Example sentences of "up [art] bit and " in BNC.

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1 that the Germans had tidied it up a bit and turned it into a garden .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 I had the hair up a bit and I liked Siouxsie & The Banshees — does that make me a goth ? ’
5 Then it will wing itself up a bit and fall on to me .
6 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 .
7 ‘ You could nip across and introduce yourself — chat her up a bit and try and mention the possibility of anonymous letters .
8 Then around eight we would get cleaned up a bit and drive over to see Nigel , a forty-mile round trip .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 Tidy it up a bit and if we get time
15 Yes and there If I If I pull up a bit and back out there .
16 and he got it turned up a bit and sounds bloody from the other room
17 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
18 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
19 Surely we should toughen this up a bit and say , I mean I 'm probably getting
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