Example sentences of "[vb -s] up the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The top riders never appear to be hurrying — in fact Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up the fastest time of the day . |
| 2 | But Andebraham Giorgis , who heads up the educational division of the EPLF , is as interested in talking about the achievements and challenges of education as about the difficulties resulting from the war . |
| 3 | He digs up the bloody garden round the |
| 4 | A look is created , forgotten and then reinvented years later as it hits a dead end and digs up the tried-and-tested looks of yesteryear . |
| 5 | The Waterline , then , returns to its origins , as the case study which is Billy 's life painfully dredges up the first scenes of his disorder . |
| 6 | The provision of council housing therefore links up the second basis of local — newcomer conflict , which relates to broadly environmental issues . |
| 7 | Of these the most useful is Magnify which blows up the selected area by up to eight times . |
| 8 | Woods ' concepts of reality and illusion become blurred and he ends up the living incarnation of the television lie , developing a slit in his stomach that can accept video cassettes , guns , hands — anything . |
| 9 | Nothing about what conjures up the distinctive perfume of a bookshop , however . |
| 10 | A sound that conjures up the balmy shores of the Carribean . |
| 11 | It conjures up the bad image about opiates on a general scale , y'know . |
| 12 | Despite some early lows ( ‘ Coming On Strong ’ ) , The Shamen string together a powerful set which plays up the rockier side of their pop equation . |
| 13 | When he wins he turns up the next week as if nothing 's happened — and as if he has n't got a penny to his name , that 's the difference between Seve and others — what sets him apart a bit , I suppose . |
| 14 | The new law increases fines for shopworkers found guilty of selling cigarettes to children to £2,500 and tightens up the previous legislation in a number of other ways . |
| 15 | Richardson is not uncritical of his subject or the paintings , particularly the blue period works , and certainly points up the variable quality of the paintings of the earliest years , where fully-fledged masterpieces were mixed in with hastily produced or rather gauchly sentimental pieces . |
| 16 | Consistently good water quality and a stress-free environment builds up the natural resistance of your fish , so they can shrug off minor ailments . |
| 17 | An Austerity 2–8–0 grinds up the final couple of miles towards Woodhead , seen approaching Crowden in 1951 . |
| 18 | But the latter were clearly hopelessly reductionist in relation to a concept such as this which at once opens up the possible significances of what was once merely seen as the aesthetic . |
| 19 | I believe that Bourdieu 's conceptual framework opens up the social-scientific study of postmodernism in several ways . |
| 20 | Compact benefits students by offering them " value-added " jobs when they have attained their goals , and so opens up the realistic prospect of job satisfaction and career progression . |
| 21 | Extensive use of the computer in project work opens up the further possibility of a computer-oriented career . |
| 22 | The building , which faces west , lies below a turn in the Sacred Way which zigzags up the steep site to the temple , on a little terrace just above the south wall of the sanctuary . |
| 23 | Priddle takes up the poisoned chalice for PWRs |
| 24 | The calendar , with dates of school holidays clearly marked , takes up the central panel of the sheet , around the edge are further panels containing information about staff , governors , PTA , emergency contacts , useful phone numbers and how long children should be kept off school for mumps , measles and other common childhood illnesses . |
| 25 | The hall takes up the central bay through the two storeys ; the dining- and drawing-rooms are on either side . |
| 26 | The Government takes up the financial burden through the Public Service Obligation grant , but economies are still expected . |
| 27 | The lateral membrane takes up the entire length of one side of the chamber , pushing the grapes against the other side . |
| 28 | The surface of a warm , damp body takes up the wet-bulb temperature of the air around it . |
| 29 | And Isaiah takes up the same theme in the fifty fifth chapter . |
| 30 | It always takes up the same number of positions in the file name , and that 's useful as you shall see . |