Example sentences of "we [vb past] up [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alison Vaissiere ( the Fair 's organiser ) : Four years ago we drew up a five-year plan ; the first theme in 1989 coincided with the tercentenary of William and Mary and was titled ‘ A tribute to the age of William and Mary ’ ; the following year was ‘ Italy and the Grand Tour ’ ; last year , ‘ The Art and influence of Japan ’ coincided with the Japan Festival ; and of course this year celebrates American patronage . |
| 2 | Gradually we built up a common world , partly based on the great of the past , like Jane Austen , partly on Ivy . |
| 3 | We wandered up the darkened staircase back to our chamber . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course , we have n't time to give it more than a catlick , ’ she came to realize as we staggered up the grand flight of stairs to the first floor . |
| 5 | We drove up a steep gravel path , and soon beheld the well , Tobernalt . |
| 6 | ‘ We soaked up a great deal of pressure , but then hit them on the break , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Though bone dry , they shone in an evening sun that dazzled us , as we linked up the infrequent holds . |
| 8 | However , we climbed up a little way , just to get off the road . |
| 9 | We climbed up a twisting staircase past two floors of tables and then took our place in the bay window on the top floor . |
| 10 | We climbed up the easy slope to the top of the island , and found we were overlooking a sort of wooded cliff on the other side . |
| 11 | Our conversation , previously animated , took on a dogged silence as we climbed up the final leg . |
| 12 | We walked up the wide stone steps . |
| 13 | We walked up the beaten trackway , slipping and cursing on the icy ground underfoot . |
| 14 | We walked up the wooden passage . |
| 15 | And him being a lawyer and all , we cooked up a grand scheme between us so that I could go back to Ireland with my pride intact . ’ |
| 16 | As we sweated up the final rise , the stern brow of Profitis Ilias came into view on our left . |
| 17 | On our first day we sweated up the short scree slope to the foot of Middlefell Buttress , where our threesome roped up sound hemp . |
| 18 | As we moored up the late shipping forecast was giving warnings of south-easterly gales for the area , so we had just made it in time . |
| 19 | We crowed with pleasure as we rushed up the remaining feet to the top and , in the last dregs of daylight , hastened back across the lonely moor to the car , Mullion , and a well earned pint . |
| 20 | We rushed up the last pitches having learned a lesson — next time I 'll take a windbreaker , even on a hot day . |
| 21 | It 's out of date in certain areas , there are cer We 'd never you see what we did we knocked up a rough copy . |
| 22 | As the last echoes of American drawl died away we scrambled up the final pitch and slithered down the dangerous descent in near darkness . |
| 23 | erm So now we started up the long term survey , and we 've now got 10 schools taking part , and they 're starting next week , and they 'll be carrying on in the same way as they were the pilot survey , taking the same measurements . |
| 24 | I wondered what it was as we trailed up the dark nave behind Agrippa , Melford , and others of the Queen 's party . |
| 25 | ‘ We grew up a little bit as people , but also as a band . |
| 26 | We took up the lost threads of our writing together with even greater dedication . |
| 27 | We struggled up the wind-blasted Fiacaill Ridge , staggered over the plateau rim to relative shelter and ploughed through drifted snow across the bowl of Coire Raibeirt until it steepened . |
| 28 | We went up a few steps and into a small majlis which was nearly choked by deep couches pushed against its walls . |
| 29 | We gave up the written report quite frankly because we found it a waste of time . |
| 30 | We struck up a good relationship almost immediately . |