Example sentences of "to conjure up a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The little room seemed to conjure up a scene from the past , an almost timeless memory . |
| 2 | In the UK , with only around 100 TBs on the register , the phrase ‘ that fast French aeroplane ’ is much more likely to conjure up a picture of the faithful Robin DR400 , a lovely aircraft but one which is in an altogether different class . |
| 3 | It was more difficult — and more intriguing — to conjure up a picture of her future husband , Dom João . |
| 4 | A well-known example is the motif in Schubert 's Erlkönig , which combines perfectly with the dashing octave triplets to conjure up a picture of the father 's wild gallop , with his dying son in his arms : |
| 5 | The trick is to use the person 's name to conjure up a picture in your mind . |
| 6 | Somehow the words ‘ dietary fibre ’ do tend to conjure up an image of being put out to graze on food that has all the comfort and flavour of that consumed by a sheep or a cow . |