Example sentences of "[verb] up the [adj] side " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir : A few hours after reading Terry Coleman 's article on the United Nations General Assembly ( 30 September ) , I came across this passage in Trollope 's Barchester Towers , which exactly expressed my feelings , and , I hope , those of many others of your readers : I know no life that must be so delicious as that of a writer for the newspapers … to thunder forth accusations against men in power ; show up the worst side of everything that is produced ; to pick holes in every coat ; to be indignant , sarcastic , jocose , moral , or supercilious ; to damn with faint praise , or crush with open calumny . |
| 2 | The seven percent of the first wave fund-holders was allocated £14.5 million to set up the administrative side of the scheme , but the remaining 93 percent were given a total of £19 million in the 1991 autumn statement . |
| 3 | Have you used up the first side then ? |
| 4 | Despite some early lows ( ‘ Coming On Strong ’ ) , The Shamen string together a powerful set which plays up the rockier side of their pop equation . |
| 5 | On reaching the face drop down to the toe of the rocks then climb steeply back up the other side until North West Gully is reached ( 15 minutes ) . |