Example sentences of "and [verb] up a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sky was beginning to lighten to the east , streaks of day , as bright as magnesium flares , at the meeting point of sea and air set a fresh breeze stirring and whipped up a rhythm on the water 's surface . |
| 2 | Do n't take along a shade fringe with dozens of colours — pull out a few ‘ whiskers ’ in basic shades and make up a fringe of your own . |
| 3 | Weeks fifteen to twenty one is subject specific and all the details that have to come in and make up a record of achievement . |
| 4 | To pick them up , moisten the paint-brush slightly , draw out the bristles to make a fine point , and pick up a larva with the tip of the brush and put it gently on to the new plant . |
| 5 | All he had to do was stroll down to Underwoods and pick up a bit of dynercaprol and potassium chloride . |
| 6 | CHOOSE YOUR TOP VIDEOS AND PICK UP A CLUTCH OF GOODIES |
| 7 | We drive to Swords and pick up a key from Crilly 's sister , Lorraine , who occupies a small semi-detached house with her husband and her two children . |
| 8 | Check with your employer for exactly how much you will be entitled to receive , and pick up a copy of ‘ A Guide to Maternity Benefits ’ from the DSS . |
| 9 | Colonel Feather had then expressed a worry that children could easily reach over and scoop up a fingerful of frosting , perhaps spoiling someone 's chances , so he and Mr Doran — the latter complaining mightily about his lumbago — had moved the cakes to the back of the table . |
| 10 | If a man had been repeatedly unsuccessful he would go to the river , dive to the bottom and bring up a lump of clay with which he would mark his forehead , taking care to be unobserved , otherwise the spell lost its efficacy . |
| 11 | You see , under the old law when a married man without a family his brother was to take on the widow and raise up a family in the name and in the memory of his brother . |
| 12 | What I think is , there 's an Iron Age settlement at the top of the Grove , and I think someone found this woman 's skull there , and made up a story about it , the way people do . ’ |
| 13 | She unpegged half a dozen , and made up a bed on a pile of linen . |
| 14 | When Cheddar was finally reached at about ten o'clock , no one would take them in , until an innkeeper had pity on them and made up a bed in the garret . |
| 15 | The White Dwarf pulls material away from its companion , and builds up a shell around itself ; when enough hydrogen has accumulated there is a violent though short-lived outburst . |
| 16 | Do not let this kindness on the part of the college discourage you from buying your own textbooks and building up a library of your own . |
| 17 | Will Douglas ordered Scott of Rankilburn to go back to the now blazing village , the cottage thatches burning readily , and round up a crowd of men , women and children . |
| 18 | North-East heavy metal band who scored four minor hits in the early Eighties and built up a following on the live circuit . |
| 19 | But the Professor prised them out and built up a bank on the opposite side , ‘ with anything I could find , old bedsteads , the lot ’ . |
| 20 | Because they are arranged along the animal , each of the organs receives a slightly different impression of a disturbance , allowing the animal to locate its source and built up a picture of its surroundings . |
| 21 | From March 1743 he began to preach and built up a network of religious societies in Derbyshire , Cheshire , and south-east Lancashire , which soon became part of the Methodist organization led by John Wesley [ q.v . ] . |
| 22 | The pilot has already spent twenty five years in the movie business and built up a collection of classic planes . |
| 23 | Dr Kinlen says children in densely populated urban areas are likely to have been exposed to the infectious agent and built up an immunity to it . |
| 24 | It really is possible to get plenty of riding without your own horse and without pots of money — particularly if you ride well and build up a reputation as a reliable and competent person . |
| 25 | It will coordinate scientific and technical research , prepare advice on the elimination of ozone-destroying substances , and build up a database on the production , consumption , use , export and import of such substances . |
| 26 | ‘ And he whistled up his cohorts after you 'd gone , ’ Sam complained , ‘ and they came with wet-suits and grappling irons and a heavy magnet and dredged up a lot of muck from the dock . |
| 27 | She did not pause for an answer , but bent down and snatched up a roll of paper which she had placed on the floor beside her when she first sat down . |
| 28 | He took a step towards her , and she bent swiftly and snatched up a stone from the flowerbed beside her . |
| 29 | Seeking solace , he stood and crossed the cramped living area of his two-roomed apartment and snatched up a bottle of Krepkaya , drawing the cork with his teeth . |
| 30 | She turned away abruptly and snatched up a glass of champagne as a waiter passed by with a tray of brimming glasses . |