Example sentences of "[verb] up [adj] image of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toying with that idea started a train of thought about some of the other activities probably open to super-beings , which led me to conjure up some images of myself with Sergia , the Ardakkean , minus her costume , in the Orgitunnel . |
| 2 | It conjures up vague images of past imperialistic glories which are hardly relevant . |
| 3 | Incomprehensibly , there seem to be as many spotters now in the days of dull diesels and anonymous electrics as there were when we were train-spotters in the last years of steam and the trains bore names like Bihar and Orissa , Baroda , Indore , Drake , Camperdown , and Barfleur , names redolent of history and tradition , summoning up fragrant images of far-off places and the martial rattle of distant centuries . |
| 4 | This uses synthetic-aperture radar , which exploits the fact that the radar is moving to build up three-dimensional images of the terrain below . |
| 5 | For most people nowadays , any mention of computers conjours up vague images of more or less two things : either Sonic the Hedgehog , or a shapeless , grey , John-Majorish boredom . |
| 6 | The terms ‘ alcoholism ’ and ‘ drug addiction ’ are still in common usage but conjure up stereotyped images of ageing drunken derelicts and feckless ‘ mainlining ’ delinquents . |
| 7 | Famous names of grands crus like Corton-Charlemagne or le Montrachet conjure up mouth-watering images of bright golden wines , lusciously rich and complex in flavour . |