Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] up [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasional regattas liven up the local sailing . |
| 2 | Wickham bounded up the last flight , shirt-sleeved , jacket in hand . |
| 3 | I put this on the agenda erm the phrase at the moment seems to be flagging things up and my concern is opposite Dave is the but as everybody I 'm sure is aware we 've got erm divisional A L O's based within as Crime Prevention Officers , the main concern for my particular area is Bill although based at has actually for the last three years built up a good working relationship and inspected staff from and . |
| 4 | As people went to the polls in the Serb-held city of Banja Luka in northern Bosnia , bulldozers cleared away the remains of two 16th-century mosques blown up the previous week . |
| 5 | And viewers on both sides of the globe lapped up every sugary second to the dream story-line as the ratings soared . |
| 6 | And his hand picked up a dropped boot to hurl it against the crackling plastic doors . |
| 7 | An eager public lapped up the vital evidence . |
| 8 | The Commission had in fact drawn up a short list of six associations , from which the government was expected to select two groups . |
| 9 | The Yanks did n't even bother to screen it , but we Brits lapped up the handlebar-moustachioed plotting and a-planning of David McCallum and Robert Wagner , not to mention the dastardly swagger of Nazi stereotype Anthony Valentine , who became a sex symbol . |