Example sentences of "[art] [noun] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Callers were told to enter the building up a back staircase , avoiding the downstairs shop , which had no connection with the parlour . |
| 2 | I had the hair up a bit and I liked Siouxsie & The Banshees — does that make me a goth ? ’ |
| 3 | took the kids up a couple of times and then Mick and I have been up there with the |
| 4 | I phone Andy and confirm it 's still all right to visit , then I ring Eddie and get the next three days off , tell the cops — they 're based at Fettes , though the DI has gone back down to London , and no they 're still not giving me back my new portable yet — and ( after I 've cleaned the car up a bit ) head out of the city and across the grey bridge in a day of squally , buffeting rain that has the bridge 's 40-limit signs on , high-sided vehicles banned and the 205 dancing its Dunlops sideways as the gusts hit . |
| 5 | Treaty by setting up a company within the meaning of article 58 , whereas in this case the very right of nationals of other member states to take part in the setting up a company in the United Kingdom is restricted by the residence requirement . |
| 6 | And then Luke came in and said the fire was fine and that he 'd bashed the cushions up a bit , to make it all OK for them . |
| 7 | I went into the garden and I found the cat up a tree . |
| 8 | The fire had at last begun to warm the room up a bit , and the brandy was warming him up inside , and Preston was suddenly feeling terribly , terribly randy . |
| 9 | Projet de Gauche and Projet de Droite ( e1 and E2 5b respectively ) push the grade up a bit and , like the excellent Excelsior ( E25c,5c ) , both finish with tricky walls . |
| 10 | ‘ Look , Dorothy , I hired you because I thought you might shake the place up a bit , so if you are unhappy here , that 's at least partly my fault . |
| 11 | But when she had asked if they could n't warm the place up a bit with some pretty colors , Dr. Briant had said sharply that they had to avoid confusing their color appreciation tests later , and she 'd have all the color she wanted then . |
| 12 | Might freshen the place up a bit , thought Nelly , stepping out into the storm . |
| 13 | We usually have to queue up in the rain because Mr Barnes — our ‘ Supa-Tuta ’ — keeps the door locked until his arrival , to prevent vandalism ( although there are those who think that a spot of creative vandalism would smarten the place up a bit ! ) . |
| 14 | But he could n't enlighten them : he only had orders to ‘ paint the place up a bit ’ . |
| 15 | He would walk in a day before a College hop and say , ‘ Good heavens : We must tart the place up a bit . |
| 16 | Those young people , well , they did talk a bit loudly and show off , but they always had a smile and a pleasant word , and they did brighten the place up a bit , you could n't deny it . |
| 17 | We need a bit of posh to tart the place up a bit . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Cheer the place up a bit , you mean ? ’ |
| 19 | I clambered up into the loft , all sunlight and warmth and smelling of old and interesting books , and I decided to clear the place up a bit . |
| 20 | Mind you , I had to muscle the zebra up a bit and add the stripes , but the ominous power , the feeling of danger was pure Stubbs . |
| 21 | Well it might put the price up a bit the , yeah , who 's that with them ? |
| 22 | If the risk of this happening leaves the prosecutor up a gum tree , it is apparent that the Crown Prosecution Service may have an interest in ensuring that something has been done prior to trial to remove the need for a dock identification , whether the police can see a use for one or not . |
| 23 | Unless you keep your horse on a deep or semi-deep litter system , you will be taking the bed up every time you muck out . |
| 24 | Cos you could break the journey up a bit ? |
| 25 | and made the road up a bit wider all the way , room for passing |
| 26 | Do the lace up a little bit more |
| 27 | Unfortunately , the JMP-1 has no input on the back and so in some ways it falls at the final fence , because I ca n't really see how you can set it up to work in a neat and user-friendly rack ; you 'd have to wire the thing up every time you gigged it . |
| 28 | I was gon na say as I recollect I did n't see much wrong with it that I would disagree with erm I think it 's nice to see , you know , sort of progress seems to be going on and erm er what I would say is sort of it might be a good idea to sort of line the numbers up a bit more but erm |
| 29 | Love Loan , Angel Close , North Portland Street by the Common Gardens , Cherub 's Wynd , and passing Balmano Street where Doctor David Livingstone and ‘ Paraffin ’ Young shared digs , Dean Place , where de Quincey , the author and rambler , studied and ate the dreamflower up a close . |
| 30 | The nun who admitted them appeared to be covered from head to foot apart from her eyes , nose , and mouth , for after she had bolted the gate behind them she tucked her bare hands into her sleeves , then led the way up a gravel path , on either side of which a lawn extended as far as a further high , stone wall , its top also embedded with glass . |