Example sentences of "[vb pp] up by [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they 've got the bloody labels mixed up by the look of it . |
| 2 | The flows are covered with large , high wrinkles and ridges , concentric with the edges of the flow , where the stiff surface layer was crinkled up by the pressure of more material arriving from behind — rather like a pahoehoe surface on a basalt lava , but on a much bigger scale . |
| 3 | The refugees were picked up by a convoy of buses at the Austrian border . |
| 4 | All the bills were picked up by a consortium of local banks and newspapers . |
| 5 | The flashing light is then picked up by a sensor at the distant end and the information converted first into a corresponding electrical pattern then into sound using an earpiece or loudspeaker . |
| 6 | The pulsing light is picked up by a sensor at the distant end , converted into on-off electrical signals , amplified , fed to an digital-to-analogue converter and the information used to operate an earpiece , loudspeaker or other output device . |
| 7 | They would use incendiary-cum-explosive bombs to disable the aircraft and then retire to a pre-arranged rendezvous point in the desert where they could be picked up by a patrol of the Long Range Desert Group ( LRDG ) . |
| 8 | Once this had been accomplished , the various parties would proceed on foot to an agreed rendezvous in the desert , about forty-five miles inland , where they would be picked up by a patrol of the Long Range Desert Group . |
| 9 | BEIRUT — Syrian forces freed a Lebanese air force pilot who had been picked up by a gunboat after ditching his plane in the Mediterranean yesterday , Reuter reports . |
| 10 | When working with mice in an isolator they may be picked up by the base of their tail using a pair of large forceps with rubber sleeves on their tips . |
| 11 | Five talented misfits from Camden form a band playing the most ridiculed form of music in the world , are picked up by the chief of the record label that brought you the Manic Street Preachers — and ZAP ! country is sincerely rehabilitated . |
| 12 | ‘ And the commission would not agree to postpone payment until slaughter unless we could guarantee that it would be picked up by the holder of the animal when it was ten months old . ’ |
| 13 | The paint is picked up by the texture of the paper and the previous layers of paint . |
| 14 | Green sometimes accompanied by his wife , was often in Keswick on business ( he would set off walking from Ambleside , and be picked up by the carrier at Wyburn ) and would call to visit his children , and take them out for walks down to Derwentwater . |
| 15 | Then , just as Tabitha was opening her mouth and wondering what she was supposed to say , a hideous crackling noise came over the robot 's speaker , and its picture was torn up by a burst of interference . |
| 16 | Then once this morning Fred 's bum was on his blanket and Windy curled up by the side of him . |
| 17 | NOW that the worst of winter is about to set in , there 's no better way to while away those long , dark evenings than curled up by the fire with a good book . |
| 18 | When he came back Breeze was sitting curled up by the fire in the quaint but attractive parlour , her eyes fixed thoughtfully on the dancing flames . |
| 19 | This was no new departure : Charles I had wanted a strong navy , though his reliance on unparliamentary taxation to pay for it had led to trouble ; the Republic had gone further afield than previous governments and had won some notable successes ; and Charles II and his brother James had tried to build up a strong navy without becoming too caught up by the House of Commons and its desire to control policy by controlling finance . |
| 20 | The reaction is speeded up by the presence of enzymes , hence the name enzymic browning . |
| 21 | Most obviously , its rising trade-union support ensured that it was to become the party of the working class , a process which was speeded up by the split within the Liberal Party during the First World War . |
| 22 | Soon another change came as wrights and blacksmiths began to work locally and this was speeded up by the coming of industry attracted by the water power of the Water of Leith . |
| 23 | The housewives and small restaurateurs who rely upon the professional skill of charcutiers and pâtissiers for a part of their supplies see to it that the pâtés and sausages , the little salads for hors-d'oeuvre , the galantines and terrines and fish quenelles , the hams and tongues and pies , pastries and fruit flans , the petits fours and the croissants maintain high standards of freshness and excellence , and that any popular regional speciality of the district continues to be cooked with the right and proper traditional ingredients , even if the methods have been speeded up by the introduction of modern machinery . |
| 24 | The layers of paint are built up by the application of a thin wash , staining the primed canvas . |
| 25 | The layers of paint are built up by the application of a thin wash , staining the primed canvas . |
| 26 | IT will be a great relief to Abi King at the Arts Theatre if the props she needs for a new play can be turned up by the public at large . |
| 27 | This is a highly dangerous area to sail in because the seas contain many monstrous creatures which were stirred up by the collapse of northern Ulthuan centuries ago — Kraken , huge shark-like megalodons , Behemoths and even the dread Black Leviathan are all commonly seen in the waters north of Ulthuan . |
| 28 | Cash deposits may be made up by the customer into standard bank packets and transported by security carrier to Cash Centres , where the credits are checked and applied direct to the account . |
| 29 | The larger part is made up by the host of specialised equipments that such a frigate contains . |
| 30 | The shortfall can only be made up by the sale of programmes and income from official car parks — so spectators are asked to support both . |