Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [verb] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very small windows are usually better just left , and given a plant , vase of flowers or object to cheer up the sill . |
| 2 | Choosing the right time and place to bring up the subject of safer sex is important . |
| 3 | Snow and slush messing up the pavements . |
| 4 | When they stand at the watchnight service and hear those self-same carols they will galvanise into action and begin to take up the offering among the congregation and go off to ring it up on the cash register . |
| 5 | * Check the contents page and try to link up the entries into a developing narrative or argument . |
| 6 | To the accompaniment of one of Alan Dell 's Big Band programmes Patrick told Peter Jennings about the murder and the theft of the letters , the switched bodies and his decision to come out to Romania and try to pick up the scent of John and Angela Bonnard . |
| 7 | I think you need to look again at the bit I 've marked above where I could n't understand it , and try to clear up the problem . |
| 8 | I 'm just trying to keep his feet on the ground and try to make up the yardage , but Lee hits out of the bunker and thinks it has all left him . |
| 9 | And honeysuckle twining up the birch . |
| 10 | They now have an urge to seek fresh water and start swimming up the rivers . |
| 11 | The dummy was needed , Hayling said , to show to potential advertisers and help start up the advertising sales process . |
| 12 | Joanna went on , ‘ Whatever happens , I 'm going to stay with you and help to build up the practice till it 's a going concern . |
| 13 | The traditional explanation is that the stripes act as camouflage and help to break up the shape of the animal , concealing its body from the eyes of hungry predators . |
| 14 | ‘ The Millar ’ are to be seen regularly at numerous parades and have built up a reputation of excellent musical ability , together with superb marching talent . |
| 15 | The only difference between what Daniel had to endure and what my children have endured is that I am still alive and have plucked up the courage to divorce my husband . |
| 16 | I have therefore taken my discussions with senior staff one step further and have drawn up a discussion document on Council Tax Structure and Staffing which addresses the various issues currently being examined . |
| 17 | It is assumed that the two defendants have committed some crime at a stated time — say between 10 and 11 p.m. last Wednesday — and have set up an alibi . |
| 18 | If you want to extend your bathroom into a hallway or bedroom , and plan to put up a partition wall , you will need Building Regulations ' approval if this involves the demolition of a load-bearing wall . |
| 19 | But stop to add up the value of your house , car , shares , insurance policies — the total is probably more than you realised . |