Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] up [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Jam and Lewis soundtrack powers up some fairly physical action sequences , and there is a surprising amount of killings . |
| 2 | Basically the same sentence turns up six times in succession — a phenomenon which might otherwise be thought to exist only in the worst kind of foreign language teaching drills . |
| 3 | Caldicot tees up municipal crown |
| 4 | Caldicot tees up municipal crown |
| 5 | Coyle signs up another Scot |
| 6 | This is because slight frosting on the eyes covers up careless blending and matt lipsticks have often been too dry-looking . |
| 7 | Soldier beats up four women |
| 8 | But Graham knows his dilemma lies up front with his side 's lack of goals . |
| 9 | It puts formulae in , that 's very useful , as I say it 's formulae uses up most memory , but it does n't put everything . |
| 10 | At Skouriotissa a bulldozer scoops up ancient slag and dumps it on a new road . |
| 11 | Slash'n'sideburn pop is what you get when Manc yoof grows up angry and facially bristling . |
| 12 | Working on the river bed with a hose attached to a powerful pump , the diver hoovers up gold- bearing alluvium . |
| 13 | But the nucleus of a pre-malignant cell takes up two to three times more dye than a normal cell , the researchers find . |
| 14 | Bargain set menus change with the market and are the best choice : Connaught-trained chef whisks up ultra-light leek terrine layered like lasagne , heaps of appley duck with green pasta tower , and neatly balanced fish casserole a la Dieppoise ; there 's also a meaty crab tart ( £3.95 ) and a choc pave as rich as the neighbourhood . |
| 15 | From time to time , following a particularly embarrassing CIA fiasco , the American president plucks up enough courage to clip its wings . |
| 16 | Walking : There are several pleasant walks around the resort , while the Patscherkofel cable car opens up some spectacular hiking trails . |
| 17 | According to the standard description , a long shot of a human figure is one in which the figure takes up half to two thirds of the height of the picture . |
| 18 | Review throws up three vast sectoral changes . |
| 19 | For most people nowadays , any mention of computers conjours up vague images of more or less two things : either Sonic the Hedgehog , or a shapeless , grey , John-Majorish boredom . |
| 20 | Ones such as , ‘ powerful plain pistons ’ , convey the sense of abruptness and force needed in the beginning while ones such as ‘ speed throws up strange shapes ’ slip from one word to the other giving a feeling of velocity . |
| 21 | The wind picks up some snow , or it is snowing gently , as I snow hook the dogs to sort her out . |
| 22 | On another level , on a completely different level the book is about Freud 's attempt in my erm in the second edition of I used the analogy of a detective story like Sherlock Holmes or something , or something er i i it , it 's an attempt by Freud to reconstruct specific historical events that may or may not have happened , using a kind of detective 's method because Freud picks up tiny little clues like Moses ' name , the fact that he does n't appear to be able to speak the language in the Bible , he always speaks through an interpreter , and in the Bible this , this is explained away by saying . |
| 23 | THE production of an average size family car gobbles up 3,000 litres of water while a pint of beer takes eight pints of water . |
| 24 | However , vibration of sounds at 800 cycles per second and below is the limit of information , the vibrator picks up unwanted sounds which may drown the signals which you want to receive . |
| 25 | The Rock picks up several points made in earlier Criterion commentaries . |
| 26 | Now , despite one of the most difficult trading years in memory , the society has announced record results with : — Asset growth up 11.49 per cent to £225m. — Net profit up 34 per cent at £1.5m. — Mortgage advances up 41 per cent at £38.3m. — Retail investment balances up 11 per cent . |
| 27 | For example , if one branch of a lineage puts up some ‘ core land ’ ( i.e. land of substantial symbolic meaning for the lineage 's patrimony ) for sale , another branch will buy it instead of some more fertile outlying land in order to maintain intact the honour ( or symbolic capital ) of the lineage . |
| 28 | EPA steps up water-pollution controls |
| 29 | While the typology sets up these principles , only a commentary can be faithful to them and maintain the text 's plurality . |
| 30 | This is much easier if the person carrying the legs moves up close and supports the front person under his stomach . |