Example sentences of "up a [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her family attempted to fix up a marriage with the US-settled tennis star from India , Ashok Amritraj . |
| 2 | He took a step towards her , and she bent swiftly and snatched up a stone from the flowerbed beside her . |
| 3 | North-East heavy metal band who scored four minor hits in the early Eighties and built up a following on the live circuit . |
| 4 | It was stressed that full time staff were needed for old people , especially in terms of building up a relationship with the old people which would mean that the help would be more efficient and effective . |
| 5 | Matthieu was also responsible for drawing up a plan of the New Town ( see p. 138 ) but he died in 1352 before completing more than four chapels in the cathedral choir . |
| 6 | She made him up a bed on the high white divan in her living-room — not a heap of sleeping-bags and blankets but a real bed , with laundered sheets and pillows in emerald green cotton cases . |
| 7 | have made you up a bed in the spare room I |
| 8 | I 'll find some sheets presently and you can make up a bed in the spare room . |
| 9 | Police are now talking to a 30 year old friend of the family , who 's up a tree in the nearby woods , threatening to jump off a branch with a rope round his neck . |
| 10 | However the link was not lost , and the hope grew in Israel that one day God would raise up a prince of the Davidic line for whom the Spirit would be no passing enduement , to be bestowed and with drawn as he joined his predecessors in disobedience . |
| 11 | His companion was zipping up a pair of the khaki overalls . |
| 12 | We were making our way up a trackway towards the main gate of the manor when suddenly an old hag slipped out of the trees on one side of the path and stood squarely in front of Mandeville . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've just picked up a message on the Miletti family line , dottore . |
| 14 | " I ca n't turn over The Times so that the pages lie flat , I ca n't fold up a map in the right creases , I ca n't draw corks , I ca n't drive in nails straight , I ca n't go into a bar and order a drink without wondering what everyone 's thinking about it , and I ca n't strike matches towards myself . |
| 15 | The second job of the day is to light the stove , a monument in itself , taking up a quarter of the thatched hut with its various extensions — a sill ( pod ) with an area for keeping dishes warm ( chestok ) , niches ( pechurki ) for small objects and matches , holes on the side for drying out leg and foot wrappings ( for lack of shoes ) , holes near the summit for reviving chilled hens in winter , and on the triumphal summit worn clothing on which to stretch out and sleep in the delicious warmth — ‘ U hholodnoi pechi ne sogreesh'sia ’ ( ‘ You ca n't heat yourself at a cold stove ’ ) . |
| 16 | Though he could pick up a bit on the stable management , if he 'd a mind . |
| 17 | PC Holt was hit in the face with a hammer and needed four hours surgery after breaking up a fight in the Royal Well area of the town . |
| 18 | Paul and Pauline Lavery have set up a branch of the National Meningitis Trust after losing toddler Ian . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , Field & Trek have opened up a branch in the High Street . |
| 20 | THE Canadian city of Winnipeg is planning to celebrate its connection with Winnie the Pooh , little known outside the esoteric realm of A A Milne specialists , by putting up a statue of the small bear . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , on Aug. 24 Gorbachev set up a committee for the interim management of the economy , headed by Silayev with three reformers as his deputies — Arkady Volsky , head of the Scientific Industrial Union , Yuri Luzhkov from Moscow 's city soviet , and Yavlinsky . |
| 22 | The use of successive pumice or ash deposits in building up a history of the eruptive activity in an area is known as tephrachronology , and this is increasingly being used to add precision to the study of the history of volcanic areas . |
| 23 | Robert picked up a wineglass from the low table that stood between them and scratched with a fingernail at the dry stain on the bottom of the glass . |
| 24 | THE draw for the last sixteen of the FA Trophy yesterday threw up a battle of the Irish . |
| 25 | Together they barely had time to take up a position at the far door , seize a loaded gun , drop to one knee , and aim as , with a final heave , the bulging mass of bodies exploded into the room , followed by the living . |
| 26 | Here I took up a position with the grand title of ‘ Consultant ’ . |
| 27 | There was no sign of Benny , but Ace assumed that the Professor had taken up a position on the other side of the stanchion . |
| 28 | Insiders may decide to defer public disclosure so that they may first build up a position in the relevant shares . |
| 29 | She then went to Victoria Station and bought a return ticket to Epsom , where she took up a position in the pressing crowd on the inside rails at Tattenham Corner , a few yards before the runners reach the straight . |
| 30 | Her imagination conjured up a vision of the young , ambitious Lucenzo , struggling to study for his banking exams and to stay smart amid the chaos caused when a wife and several children lived in a cramped apartment . |