Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb -s] up [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sea breeze blows in Enfant-Béate and turns the tropical heat to balm of an evening , it stirs the jade-like waxy foliage above the elephantine trunk and picks up these entreaties made by islanders who come here with their offerings : the tack or nail , made of tin or brass or iron or copper , supplied by the goods store at sharp expense , one of the manufactures that are sent from the mother country in return for sugar . |
| 2 | Brand C sells at £39 per month and takes up 13 metres of space . |
| 3 | Brand A sells at £150 per month and takes up 10 feet of shelf space . |
| 4 | Brand B sells at £75 per month and takes up 7 metres of space . |
| 5 | Brand D sells at £315 per month and takes up 20 feet of space . |
| 6 | An outstanding example of this type of narrative is Vargas Llosa 's Conversation in the Cathedral , which pivots around a four-hour conversation between two characters , the whole novel being made up of dialogue and narrative units generated in waves by the central conversation , as the two men 's review of their past lives sparks off inner thoughts and recollections and conjures up other conversations and dramatized episodes . |
| 7 | So in Scout 's case , her innocence leads her through her childhood and because she is too young to understand fully the barrier between the different races she lives among , she is saved from the emotional torments other people suffer , but in Perk 's case her innocence leads her straight into a very touchy emotional situation and ends up suffering death , too young to understand why . |
| 8 | The political-economic structures behind the range of choices is the next necessary analytical step and opens up wider concerns at the local , national and international level . |