Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] up the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , the turnaround found in bars 13–16 is a little tricky so , if you have any problems , break it down into small parts and practise it slowly , only building up the speed when you 're feeling more comfortable . |
| 2 | As always , remember to practise sl-ow-ly at first and only build up the tempo as and when the part begins to feel comfortable . |
| 3 | Not knowing more than that , we had a long drive up the Conon before we came on the church — which is sited right below what we thereafter called ‘ The Conon Corbetts ’ . |
| 4 | But if you are charged a few pounds , you 'll soon make up the difference once you 're filling up with cheaper , lead-free petrol . |
| 5 | Willie did so and soon picked up the melody until he almost began to enjoy it . |
| 6 | Ashley Booth , the hotel 's general manager , said : ‘ He was just stoking up the fire when it blew back on him and burned one of his hands . ’ |
| 7 | He was already advancing up the truck as Ward slithered down onto the flat surface of it . |
| 8 | three million books on the shelve , and we do n't have time going properly at the price so we go anything you want , bung it on the trolley and soon as the trolleys full it 's taken away and another one given , and you poke around and then in the evening , you stay in a hotel overnight , and then the following morning , they get and you just sort of send up the money and they just shout up the money as we go , then , every time I get to a thousand they say one , two , and you say right , tell me when I get near three , and I 've got this erm , I 'm dreadful at maths , I failed maths O Level three times and I do n't think about prices , I 've never been more than fifteen pounds out . |
| 9 | At the same time she will cut away any straggly shoots or twigs , generally tidying up the vines as she goes along . |
| 10 | ‘ Could you just hold up the bidding while my boys settle with the opposition ? ’ |
| 11 | Besides , he was sure we 'd quickly make up the time once we got out to sea . |
| 12 | Say a prayer and light one of the candles each Sunday in Advent gradually building up the light as Christ 's coming draws nearer . |
| 13 | So always start with the minimum amount and gradually build up the tones until you reach the strength that emphasises , rather than overpowers . |
| 14 | The sun gradually ate up the mist until by the afternoon we were in a blazing oven under a burned blue sky . |
| 15 | Wharton , however , who won inside the distance for the 10th time , gradually stepped up the pace as the fight went into its second half . |
| 16 | Christopher Martin-Jenkins succinctly summed up the situation when commenting that in less than a year England had been outplayed by the entire subcontinent . |
| 17 | They are beginning to let more and more hotel-type contracts , which makes sense — if we 've got a lot of senior management on a big site , they might as well pick up the housekeeping as well . ’ |
| 18 | They all rub the soap on the dolls and rub and rub them , then splash up the water till the soap ‘ comes off ’ . |
| 19 | One teacher indeed summed up the book as portraying religion as a fairy story and a religious festival as like a birthday party . |
| 20 | Slowly pull up the bar until it touches the chest , and then slowly lower it to arm 's length . |
| 21 | Bent-over rowing — slowly pull up the bar until it touches the chest |
| 22 | Er , right , so stylistically she has erm , she 's picked up , and she 's actually picked up the patterning as well of that , whereas in the middle English one , it was , th the sight , the odour , the touch , no , it was the smell , the touch , she has used an infini an infinitive of a verb , which gets away from the problem , that we do n't use nouns for these things . |
| 23 | The relationship between waiver and equitable estoppel is obvious , as Denning LJ pointed out in Charles Rickards Ltd v Oppenheim [ 1950 ] 1 KB 616 ( at p623 ) : If the defendant , as he did , led the plaintiffs to believe that he would not insist on the stipulation as to time , and that , if they carried out the work , he would accept it , and they did it , he could not afterwards set up the stipulation as to the time against them . |