Example sentences of "[verb] it up to [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Rather , it first , made full divorce somewhat easier and cheaper , opening it up to the upper middle class , second , made judicial separation more expensive and more rare ; and third , continued to deny the poor access to either .
2 They simplified the house , knocking down walls , adding bathrooms , and opening it up to the cool summer breezes from the sea .
3 And then the real work begins , to work it up to a higher and higher level , and this surely can not be done until you have fifteen or twenty years working with the one orchestra .
4 On Thursday at the 17th Arnold knocks it up to an identical spot and says , ‘ What club is it , Tip ? ’
5 Phil was so anxious to get to sea that I was finishing typing my report as we entered the lock , and handed it up to the local officer as the seaward lock gate opened .
6 If you are paid a weekly wage , then add it up to the monthly total and put that down and so on .
7 Then , in a fit of excess , he ratcheted it up to a full 2 million job losses .
8 I could have done with a little more natural variation in the sound , but seeing that all Kirk is probably going to do with it is leave it on the neck pickup , knock all the middle off at the amp and turn it up to an excruciating volume , it does n't have to be the most variable guitar in the world .
9 But with a th a single wardrobe ironically you ca n't get them up the stairs because soon as you reach that step you 've got another step so if you were to lift it up to the next step it 'll hit the top of the d doorjamb so it wo n't go any further .
10 The easiest method of growing this species is to grow it in a flower-pot immersed in a shallow tank and bring it up to a reasonable size .
11 It was often her task to carry it up to the little sitting-room , followed by Mary from the village , who came in as a daily maid , bearing a silver jug of hot water and matches to light all the lamps .
12 If not , you are obliged to top it up to the statutory level .
13 Now move to the next point and join it up to every other point and so on until your pattern is complete .
14 We 'd obviously , we 'd like to get the agreement of this committee to continue that work and to take it up to the various bodies and consultation .
15 Then they backed it up to the front door and they all charged inside . ’
16 With ‘ If I Was Your Girlfriend ’ he created another identity for himself ( ‘ Camille ’ ) by subjecting his vocal to studio wizardry that tweaked it up to an androgynous 55 rpm .
17 Although it was small and seemed damp , we were told work would soon be done to bring it up to an acceptable level . ’
18 They moved on , following it up to the first of the ruined buildings .
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