Example sentences of "i [vb base] up [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concentrating on maintaining a foothold on rocks worn smooth by winter torrents , I put up a startled grouse that exploded into flight . |
| 2 | For my part , I sometimes think of the film Psycho as I walk up the bleaker staircases to people 's homes in Hackney . |
| 3 | I set up a great screaming to attract his attention . |
| 4 | So I set up a little deception plan , charged my credit cards to the limit and smuggled Mary-Claude and the children out to Europe . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm hopeless with the till — I ring up the same price for everything and I 'm always worried a keen-eyed viewer will spot it ! ’ |
| 6 | Come and see the sorcerer 's kitchen where I brew up the grotesque potions that make me a legend here . ’ |
| 7 | I rip up an old T-shirt of mine and offer it . |
| 8 | I still think of this when I rip up an old vest for a piece of silver-polishing rag . |