Example sentences of "[verb] up [art] [adj] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The last straw was located about 10 or 15ft from safety , at which handholds seemed to disappear altogether and aching feet were scrunched up the tiniest of ripples . |
2 | It is surely rather a lot to ask an alien species , perhaps 50 light-years away , to pick up the faintest of traces and then instantly respond . |
3 | Here Gehlen collected up the thousands of spools of microfilm that over the years he had painstakingly amassed as part of his record of Russian intelligence . |
4 | They 'd probably end up the best of friends . |
5 | The light from the kitchen window was showing up the faintest of impressions on the paper , and Doyle picked up the pad and examined it more closely . |
6 | She thought of Jonathan , but decided that she must have been too angry and hurt , because she could only manage to summon up the blurriest of images of him . |
7 | With the right choice of shrubs and plants , you can brighten up the shadiest of corners |