Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] up [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | You must be able to remove it quickly in case of fire , or some other emergency , so attach it to the window surround with double-sided tape , which can be easily ripped away or frequently replaced if you want to open up all the windows for a weekly blast of fresh air through the home . |
2 | Told ya I always seem to use up all the cereals in one go . |
3 | I get dressed up all the time . |
4 | We 've counted up all the matter we can see , and there 's not enough — only about one tenth what is needed to close the Universe . ’ |
5 | Well when you 've finished up all the spaghetti would you like to put a bit of potato on my . |
6 | Oh , I know what Pam did n't bring , she was saying ooh you know apparently they 've shut up all the entrances , the gaps in the fences cos they want to encourage erm wildlife to be on the back , on the mere an and not dogs and that ! |
7 | Since the times of Victorian patronage , explorations have opened up half a mile of underground passages leading from the floor of the cave , but these later discoveries are for experts only : amateurs should venture no further than the bottom of the steps . |
8 | Continue until you have used up all the filling or wonton skins . |
9 | I have done with excuses , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , I have done with excuses towards myself and towards others , that is the meaning of the right time , he wrote , that I have done with excuses , that I have used up all the excuses and reached the bottom of excuses , that I have wrung the neck of excuses , that I have settled the hash of excuses . |
10 | Carry on until you have used up all the batter . |
11 | The police can object strongly , but by law magistrates have to weigh up all the auguments , for and against . |
12 | S C F has much experience to back up such an initiative . |
13 | You have to dig up all the weeds that are poking through . |