Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] up [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | You must be able to remove it quickly in case of fire , or some other emergency , so attach it to the window surround with double-sided tape , which can be easily ripped away or frequently replaced if you want to open up all the windows for a weekly blast of fresh air through the home . |
2 | A CompuAdd best-seller , the 316s is the choice for users who want to open up all the advanced capability of 32-bit applications . |
3 | If you want to pick up some more , ring me back in the next twenty minutes . |
4 | The money will be available for both Training and Enterprise Councils and Local Enterprise Companies in Scotland , so they can work with employers , schools , parents , local authorities and others who want to set up out-of-school care . |
5 | And you want to wrap up warm . |
6 | ‘ I want to buy up all of the city , ’ said Jimmy . |
7 | Dynamic , decisive , celebrating the market economy ( ‘ If the market demands change , all the obstacles people want to put up mean nothing , because whoever gets there first gets the business : it 's a very fast way of making things happen ’ ) , Hailes and Elkington are the antithesis of much that green has traditionally stood for . |
8 | They want to put up some of these little spindly poky trees . |
9 | This is quite difficult to do unless you are sure you want to give up that last feed . |
10 | This examination incorporates financial , language and commercial components and support those people who want to build up essential business skills . |
11 | Hartlepool collected a £40,000 sponge to soak up some of their debts , Darlington took in exchange their outstanding midfield player . |
12 | ‘ I want to know what she was like , and I want to clear up some questions which have been puzzling me and which do n't appear on the record . ’ |
13 | There is also the question of the evidence put to Parliament , and I want to take up those issues in Committee . |
14 | Remember we said about , that only applies if you miss two consecutive erm , years ' rise in the R P I , then we 'll say right , if you want to take up any more , than we 'll need a medical . |
15 | ‘ I just want to cut up this piece of meat , Tess , ’ he said . |
16 | ‘ That 's not quite honest — I want to follow up that investigation myself . |
17 | Those who want to follow up this issue should also look at the writings of Jowell ( see n. 3 ) and Davis , and a collection of papers edited by Adler and Asquith . |
18 | The countries hope to set up similar institutes on their own ground , with an exchange of technicians . |
19 | The two worlds of nature and abstraction meet when Stavrogin asks Dasha whether by coming to be his nurse ‘ you hope to set up some aim for me at last ’ . |
20 | They are organisations ( they may be run from an office or from someone 's home ) that seek to match up like-minded individuals . |
21 | Clearly these regulations were meant to confine carried-out timber to that fit only for firewood , but in 1792 complaints were still being made of enormous losses of timber through yard workers , who even finished work early to allow themselves time to saw up useful lengths , which they sold at a shilling each . |
22 | and then I 'll go down to Devon Travel to pick up that er |
23 | Guilty secrets begin to pile up that may be disclosed to no one else at all , not even friends or family . |
24 | Told ya I always seem to use up all the cereals in one go . |
25 | On the other hand , those casual workers who manage to build up sufficient service are highly-skilled and have skills which are in short supply . |
26 | Crossman urged that the government begin to build up political intelligence about Northern Ireland . |
27 | And talking about next door , why is it that neighbours , just like friends , always seem to turn up unannounced when you and he are in the middle of the most flaming and spectacular row ? |
28 | Gas-light , the factory bell and shift work seem to call up similar echoes , for at night-time : |
29 | Some then begin to marry up this with their politics . |
30 | Also , I like to build up dark areas in this way , spray-fix and then apply lighter tones over the top , as in the foliage areas of the painting . |