Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet there is more which the Government could do without too great an increase in public borrowing or putting up taxes . |
| 2 | Mountain streams are usually the longest , originating from springs on high ground and picking up ground water and tributaries as they descend . |
| 3 | She handed Emmie the empty cup and picked up Mo tenderly . |
| 4 | It will be interesting to see whether current opinion confirms that historical evaluation or throws up masters due for a fuller reassessment . |
| 5 | Led by a man named William Shorter , the gang had begun as a small group of poachers , their nickname derived from their dark clothing and blacked up faces for nocturnal raids in the forest . |
| 6 | Use dampened string when tying up parcels , when the string dries it shrinks and |
| 7 | Do n't forget the landslip had taken place only that morning , Orrie Benyon was just cordoning off the dangerous area and putting up warning notices . |
| 8 | Paradoxically however the demand for better films saw the American film industry move away from its natural habitat and take up residence in a suburban section of what was essentially a southern Californian oasis . |
| 9 | And there is a coddling quality , a smooth butteriness that conjures up visions of shortbread biscuits sprinkled with ground cinnamon . |
| 10 | Drake easily told by greatly elongated central tail feathers , 4 in. of total length , combined with striking pattern of dark head and throat and white breast and stripe up side of neck . |
| 11 | They took a left turn and picked up speed . |
| 12 | ‘ Set in a small town Indiana suburb , Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt play Nick and Lily Laemle , a young married couple whose dedication to self betterment , domestic order and keeping up appearances amounts to an obsession . |
| 13 | She learned that Maxim had an elder sister — oddly , she 'd always assumed he must have been the first child — who had married a Quaker school-master and lived up North , had three children and did n't work , ‘ Except at disapproving of the Army , ’ Maxim added . |
| 14 | It is not always easy to directly compare the interest rates between different lenders because of differences in the way the charges are calculated — a good guide is the APR rather than the basic rate — and always bear in mind the possible arrangement or setting up fees ! |
| 15 | Pulls up chair to sit by low sink and turns up sleeves . ) |
| 16 | Children need full assessment and follow up care to aid recovery . |
| 17 | On offer at the shop is a full design and make up service for cots , cribs , Moses baskets , bedding and curtains . |
| 18 | I watched for the gas station on Harvey 's map and turned off on to an unmade road that kicked up stones against the underside of the Rambler and laid a film of dust across the tinted windscreen . |
| 19 | The research will involve theoretical development and both econometric work and back up case study analysis . |
| 20 | If you wish to get married in a church which is not in either parish , you will have to apply to be put on the electoral roll or take up residence in the parish for the period over which the banns will be read . |
| 21 | The ‘ naked ’ crab moved about 60 cm ( 2 ft ) away while the first crab nipped out of its damaged shell and took up residence in the new one . |
| 22 | And in ‘ Macbeth ’ , ‘ when Tarquin ‘ rapes ’ the crown , and the Boar climbs into Duncan 's slashed skin and stands up King of Scotland ’ , one must simply groan , because for all the tortuous extravagance of metaphor , and the twists and turns of myth intended to give it power like twisted elastic , one is not being told anything novel . |
| 23 | Algernon whistled as he worked , a habit picked up from his father , who was given to musical expression while chopping up meat . |
| 24 | These could include promising to join the European Monetary System and mopping up liquidity by , for example , special banking deposit rates . |
| 25 | That does n't just mean using a cash register , giving the correct change and adding up prices , although of course these are important . |
| 26 | He had called in a local firm of builders to carry out the essential brickwork , plastering and re-tiling on the roof ; after that , he took a hand in the redecoration personally , splashing on new paint and putting up wallpaper . |
| 27 | It measured 1270mm wide , so we used a 914mm wide door and built up sides using 15mm laminated chipboard |
| 28 | When computers first reached secondary schools and colleges , many mathematics specialists , like colleagues in physics , welcomed the new horizon and set up computing/IT departments . |
| 29 | They let the horses wander there with Rimir , Isay and two of Finnan 's men watching over them , then found a relatively dry spot and set up camp in what had become their normal routine . |
| 30 | A Yorkshire mill-owner 's seventieth birthday is recorded as bringing ‘ callers all day , bringing little remembrances of flowers , fruit , etc ; ’ while a Kent farm labourer , on reaching the same age after 51 years on the same farm , was given a pension from a local charity and gave up work . |