n't relish the idea of giving up the General Director 's job as European overlord , but he was also sixty and could be kicked upstairs for a year or so before taking early retirement . |
| 7 | Despite apparent sympathy with Menshevik moderation between 1908 and 1912 , they never accepted the idea of winding up the underground party . |