Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] up [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to set up a four foot tank for Dwarf Cichlids . |
| 2 | I want to set up a four foot tank for Dwarf Cichlids . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to walk up the other valley too , ’ said Betty . |
| 4 | When a floorboard is difficult to lift or when you only want to take up a short piece , a floorboard saw is helpful . |
| 5 | We want to bring up a nice girl , not a little pig . |
| 6 | It has been suggested that the prevalent west and south-west winds tend to set up a longshore drift towards Portland , so that the majority of coarse material accumulates at that end . |
| 7 | ‘ I mean serving up a one-legged chicken in front of all those guests . |
| 8 | ‘ I am going round London in 80 days , ’ I say , ‘ and intend to pick up a local bus at Heathrow ’ . |
| 9 | Recognizing the need for the development of international law on liability and compensation arising from the transport or disposal of hazardous wastes , the resolution requested UNEP to set up a working group of experts on this issue . |
| 10 | Do n't be afraid to make good use of filler and stain to patch up the odd failure . |
| 11 | And Leeds hope to wrap up a short-term deal for Aussie Test forward Bob Lindner in the next three or four days . |
| 12 | You seem to take up an awful lot of energy and time . |
| 13 | Sub-headings seem to take up an inordinate amount of space ; do we really need separate headings for ‘ What is Tincture of Benzoin ’ , ‘ How to use Tincture of Benzoin ’ , ‘ How to carry Tincture of Benzoin ’ , and ‘ Where to buy Tincture of Benzoin ’ ? |
| 14 | I remember picking up a discarded newspaper and reading about a vicious gang attack on two young men , one of whom managed to escape . |
| 15 | ‘ I like to keep up a brisk pace . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I like to build up a good bed of hops . |
| 17 | You know when you 're waterskiing with a really powerful boat and you slant your skis as you curve to send up a whole curtain of water ? |
| 18 | Why then attempt to patch up an old overall as if one were repairing a sumptuous evening dress ? |
| 19 | Phillips says that ‘ at first we try to set up a good rapport and explore the range of powers claimed . |
| 20 | The skin is sandwiched between the bone and the shoe and continuous irritation and chafing causes skin to build up a protective bulwark until it is a thickened layer of dead , horny tissue . |
| 21 | In the meantime , try to keep up a social life and meet other people . |
| 22 | In the Old Testament , farmer Amos , with rustic bluntness , flays those who attempt to keep up a religious facade without matching conduct ; and James , his outspoken New Testament counterpart , exposes those who are " hearers of the word " but not " doers " of it . |
| 23 | Chromosomes are the ‘ blueprints ’ that the body cells use to make up the new individual . |
| 24 | Some of these rules are concerned with the different components which go to make up a traditional story — the kind of story which is orally handed down from generation to generation . |
| 25 | Later , it is important to try to understand and work through the different strands of feeling which go to make up the total experience of loss . |
| 26 | The reproductive system , the digestive system , the thinking system all go to make up the overall system . |
| 27 | The Bullock Report offered clear support for language in teacher education : ‘ Among the modules that go to make up the professional training element there should be a compulsory one on language in education ’ ( DES , 1975 : 337–8 ) . |
| 28 | Though he does not develop the metaphor , Paul would , I think , agree with the fuller details to be found in I Peter : individual Christians are spiritual stones which go to make up the spiritual temple which is built on Christ ( I Pet . |
| 29 | While this kind of breakdown does help one to comprehend the various strands and stages that go to make up the current system , it is rather crude . |
| 30 | The novel proves that knowledge is possible , but also that it is in a sense artificial : it does not come from the past , historical knowledge in particular can not simply be uncovered , laid bare and put out to view ( or rather , the novelist can no longer create the illusion that the past is speaking for itself ) ; it is a construction of the past , and the reader is conscious of , and in compliance with , the careful disposition and organization of the disparate elements that go to make up the whole edifice . |