Example sentences of "and [verb] up a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This allowed us to line the side curtains in striped fabric and make up a flat roof instead of a gathered one . |
| 2 | Clear away topsoil and make up a simple formwork of timber supported by pegs set on the outside . |
| 3 | Erm so do you feel that in the years that you 've worked here are women just as important in the factory and make up a large part of the workforce now as they , as they 've ever done ? |
| 4 | When the children arrive you give them each a balloon and make up a convenient number of teams . |
| 5 | And obviously that you can do , but it takes time , it 's quicker just to walk into a travel agent and pick up a cheap bargain . |
| 6 | Now I lean forward and pick up a dead bird whose wings sag open like a fan or like the streets of Berlin under their cam nets . |
| 7 | just lay into the bag with fast punch and kick sequences , moving around all the time and building up a good sweat . |
| 8 | They have spent ten years perfecting their own blend of rhythm and blues and building up a solid base in the region . |
| 9 | The hit song of the year was ‘ It 's A Long Way to Tipperaray ’ but old Ireland was singing an older song and building up a hidden army . |
| 10 | So much time and thought was spent in working these out and building up a satisfactory order of phases . |
| 11 | ‘ The beautiful torment of denial , of postponing the inevitable and building up a sweet need that improves every second of surrender . |
| 12 | He also introduced a bleachfield to supplement the local cloth trade , and built up a local mining and coal-selling business . |
| 13 | A break during the middle of the day and a return to the stables — apart from the question of distance from the field where the work was being done — would have meant unyoking and yoking up a second time for another stint in the afternoon ; and this would have lengthened the day without appreciably lengthening the working time . |
| 14 | and and erm a and build up a little bit of er text on just how good we are , and what we can produce , and how well equipped we are . |
| 15 | In her room Phoebe pulled on her jeans and a shirt , and snatched up a thick pullover and the bottom half of her track suit for Maggie . |
| 16 | Referring to it as an artificial " pampered velveteen system " , the union journal was scathing about its " pretentions " : The small office in Edinburgh called the Caledonian Press … was opened a year ago , under the patronage of many of the nobility and members of the learned professions : yet with all its boasting about promoting the employment of women … and opening up a fresh field … to the " surplus female population " … it actually employs fewer women than any simple respectable milliner , of whose philanthropy the world takes little note . |
| 17 | The Champagne houses were naturally outraged at the government 's ineptitude and drew up a vociferous protest , signed by eighty participants , condemning the publicity given to the ministerial communiqué . |
| 18 | As a result of the unprovoked attack by Magharba they decided to raise the stakes , and drew up a new list of candidates who were all Zuwaya , and all possessed of doctorates . |
| 19 | ‘ Thank you ! ’ he said , and drew up a third chair . |
| 20 | I sat in the café as the rain showed no sign of letting up and drew up a short list of people I had met with whom I could air my perplexity . |
| 21 | Spirit and flesh both quailed before so difficult and rowdy an audience on so difficult and perilous a subject … as I sat in the committee room while the order of the meeting was being arranged , and heard my audience shouting , singing , crowing like cocks … and keeping up a continuous uproar , I thought to myself , ‘ I have got to go into that and control it somehow so as to be heard ’ … |
| 22 | He turned his head and spat , then buckled and retched up a thin stream of vomit . |
| 23 | The penalty is that you have to decide what sizes you want and prepare them in advance , a process that can take quite a time and uses up a considerable amount of disk space . |
| 24 | To write the words ‘ the family in industrial society ’ is to make a lot of assumptions and to open up a complex range of questions . |
| 25 | ‘ Watch ! ’ he insisted , and picking up a fallen bough , threw it into the midst of this dark greenness . |
| 26 | ‘ What I would n't agree with is someone coming over here to play and picking up a cheap cap . |
| 27 | you ca n't hear me , right , ok , I 'll try and speak up a little bit louder , erm my work , I work erm here and I work abroad and I live in Durham , er I 'm a writer and erm one of the things that I 'm most interested in is using art as an inspiration for my work as a , as a writer and I 'd like to be able to show you by this talk , how I do that , erm , I have a few publications , my work 's performed by a local group actually based in Newcastle and I 'm a member of er a group called Another Story and my work 's been put to music by a composer and er a play and the play and sing that , that the pieces of |
| 28 | It is an opportunity for you to develop and demonstrate your skill in identifying , carrying out , and writing up a discrete piece of research , using the academic concepts , the theoretical insights and the practical abilities acquired on your course . |
| 29 | to begin working on next year 's pay claim and to set up a working group to consider new strategies for the campaign ; |
| 30 | What a waste of time , we all know that the county council is the the highway authority and is fully responsible for traffic management , we 're in a minority and to set up a working party is a complete waste of time . . |