Example sentences of "[vb -s] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And the fella that was on it named has , lives up the Goldfinks , he , he 's still alive . |
2 | Cradle swings for younger children would be made of rubberised material and those for older children would have hand grips up the ropes . |
3 | BLIND MAN BEATS UP A BULLYING BULL TERRIER |
4 | Tajan clocks up a record $3.8 million for the Haute Epoque Perrier sale |
5 | It heads up a pop promotion with a wonderful shout line : A-WOP-BOP-A-SIDGWICK-A-LOP-BAM-PAN ! ! |
6 | He heads up the Insurance Ombudsman Bureau ( phone 071–928 4488 ) , which was set up in 1981 and which provides an independent service for the resolution of disputes between personal insurance policyholders and holders of unit trusts , and companies that belong to the scheme . |
7 | David Skinner heads up the project team . |
8 | After this it heads up the 600ft Berrow Hill to go on to Berrow Green and then Ankerdine Hill . |
9 | On April 5 Manx Airlines , based on the Isle of Man , starts up a Stansted to Waterford daily link . |
10 | Enhancements include Telnet support for VT220 , a Microsoft Windows Socket application programming interface and non-X application support using Xstart , which starts up the application on the host system . |
11 | Enhancements include Telnet support for VT220 , a Microsoft Windows Socket API and non-X application support using Xstart , which starts up the application on the host system . |
12 | I have been to the Benefits Agency in my constituency , where the manager and staff made it plain to me that if staff were concerned about their safety they would not wear a name badge — but most of them want to because they want to be able to be identified by the public , so that if someone rings up a week later he can identify the person to whom he spoke a week before . |
13 | So I suggest the secretary rings up the secretary of Fenners do n't say you 're listed in newspapers cos industrial people do n't like that but have a word with Fenners and they 'll tell you what 's gone on . |
14 | Put them in now , before autumn gales and winter blasts make the plants rock at their roots , and frost loosens up the soil to compound the damage . |
15 | It , as I said earlier , really just looks up a table of data values , numerical values , and comes up with an answer and you ca n't question it , you ca n't ask it why did you get that particular answer . |
16 | The floor scissors exercise is an all-rounder which stretches and tones up the abdomen and the whole of the lower body . |
17 | But , because it tones up the muscles and firms the body , you may well lose inches . |
18 | This exercises and tones up the muscles to the side of your tummy , helping not only to improve your waistline but also to flatten your tummy . |
19 | But this may be the grandest folly yet : a totally unsympathetic character ( a man as hard to empathize with as Mick Hucknall , whose ‘ Money Too Tight to Mention ’ graces the second commercial ) in unbelievable situations , doing ridiculous things with no discernible connection to beer at all ( unless , of course , he 's drunk when he tears up the plans , gets fired , breaks back into the offices and holds the board at gunpoint while he sells their cars ) . |
20 | One adds up the probabilities for all the particle histories with certain properties , such as passing through certain points at certain times . |
21 | Thus if a defective toaster catches fire damaging the house and contents , one adds up the value of the damage done ( but not including either the toaster itself or any property used mainly for business purposes , e.g. a word processor ) . |
22 | To calculate the probability of finding a real space-time with some certain property , such as looking the same at every point and in every direction , one adds up the waves associated with all the histories that have that property . |
23 | And the only other staff seems to be that young fellow in the kiosk , and I rather think he 's working for peanuts while he mugs up a thesis . ’ |
24 | a wary man tees up the rest , sneaking |
25 | Above top : Geoff Yeadon counts up the empties . |
26 | It is very easy for a Secretary to fail to capture the feeling of a meeting when he or she writes up the minutes . |
27 | She holds up a sepia portrait of a turn of the century belle in a high-necked Russian blouse , standing before the backdrop of a painted Arcadia , with balustrades and beckoning groves . |
28 | He holds up a stick for all to see . |
29 | He holds up a cricket bat . |
30 | In Beverly Hills Cop , Eddie Murphy holds up a pack of Lucky Strikes and says ‘ These cigarettes are very popular with the children ’ ; and in ‘ Who Framed Roger Rabbit ? ’ detective Eddie Valiant is offered Lucky Strike cigarettes by a teenage boy and Camel cigarettes by the cartoon character Betty Boop ( Tobacco & Youth Reporter , Spring 1989 ) . |