Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] up a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhere here were the contributions of Duroc 's ancestors : a series of articles co-written by Pierre Henri Duroc and Donatien Alphonse Francois , Marquis de Sade , speculating on the limits of the human mind when confronted with endless pain ; some transcripts from the meetings of Robespierre 's Committee of Public Safety , in which the fates of some of the first families of France were decided on a whim ; a suppressed account of certain discoveries in a pre-human city that came to light in 19th-century French Equatorial Africa before the cyclopean stones mysteriously sank into the soft jungle earth ; Cauchemar et Fils , Maitres des Mondes Perdues , an unpublished novel by M. Jules Verne that was purchased from the author by a Great-Great-Great-Uncle and consigned to obscurity because it described a steam-driven engine to open up a gateway to a world of dreams that bore a remarkable similarity to a device that the Duroc of the time had indeed developed . |
| 2 | One young person gave up a holiday to America just to help us . |
| 3 | Disconcerted , Sarella put up a hand to her earrings . |
| 4 | The interim dividend goes up a fraction to 3.1p , from 2.9p . |
| 5 | The interim dividend goes up a fraction to 3.1p , from 2.9p . |
| 6 | County freeholders and burgh magistrates alike found Indian patronage attractive , for an Indian appointment opened up a career to a poor gentleman as none of the alternatives then available could do . |
| 7 | Mike , who lives nearby , crawled under the floor to rig up a supply to a glass-washing machine . |
| 8 | Nicandra put up a hand to the loose hairpins in her bun , and looked rather miserable . |
| 9 | As you play through this , do n't forget to re-tune your low E string up a semi-tone to F and to let the notes sustain into each other wherever possible . |
| 10 | The program moves up a level to the assembly file and checks for possible interference between the selected part and other sub-assemblies contained within the assembly . |
| 11 | Hotspur put up a hand to the furred collar of his cloak , and let it slide from his shoulders ; and like a silent and attentive valet the girl came gliding out of the shadows and took it from him . |
| 12 | By introducing a programme for the training of drawing teachers in 1871 , the school opened up a vocation to women : a vocation through which they could attempt to have more secure incomes . |
| 13 | The narrator took up a position to one side of the loudspeaker , and the listeners were challenged to guess which was which as alternate lines were delivered . |
| 14 | Visitors to the Stoke-on-Trent stand picked up a Passport to the Potteries leaflet which allows them a discount when visiting sites of interest such as the Wedgwood Visitor Centre . |
| 15 | Why would he find it in his interest to ratchet up a challenge to a foreign power that has , after all , an impeccable legal position in Panama and a considerable military position ? |