Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this all gets mixed up with motivation too : the horse must be motivated to learn . |
| 2 | okay , do n't say blue , because otherwise you 'll get it mixed up with asphyxia |
| 3 | In Canaan , prostitution and fertility rites were all mixed up with worship . |
| 4 | ‘ We 've confirmed that Tolby was almost certainly mixed up with Devenish . |
| 5 | Erm It all gets mixed up of course because there 's , there 's there 's erm erm Russia which is seen as a power , you know the reactionary power . |
| 6 | The area around the crack should be thoroughly cleaned and the two-part resin filler applied after it has been mixed up in accordance with the instructions . |
| 7 | If Joshua 6 represents God as mixed up in humanity 's games of power and violence in a way that is denied by the Crucified God of the Gospels , 1 Samuel 4–6 , in both its tragedy and its comedy , would declare his refusal to play along with us on our terms , and his insistence on doing his own thing . |
| 8 | ‘ Someone told us she 'd got hold of the name of some MP who 's mixed up in child porn . |
| 9 | So my profession , which has always been mixed up in politics , becomes an essential component of nationalism . |
| 10 | Bozo thinks he is gon na die , and the Trinidadian does n't want to get mixed up in murder . |
| 11 | Was he mixed up in cocaine smuggling ? |
| 12 | At 6 a.m. the mortar team started to drum up for breakfast . |
| 13 | Therefore , while absence may spell the end of acquaintanceship , it will not in itself destroy friendship ; and while Dr Johnson was right to say that we should keep our friendships in good repair , the perpetual shoring up of friendship might suggest that it were less enduring than we had supposed . |
| 14 | Highlights elsewhere include Bad Brains ( with new singer ) opening up for dc Basehead and Consolidated at the Marquee , plus a menagerie of talents such as Spectrum , The Lunachicks , Pooh Sticks , Ween , Seaweed and The Belltower doing their various weird things around town . |
| 15 | In addition , allowance is made for deferment of possession , postponement of the work , the appointment of a clerk of works , opening up for inspection , and tests , and there is a much wider determination clause . |
| 16 | However , the world tourism market is fiercely competitive and becoming ever more so with the countries of Eastern Europe now opening up as holiday destinations . |
| 17 | Opening up to gas |
| 18 | I was rung up about midnight by Winston Churchill who said , ‘ Walter and I settled the railway strike so you wo n't be troubled any more ’ . |
| 19 | No , it 's alright cos someone 's rung up from home , say be in eight o'clock , so she wants to do something . |
| 20 | Marty and Jean who ran Granny Takes A Trip were mates of Malcolm 's and they all used to meet up after work in the pub Sometimes Nick would be there too and we got talking to him . |
| 21 | Because there is pressure on departments in humanistic subjects to appear up to date and efficient , it is much easier to persuade funding bodies to give money for computers and software than to buy manuscripts , rare books , or second and third copies of frequently used library texts . |
| 22 | I was told they know how to honour their dead in the Highland regiments but the next time I go to Edinburgh I will gaze up at Dad Tam , and see both of my sons in that solid likeness ( despite the Kitchener moustache ) . |
| 23 | He rose up on tiptoe , looking round for James , Allan , and the rest . |
| 24 | A bitter laugh rose up like bile in her throat . |
| 25 | ‘ For all at once there was a rumble and a roaring along the road in the mist , and the hooded crows rose up in alarm at the sound of it . |
| 26 | Even as he did get his bearings a great tree swirled towards him out of the night and a rook he never saw rose up in alarm , cawing darkly away into the storm . |
| 27 | Unwilling to allow legal reforms like the Catholic Relief Act 1793 ( which repealed some aspects of the Penal Laws ) to appease them , the movement rose up in rebellion in 1798 . |
| 28 | A huge curtain of grey cliff rose up in front of him , the lie of the ground making its appearance seem instant and magical , like scenery in a theatre . |
| 29 | The clouds rose up in front of God 's throne . |
| 30 | We sat in one of those lounges that are part of a huge bar area and the windows were misted up with condensation ; when you rubbed them you still could n't see much because of all the rain dripping down outside . |