Example sentences of "it [vb -s] up the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Well I must say I much prefer it like that cos it covers up the ugly fence . |
2 | The route this year will once again start from Bournemouth Pier , run along the promenade up to Hengistbury Head , before leaving the line of the sea as it heads up the scenic cliff tops and down to Boscombe Pier . |
3 | At the instant of applying the excess rudder , it speeds up the outer wing-tip , creating more lift there , and gives the inner wing ‘ sweep back ’ in relation to the airflow , thus increasing the tendency to tip stall on that wing while reducing it on the other . |
4 | ‘ I think it has something to do with the word counselling ; people seem afraid of it — maybe it conjures up the wrong image — that they feel they 've failed in some way if they have to resort to counselling . |
5 | It conjures up the bad image about opiates on a general scale , y'know . |
6 | Instead it takes up the double aspect , Januslike posture of any interpretation . |
7 | ‘ We are very pleased about this as it opens up the entire country music market for us . |
8 | This test factor is said to interpret the relationship between the two variables ; it opens up the black box to show how the effect occurs . |
9 | IT IS an old joke , but it sums up the present mood in Australia . |