Example sentences of "[vb base] up on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Etna-watchers slip up on lava flow |
| 2 | In bathrooms , scale build up on shower heads constricts water flow , whilst build up around sanitary fittings and lavatory bowls is unsightly and unhygienic . |
| 3 | ICL PUTS OFFICEPOWER UP ON SCO , SUN , IBM PLATFORMS |
| 4 | He says the substance , which is used to make internal organs show up on X-Rays , brought on an incurable condition which affects the nerves in his back . |
| 5 | I catch up on video tapes of TV shows I 've missed and I read a lot . |
| 6 | Dunston , still on the fringe of the race , are hoping their players avoid injuries in their Sunday football commitments , as Sunday teams catch up on matches . |
| 7 | So we break up on Wednesday that 's Friday Friday , So three Fridays . |
| 8 | HOLD UP ON VIDEO : But it was Nick Moore , his hand in plaster NOT Mick Boler ( inset ) |
| 9 | Read up on pond building and filtration ( try The Practical Encyclopaedia of Koi Salamander £19.95 ) , then I suggest , build an in-ground , gravity-fed system — as large as space permits . |
| 10 | They meet up on Hazeldene Drive where Caroline overhears them arguing , and catches Tommy 's pleading tones . |
| 11 | You could , if you were of a mind to , head for the Pennines and finish up on Hadrian 's Wall . |
| 12 | Clara could never understand why others did not repay her contempt with contempt — why , for instance , the church-goers and novel-readers and fillers in of football coupons and motorbike owners in the area did not possess the courage of their convictions and gang up on Mrs Maugham 's massive disapprobation . |
| 13 | I never give up on people — even those who have let me down in the past . |
| 14 | Why do so many of us give up on diets ? |
| 15 | NCR AND COREL TEAM UP ON SCSI CONTROLLERS |
| 16 | Diana and Charles link up on Harry 's big school day |
| 17 | It 's easy but sneaky ; you ferry a dump of fuel , shielding , a nuke and a missile , load up on fuel and a nuke , fly out and up eight clicks , drop the nuke at the foot of the mountains , power-dive back down to base , load the shielding , fuel to the max with just one missile aboard ( meanwhile the nuke explodes , shaking the ground ; you do n't want to be fuelling at this point ) , then you climb like fuck , get to ceiling and then hover in the air above the rising mushroom cloud ! |
| 18 | It was much deeper and bigger than most of what we pick up on screens , our primary source of entertainment today . |
| 19 | However , any infrasonic vibrations they pick up on migration would be mingled with the very similar air movements produced by turbulence in the atmosphere , and some birds appear to take advantage of these as well . |
| 20 | Clarify and summarise what 's been said and pick up on points in stories : ‘ And then ? ’ |
| 21 | Stand with the feet together and slowly raise up on tiptoes , then lower the heels down again . |
| 22 | Ironically , as the modernisation gathers pace , words like ‘ Henchard ’ and ‘ Casterbridge ’ increasingly crop up on shop signs and street names . |
| 23 | Well do you want that Littlewood 's shirt that I 've got , still says that we 're going , I get up on Sunday and go to and , no we 've got to go to with that coat , take that coat over |
| 24 | But when Sam I could put it on in the bedroom and sit and watch it and Sunday , I get up on Sundays and that that cat 's ugly I get up Sundays now because Grange Hill 's on . |
| 25 | Most of these books are sold from stalls set up on pavements , in public squares and near metro stations in Moscow , St Petersburg and elsewhere . |
| 26 | But I had augmented it in my mind ; for all that remains is two stones set up on end , with a long one laid upon them , as was usual , and one stone at a little distance from them . |
| 27 | If you 're extra hungry , fill up on rice , potatoes , pasta or vegetables . |
| 28 | Fill up on fibre |
| 29 | ‘ It must be wonderful to be a father , wake up on Xmas morning and say , ‘ What have we bought everybody ? ’ |
| 30 | There will be thousands of separated parents who wake up on Christmas morning without their children . |