Example sentences of "[vb base] up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Most include plant extracts which have a stimulating effect on the circulation so they top up the benefits of a massage and boost your blood flow for a little longer . |
| 2 | He could go and dig up the roadworks during the night , and get some cement made up in a small container and cement up the holes in manhole covers you used to lift the things up by . |
| 3 | So always start with the minimum amount and gradually build up the tones until you reach the strength that emphasises , rather than overpowers . |
| 4 | Hence some kinds of reading lead to more intellectually-demanding thought , challenging ideas , concepts and structures that build up the skills of critical observation , bodies of knowledge , and , at a further stage , wisdom . |
| 5 | So the way that we process or extr it can not just be we take a we take the information an and build up the letters by extracting the features from it because if you did that then the H and the A would come out the same both times but they do n't . |
| 6 | However , in the more elaborate and sophisticated paintings of the series , the influence of Cézanne can be sensed in the general construction , in the technique of small , flat , rhythmically applied brush-strokes which build up the forms , and in the devices which Picasso has used to retain the picture plane . |
| 7 | First build up the piers and end courses , then the rest of the wall can follow |
| 8 | Returning now to the context of a church planting team , it will not be such national pronouncements that are being sought : rather it is the expression of words from God that build up the individuals listening . |
| 9 | Taekwondo practitioners build up the calluses on their knuckles by performing press-ups on them , although there is evidence that prolonged conditioning in this way causes metacarpal damage . |
| 10 | Jumble up the shades cottage-garden style or choose a cool colour such as cream that will show up on dark wintry days . |
| 11 | The other isotopes mess up the workings of the nuclear reaction . |
| 12 | Sort out the jumbled lists below and match up the products and their descriptions , eg PVC raincoat |
| 13 | Match up the pictures . |
| 14 | Using a ruler , line up the sets of marks and draw across the folded fabric with a pencil or chalk ( illustration 2 ) . |
| 15 | Using a ruler , line up the sets of marks and draw across the folded fabric with a pencil or chalk . |
| 16 | Line up the children with one holding up the legs of the other . |
| 17 | Line up the cuttings in rows in seed trays of suitable compost |
| 18 | Or write it down and put little dots and count up the dots or something it 's a erm a lot of the Who tells you not to count on your fingers ? |
| 19 | Count up the ticks to discover which were most common . |
| 20 | Badlands surfers in reflective mood as lumberjack shirt-clad friend summons up the spirits of The Pit ( left ) ; the SAS tighten up ( above ) |
| 21 | Doing the rooms in the morning fell into an easy rhythm — make the bed , tidy up anything the guests had left around , dust the tops , wash up the teacups if they 'd been used , clean the washbasin , put out fresh tea bags and sachets of coffee , sugar and milk powder , then go round with the Hoover . |
| 22 | Village fêtes in particular often show up the divisions in the village rather well . |
| 23 | Rogue regimes show up the shortcomings of law Experts agree the US breached international conventions . |
| 24 | These show up the lies of the society clearer . |
| 25 | Show up the vagaries of causality , he wrote , the banalities of style . |
| 26 | the shifting legs prop up the hundredweights of dark . |
| 27 | Civil servant who cut up the boys he lured back to his house , burned the pieces , buried them . |
| 28 | Just tally up the costs . |
| 29 | ‘ Now then — you can start to dry yourself with that towel , while I heat up the tongs . ’ |
| 30 | I sketch what I want , I mix up the colours as a guide . |