Example sentences of "[vb base] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cheer up a gloomy garden with tub , sink or bowl of brilliant bright blooms . |
| 2 | Competing bureaucracies carve up a unitary field ( DES , NCC , SEAC ) . |
| 3 | THRILLED SKINNY : ‘ Let There Be Shelving EP ’ ( Hunchback ) top DIY enthusiasts knock up a tasty four track EP with a couple of bits of string and some sticky-back plastic . |
| 4 | But the not-so-bright can sometimes secure a place if the parents stump up a large entrance fee . |
| 5 | The Association will provide past students with a chance to renew old friendships , make new contacts or build up a strong , useful network within the catering industry . |
| 6 | Build up a total heating system room by room |
| 7 | Once you build up a regular routine you will want to get outside whatever the weather is doing . |
| 8 | Clearly such references are not merely longwinded substitutes for a name : they draw attention now to this , now to that aspect of the same person , and so build up a many-sided picture of each character . |
| 9 | In the first stage we build up a broad structured picture which identifies the main parties , the interactions between them and the main areas where their interests may conflict . |
| 10 | Like many animals , birds build up a mental map of their home area from sight , sound and other cues . |
| 11 | Instead of plumping for shop-bought toys , build up a useful box , filled with everything from buttons to old magazines , which children can glue together to make their own sculptures . |
| 12 | Start with black powder eyeshadow on a fine brush , gently build up a fine line close to lashes and out as far as is flattering . |
| 13 | I would dearly like to do what one friend I know does , and that is buy one beautiful piece of furniture , or exquisite porcelain , each year from Partridge , who always have the very best , and thus build up a fine collection . |
| 14 | Now we 've got a formula , so we build up a little table . |
| 15 | and and erm a and build up a little bit of er text on just how good we are , and what we can produce , and how well equipped we are . |
| 16 | By using computers to integrate the information from a large number of different viewpoints round the skull , it is possible to visualize the appearance of a slice through the brain and build up a full three-dimensional image . |
| 17 | You build up a frightening picture of an immensely long , empty passage of time , only to cancel it out with your last breath , leaving your audience thoroughly confused , but clinging to the idea that eternity is ‘ like ’ a great length of time . ’ |
| 18 | It is important that they slowly build up a historical vocabulary , and learn some of the technical terms that will allow them to talk about what they can see . |
| 19 | Some use such a sophisticated system that they build up a detailed picture of their surroundings , effectively " seeing " with sound instead of light . |
| 20 | Take a walk around one of the great art galleries of the world and , if inclined , touch up a great master with a spray-can . |
| 21 | As Oliver , Davis and Bentley ( 1981 ) remind us : ‘ The ‘ suburban semi ’ is a cliché which summons up a mental picture of rows of red-roofed , roughcast pairs of houses , each with its bay windows , its porched entrance , its ‘ third bedroom ’ above ’ , ( Oliver , Davis and Bentley , 1981 , p , 11 ) , recalling images of small front gardens and bigger rear ones , side garages and garden gates . |
| 22 | He was almost certain that he had found him , that he could say , ‘ Our McCloy was here , ’ and yet what had he achieved but dredge up a tiny segment of McCloy 's life ? |
| 23 | Cover up a boring view with a simple , unobtrusive treatment . |
| 24 | They can go upstairs to the first floor , almost directly above this passage ; in this case they walk up a gentle incline and arrive at the west door leading from location 54 . |
| 25 | Is it enough to assume you are comparatively fit because you walk up a few stairs or stretch and bend a little as you go about your household chores ? |
| 26 | We have this morning put up a small display in the central library in Westgate , where people can pick up a leaflet er which summarises what she says and also consult if they wish , the whole report , it 's in the reference library . |
| 27 | They were n't missed — the visitors put up a great show in an English field that looked forever foreign ! |
| 28 | The two Belfast Teams put up a great fight with spirited performances from Gillian Cosgrove , Eimear Grieve , Karen Ireland , Jackie Spence , Cathy Murray and Mary McGrath . |
| 29 | POST Office workers put up a first class performance blasting round Britain 's fastest motor racing circuits in a Royal Mail delivery van . |
| 30 | tutorial programme , we talked last , last term er and I said that I 'd like to as soon as possible put up a complete programme of titles , it would be nice if we could have a little er what am I supposed to call them ? |