Example sentences of "up [art] bit and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He dropped a quick kiss on her cheek and let himself out , and she wandered round the flat , tidying up the bits and pieces and generally winding down . |
| 2 | that the Germans had tidied it up a bit and turned it into a garden . |
| 3 | There were dances in the Hut by the Strathmore Arms and when we grew up a bit and thought our fathers would n't find out we would nip into the Strathmore Arms for a pint , on the few occasions we could afford . |
| 4 | To liven things up a bit and stimulate rivalry , it was decided in 1882 that one team should wear tall black hats and the other tall white ones . |
| 5 | I had the hair up a bit and I liked Siouxsie & The Banshees — does that make me a goth ? ’ |
| 6 | Then it will wing itself up a bit and fall on to me . |
| 7 | Lewis had n't made up his mind whether to sell Wyvis Hall after he had smartened it up a bit and with the proceeds buy a bigger and better London house and a country cottage or to keep the Hall and sell off some of the land for agriculture . |
| 8 | ‘ You could nip across and introduce yourself — chat her up a bit and try and mention the possibility of anonymous letters . |
| 9 | Then around eight we would get cleaned up a bit and drive over to see Nigel , a forty-mile round trip . |
| 10 | Projet de Gauche and Projet de Droite ( e1 and E2 5b respectively ) push the grade up a bit and , like the excellent Excelsior ( E25c,5c ) , both finish with tricky walls . |
| 11 | However , the naturalistic account should not be rejected on the grounds that it is inadequate , as though it could be polished up a bit and made more acceptable : rather , it should be dismissed because it presents an entirely distorted picture of social reality . |
| 12 | Mind you , I had to muscle the zebra up a bit and add the stripes , but the ominous power , the feeling of danger was pure Stubbs . |
| 13 | Erm , putting images into words is not always easy , a colour in a painting can give you a way in and the brown of Van Gogh 's jacket erm affected me with this one particularly and the sun flower I felt was inappropriate misplace , in a vase to , to small , erm and it gave me an image a very strong image of suffering and this poem is in its very early stages and its literally just a list of images and I wanted to be able to show you how I start off which is with a series of images and then I have to put some filler in and open them up a bit and , and make them more accessible and understandable , but this is just a list form . |
| 14 | The last lay off ( remember after being selected for England ) shook him up a bit and he took time to get his confidence back , but again towards the end of the season was getting back to his best . |
| 15 | Tidy it up a bit and if we get time |
| 16 | Yes and there If I If I pull up a bit and back out there . |
| 17 | and he got it turned up a bit and sounds bloody from the other room |
| 18 | He cleaned it up a bit and a scrap yard and it , and this thing and they were like hills and rock gardens , you know like |
| 19 | She came out with us for two or three days and sort of sat you know up a bit and saw us , but then the next week she was really no good at all |
| 20 | Surely we should toughen this up a bit and say , I mean I 'm probably getting |