Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] up [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It publishes a monthly newsletter and a monthly Investors ' Handbook which builds up into a comprehensive reference manual covering all aspects of share investment . |
| 2 | And furthermore , do n't bother with guidebook descriptions or the like , just find the crag and climb the rock , dappled with lichen , tinged with red and bristle-tufted with pink-and-dark-green heather , which soars up to a narrow apex . |
| 3 | French towns , large or small , have a raffish , down-at-heel quality which shows up as a relaxed attitude to their urban fabric . |
| 4 | in that they 're electrically they really are electrical charges , and somebody comes up with a big positive electrical pole of a a battery |
| 5 | Enya does n't go in for intellectual analysis of her music much , but when I tell her these first reactions to her heart- breakingly beautiful new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , she lights up with a certain delighted relief that two years of studio work seems to be hitting the right target . |
| 6 | Yes , erm , the , the most archetypal one is , is the miser of course , who , who turns up with a stale box of chocolates and an ingratiating smile , and proceeds to eat you out of house and home , and then when you 're at the supermarket , disappears mysteriously at the checkout , and returns when you 've paid with a , a bumper bag a crisps that he keeps in his bedroom when , in case he gets peckish at night . |
| 7 | In truth , her performance in winning at Edgbaston probably told us far more about how she is likely to make out when she tees up as a professional than could ever have been gauged from an isolated week among those playing for pay . |
| 8 | John is n't satisfied with it , we are bogged down , and finally it is Campbell who comes up with a plausible route through drunken , volatile shifts of feeling . |
| 9 | She thinks you suspect her and it seems to me that everything adds up to a good cause for her condition . ’ |
| 10 | One saves up for a lifelong dream , another |
| 11 | We put a match to ours and it goes up with a rocket-like roar , heating the yurt in a flash . |
| 12 | 7 He ends up in a weak position , open to many follow-up techniques . |
| 13 | If it ends up with a segregated system — then so be it ’ . |
| 14 | Change the social or physical conditions in which the animal is growing up and you may find it ends up with a different set of rules for learning . |
| 15 | Go alt N and you can see what 's happening is your text is actually being indented one tab stop at a time so it ends up as a narrow thin ribbon of text skating down the page and if you do this really crazily you can end up with a document that is only just one word wide ! |
| 16 | Then , as it grows up in a normal , average temperature , the hotter area of its body — its central trunk region — remains pale in colour , while its cooler extremities become gradually darker . |
| 17 | When the slow-moving potto is approached by an enemy , it curls up into a tight ball , clings on to its branch and lowers its head between its legs so that the back of its spiky neck is thrust towards the predator . |
| 18 | But when he is called to perform later on that night he curls up in a limp ball and refuses to move . |
| 19 | It opens up into a fantastic cavern , which glistens and sparkles as though lit by an invisible Light . |
| 20 | It folds up into a neat , easy-to-store carrying case when not in use . |
| 21 | He comes up with a little piece of advice on how to make that picture , or the colouring , or the mounting better . |