Example sentences of "[vb past] up [art] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drew up a very elaborate Writer 's Guide to explain what he had in mind to the authors he planned to canvass for Doctor Who . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , the kitchen was being gutted and an architect friend drew up an entirely new conception for the space , involving limed Spanish oak , wrought-iron brackets ( many bought at David de Spenceley 's antiques salvage warehouse in Fulham ) and 300-watt pinpoints of light hidden in the ceiling . |
| 3 | Without legal connections and with little money , he judged that progress would be easier in the provinces and went to Manchester , where he built up a mainly civil practice until Sir David Napley , Jeremy Thorpe 's solicitor , happened to see him in action . |
| 4 | So you did , and used up a little more time . |
| 5 | His entrance stirred up an even larger excitement , and the crowd surged forward — Mala among them — for a closer look . |
| 6 | Unlike Paris , in which according to Benjamin , modernity opened up a previously labyrinthine structure , Vienna 's traditional inner city was largely already baroque . |
| 7 | Happy Mondays , The Stone Roses and The Beloved opened up a truly wonderful world , available to everyone . |
| 8 | Mannheim had set out a project for the sociology of knowledge that opened up a potentially stimulating area of sociological inquiry . |
| 9 | Through their writings , I went in my imagination on trips to unknown parts — coral islands , hunting for treasure , discovering oil — joining the Library opened up an entirely new world for me . |
| 10 | Although scarcely under challenge from other national groups , Russians made up a steadily diminishing proportion of the total population over the postwar period and the Russian Republic included many of the Soviet Union 's poorest farmland and most dismal cities , creating at least the impression that it was subsidising developments in more prosperous non-Russian areas . |
| 11 | Built in 1864 — 71 , Thoresby was one of the famous Nottinghamshire ‘ Dukeries ’ that 100 years ago made up the most illustrious group of houses in Britain . |
| 12 | RIXI MARKUS , who has died aged 81 , was the first woman in the world to become a bridge grandmaster , and with the late Fritzi Gordon made up the most formidable women 's bridge partnership in the world . |
| 13 | As we went up the almost perpendicular staircase , Wendy pulled the banister away from the wall . |
| 14 | And then , in 1938 , a trawler fishing off the coast of South Africa brought up a very strange fish . |
| 15 | Throughout the 1960s , politicians kept up a rather futile polemic as to whether the General cared about anything except foreign affairs . |
| 16 | Lankester suggested that the driving force of progress was the struggle of organisms to cope with environmental challenge , and warned that degeneration threatened any species that took up a less stimulating environment . |
| 17 | She took up the already damp towel and swathed herself in it . |
| 18 | Of Puritan stock , and imbued with his family 's sober piety , Philipps grew up a wholly devout Anglican , anxious above all for the survival and renewal of a Church beset , as he saw it , by spreading laxity and licentiousness . |
| 19 | One year , after I notched up a particularly impressive tally of flying time , our club created a new annual award called ‘ Peel of the Year ’ — convinced there would only ever be one recipient . |
| 20 | Kulti , 21 , put up a little more resistance in the second set , but to no avail . |
| 21 | Tug of Gold 's stablemate Baydon Star put up a most taking performance on his debut for David Nicholson at Ascot a fortnight ago , beating Cadency in style over an inadequate trip . |
| 22 | Last night the Jewson League team put up a tremendously committed performance to underline their quality and give the visiting attackers and mid-field men a hard time . |
| 23 | I mean I I think he put up a very good show and er I know it 's very disappointing to lose , is n't it ? |
| 24 | We must have wanted to come here : to do so , I gave up a most coveted job , that of editor in chief of American Esquire . |
| 25 | I fell victim to the thought-rather-than-action syndrome myself a few years ago and gave up a demonstrably worthwhile job as a doctor in order to write a novel called A Paper Mask . |
| 26 | Christian Democrats and Fascists , Greens and Republicans , Progressives and Conservatives , there are aplenty , as well , certainly , as some who call themselves Socialists and others who gave up the perfectly respectable name of Communist and now shelter under a variety of weasel descriptions , usually featuring words like ‘ democratic ’ and ‘ left ’ in unconvincing proximity . |
| 27 | Her imagination conjured up an erotically vivid picture and she knew a hectic flush had risen to her cheeks . |
| 28 | Despite warnings of impenetrable ice , the crew of Knox-Johnston 's boat , the Suhaili , found the fjord clear and continued up the more problematic Watkins Fjord , dodging icebergs to reach the starting point for the climbing section of the expedition . |
| 29 | Opposite , alongside a loudly dripping tap , Sister Annunciata topped up the already bubbling tea urn , switched on , Vi suspected , without the priest 's permission . |
| 30 | Zampolli summed up the curiously optimistic mood the industry found itself in , post-war , at Geneva : ‘ You know , ’ he said , ‘ during the war I took three orders for the car . |